[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 25080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11606]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4188]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct a joint, 
open meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 22, 2003, at the Island 
Grand Beach Resort and Conference Center; 5600 Gulf Boulevard, St. Pete 
Beach, Florida. The meeting will be held in connection with the Radio 
Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) 2003 Annual Assembly 
Meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to review the outcome of the 
Seventh Session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 
Subcommittee on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue (COMSAR), 
that occurred in January 13-17, 2003, at IMO headquarters in London, 
England. Additionally, the meeting is to prepare for the 49th session 
of the IMO Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (NAV 49), which is 
scheduled for June 30-July 4, 2003, at the IMO Headquarters in London.
    Items of principal interest on the COMSAR agenda are:
    [sbull] Maritime Safety Information for GMDSS;
    [sbull] Development of a procedure for recognition of mobile 
satellite systems;
    [sbull] Revision of performance standards for NAVTEX equipment;
    [sbull] Emergency radiocommunications, including false alerts and 
interference;
    [sbull] Large passenger ship safety;
    [sbull] Issues related to maritime security;
    [sbull] Developments in maritime radiocommunication systems and 
technology, including long-range tracking;
    [sbull] Matters concerning Search & Rescue;
    [sbull] Planning for the 8th session of COMSAR.

    Items of principal interest on the NAV 49 agenda are:

    [sbull] Routing of ships, ship reporting and related matters;
    [sbull] Requirements for the display and use of Automatic 
Identification System (AIS) information on shipborne navigational 
displays;
    [sbull] Places of refuge;
    [sbull] Anchoring, mooring and towing equipment;
    [sbull] Revision of performance standards for radar reflectors;
    [sbull] Review of performance standards for radar equipment;
    [sbull] International Telecommunication Union (ITU) matters, 
including Radiocommunication ITU-R Study Group 8 matters;
    [sbull] Large passenger ship safety: Effective voyage planning for 
large passenger ships;
    [sbull] Measures to enhance maritime security;
    [sbull] World-wide radionavigation system;
    [sbull] Casualty analysis;
    [sbull] Guidance on early abandonment for bulk carriers.
    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the rooms. Interested persons may seek information, 
including meeting room numbers, by writing; Mr. Russell S. Levin, U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, Commandant (G-SCT-2), Room 6509, 2100 Second 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, by calling: (202) 267-1389, or 
by sending Internet electronic mail to [email protected].
    Information for the RTCM meeting can be found at https://www.rtcm.org/index2.html.

    Dated: May 1, 2003.
Frederick J. Kenney,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 03-11606 Filed 5-8-03; 8:45 am]
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