[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 92 (Friday, May 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 25645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9600]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5025]


Shipping Coordinating Committee--Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday May 25, 2005, in room 3317, U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC. The 
purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 51st session of the 
Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (NAV) of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) which is scheduled for June 6-10, 2005, at 
the IMO Headquarters in London.
    Items of principal interest on the agenda are:

--Routing of ships, ship reporting and related matters
--Revision of the performance standards for integrated navigation 
systems (INS) and integrated bridge systems (IBS)
--Review of the 2000 High Speed Craft (HSC) Code and amendment to the 
Dynamically Supported Craft (DSC) Code and the 1994 HSC Code
--Evaluation of the use of Electronic Chart Display and Information 
System (ECDIS) and Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) development
--Review of the offshore supply vessel (OSV) guidelines
--Review of the Special Purpose Ships (SPS) Code
--International Telecommunication Union (TTU) matters, including 
Radiocommunication ITU-R Study Group 8
--Passenger ship safety: Effective voyage planning for passenger ships
--Measures to enhance maritime security
--Worldwide radio navigation system (WWRNS)
--Casualty analysis
--Consideration of International Association of Classification 
Societies unified interpretations
--Revision of the performance standards for voyage data recorders (VDR) 
and simplified VDR (S-VDR)

    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mr. Edward J. LaRue, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard (G-MWV-2), Room 
1407, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling: 
(202) 267-0416.

    Dated: May 4, 2005.
Clayton L. Diamond,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 05-9600 Filed 5-12-05; 8:45 am]
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