[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 9074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3891]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2167]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea; Working Group on Safety of Navigation; Notice of Meeting

    The Working Group on Safety of Navigation of the Subcommittee on 
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. 
on Wednesday, March 22, 1995, in room 6103, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 41st session of 
the Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (NAV) of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) which is tentatively scheduled for 
September 18-22, 1995, at the IMO Headquarters in London.
    Items of principal interest on the agenda are:

--Routing of ships and related matters
--International Code of Signals
--Navigational aids and related matters
--Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) and ship reporting
--Revision of SOLAS chapter V
--Human element and bridge operations
--Review of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) handbooks on 
navigation in areas affected by sea-ice
--IMO standard marine communication phrases
--Removal of wrecks and towage of offshore installations, structures, 
and platforms
--Review of the Code for the Safe Carriage of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel 
(INF Code)
--Operational aspects of Wing in Ground (WIG)--craft
--Safety of passenger submersible craft
--Automatic ship identification transponder systems.

    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-NSR-3), Room 
1416, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling: 
(202) 267-0416.

    Dated: February 3, 1995.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-3891 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]
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