[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 19 (Monday, February 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 7763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02101]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11342]


Notice of Shipping Coordination Committee Meeting in Preparation 
for International Maritime Organization Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting of the 
Shipping Coordination Committee at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 29, 
2021, by way of teleconference. Members of the public may participate 
up to the capacity of the teleconference phone line, which will handle 
500 participants. To access the teleconference line, participants 
should call (202) 475-4000 and use Participant Code: 138 541 34#.
    The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 103rd 
session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Maritime 
Safety Committee to be held remotely, May 5 to 14, 2021.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
--Capacity-building for the implementation of new measures
--Regulatory scoping exercise for the use of Maritime Autonomous 
Surface Ships (MASS)
--Development of further measures to enhance the safety of ships 
relating to the use of fuel oil
--Goal-based new ship construction standards
--Measures to improve domestic ferry safety
--Measures to enhance maritime security
--Piracy and armed robbery against ships
--Unsafe mixed migration by sea
--Formal safety assessment
--Human element, training and watchkeeping (report of the seventh 
session of the Sub-Committee)
--Navigation, communications and search and rescue
--Ship design and construction
--Ship systems and equipment
--Application of the Committee's method of work
--Work programme
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2021
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee on its 103rd session

    Please note: the Maritime Safety Committee may, on short notice, 
adjust the MSC 103 agenda to accommodate the constraints associated 
with the virtual meeting format. Any changes to the agenda will be 
relayed to those who contact the meeting coordinator to confirm their 
attendance at the public meeting.
    Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting coordinator, 
LT Jessica Anderson, by email at [email protected], by phone 
at (202) 372-1376, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE 
Stop 7509, Washington DC 20593-7509.
    Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings 
may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.

Jeremy M. Greenwood,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Coast Guard 
Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2021-02101 Filed 1-29-21; 8:45 am]
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