Los días lunes 6 y martes 7 de junio se realizarán las XVIII Jornadas Profesionales, en el Centro de Capitanes.
Se tratarán los temas de implementación del Código ISM en buques pesqueros; legislación de riesgos del trabajo; el Decreto 1010/04 - a cargo del Capitán de Ultramar Sergio Dorrego-; y control y gestión de las aguas de lastre de los buques.
Les dejo un link al sitio del Centro, para mayor información: http://www.capitanes.org.ar/contenido/noticias/paginas/119.shtml
martes, 31 de mayo de 2011
viernes, 27 de mayo de 2011
Resoluciones del Comité de Seguridad Marítima (MSC) de la OMI
Del 11 al 20 de mayo se reunió el MSC, en Londres. Entre los temas tratados, y conforme lo informado por el Pesidente del Centro de Capitanes, estuvo la posibilidad de llevar personal armado abordo de los buques que transitan por Zonas de Alto Riesgo que pudieran sufrir ataques de piratería. En este sentido, se aprobaron Circulares Guía para armadores, operadores y capitanes acerca del uso de personal armado.
También se aprobaron enmiendas al SOLAS, en lo relativo a los ganchos de los botes salvavidas entre otros temas de agenda.
También se aprobaron enmiendas al SOLAS, en lo relativo a los ganchos de los botes salvavidas entre otros temas de agenda.
Les dejo el texto, en idioma inglés, del resumen de lo tratado en la reunión.
IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), which met at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 89th session from 11 to 20 May 2011, completed a packed agenda, including the development of interim guidance on the employment of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships transiting the high-risk piracy area, the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) concerning lifeboat release hooks, an agreement on the way forward with regard to the implementation of the
Torremolinos Protocol on fishing vessel safety and the approval of a number of draft resolutions for submission to the IMO Assembly, to be held in November 2011.
Piracy and armed robbery against ships
Torremolinos Protocol on fishing vessel safety and the approval of a number of draft resolutions for submission to the IMO Assembly, to be held in November 2011.
Piracy and armed robbery against ships
The meeting approved MSC Circulars on Interim Guidance to shipowners, ship operators, and shipmasters on the use of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships when transiting the High Risk Area, and Interim recommendations for flag States on the use of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships when transiting the High Risk Area. These interim Circulars provide considerations on the use of privately contracted armed security personnel if and when a flag State determines that such a measure would be appropriate and lawful. They are not intended to endorse or institutionalize their use and do not represent any change of policy by the Organization in this regard.
The MSC also approved Guidelines to assist in the investigation of the crimes of piracy and armed robbery against ships, and adopted a resolution on the Implementation of Best Management Practice Guidance. (See Briefing 27/2011 http://www.imo.org/MediaCentre/PressBriefings/Pages/27-MSC-89-piracy.aspx)
Adoption of SOLAS amendments – lifeboat release mechanisms
The MSC also approved Guidelines to assist in the investigation of the crimes of piracy and armed robbery against ships, and adopted a resolution on the Implementation of Best Management Practice Guidance. (See Briefing 27/2011 http://www.imo.org/MediaCentre/PressBriefings/Pages/27-MSC-89-piracy.aspx)
Adoption of SOLAS amendments – lifeboat release mechanisms
The MSC adopted a new paragraph 5 of SOLAS regulation III/1 to require lifeboat on-load release mechanisms not complying with new International Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) Code requirements to be replaced no later than the first scheduled dry-docking of the ship after 1 July 2014 but, in any case, not later than 1 July 2019.
The SOLAS amendment, which is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2013, is intended to establish new, stricter, safety standards for lifeboat release and retrieval systems, aimed at preventing accidents during lifeboat launching, and will require the assessment and possible replacement of a large number of lifeboat release hooks.
The Committee also adopted Guidelines for evaluation of and replacement of lifeboat release and retrieval systems and related amendments to the LSA Code and associated amendments to the Revised recommendation on testing of life-saving appliances (resolution MSC.81(70)).
Member governments were encouraged to initiate, at the earliest opportunity, approval processes for new on-load release and retrieval systems that comply with the amendments to the LSA Code.
Implementation of the Torremolinos fishing vessel safety Protocol
The SOLAS amendment, which is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2013, is intended to establish new, stricter, safety standards for lifeboat release and retrieval systems, aimed at preventing accidents during lifeboat launching, and will require the assessment and possible replacement of a large number of lifeboat release hooks.
The Committee also adopted Guidelines for evaluation of and replacement of lifeboat release and retrieval systems and related amendments to the LSA Code and associated amendments to the Revised recommendation on testing of life-saving appliances (resolution MSC.81(70)).
Member governments were encouraged to initiate, at the earliest opportunity, approval processes for new on-load release and retrieval systems that comply with the amendments to the LSA Code.
Implementation of the Torremolinos fishing vessel safety Protocol
The MSC agreed a draft Agreement on the Implementation of the 1993 Protocol relating to the 1977 Torremolinos Convention on the Safety of Fishing Vessels, aimed at achieving the entry into force of the technical provisions of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol on fishing vessel safety. The Committee also agreed draft amendments to the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol, which would be attached to the Agreement, to facilitate the adoption of the Agreement.
Following this, countries could consider implementation of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol under the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement (countries should give effect to the provisions of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol under the terms of the Agreement, when they deposit an instrument of ratification). The Agreement would be a new, legally binding, instrument, offering a firm foundation to implement the amended provisions of the Torremolinos Protocol.
The MSC agreed to recommend several options to the IMO Council, so that the draft agreement could be adopted at the IMO Assembly in November 2011, or by a diplomatic conference in 2012.
Future work to implement goal-based standards to be considered
Following this, countries could consider implementation of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol under the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement (countries should give effect to the provisions of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol under the terms of the Agreement, when they deposit an instrument of ratification). The Agreement would be a new, legally binding, instrument, offering a firm foundation to implement the amended provisions of the Torremolinos Protocol.
The MSC agreed to recommend several options to the IMO Council, so that the draft agreement could be adopted at the IMO Assembly in November 2011, or by a diplomatic conference in 2012.
Future work to implement goal-based standards to be considered
The MSC was updated on progress made with the implementation of the International Goal-based Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, which were adopted at its 87th session, along with the associated amendments to SOLAS Chapter II-1 making their application mandatory, as well as verification guidelines and the ship construction file.
The MSC approved Generic guidelines for developing goal-based standards and agreed how the work on GBS should be progressed. The Committee also discussed its future work in the matter, including developing the safety level approach (SLA) in goal-based standards.
LRIT status updated
The MSC approved Generic guidelines for developing goal-based standards and agreed how the work on GBS should be progressed. The Committee also discussed its future work in the matter, including developing the safety level approach (SLA) in goal-based standards.
LRIT status updated
The MSC was updated on developments in relation to the establishment and testing of LRIT Data Centres (DCs) and the operation of the LRIT system since its last session, including the results of the first modification testing phase and the operation of an Information Distribution Facility (IDF) for the provision of flag State LRIT information to security forces operating in waters off the Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean.
The MSC agreed that the transfer of operations of the International LRIT Data Exchange (IDE) from the temporary facility in the United States to the facility at the European Maritime Safety Agency in Lisbon, Portugal, should be conducted before 31 December 2011.
The MSC also reviewed the performance review and audit reports of the IDE and DCs submitted by the International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO), as the LRIT coordinator, together with its findings and recommendations; and issues concerning the long-term operational and financial viability of the LRIT system.
Implementation of mandatory IMO audit scheme
The MSC agreed that the transfer of operations of the International LRIT Data Exchange (IDE) from the temporary facility in the United States to the facility at the European Maritime Safety Agency in Lisbon, Portugal, should be conducted before 31 December 2011.
The MSC also reviewed the performance review and audit reports of the IDE and DCs submitted by the International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO), as the LRIT coordinator, together with its findings and recommendations; and issues concerning the long-term operational and financial viability of the LRIT system.
Implementation of mandatory IMO audit scheme
Following significant progress made by the Sub-Committee on Flag State Implementation (FSI) towards making the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme mandatory, the MSC approved the proposed draft IMO Instruments Implementation Code (IIIC), which would be the proposed new title for the mandatory version of the current Code for the implementation of mandatory IMO instruments, 2011. The draft IMO Instruments Implementation Code will also be forwarded for consideration and approval by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), and then to the Assembly, for adoption at an appropriate future session.
Draft Assembly resolutions approved
Draft Assembly resolutions approved
The MSC approved, for submission to the IMO Assembly in November 2011:
• the draft Revised Recommendations for entering enclosed spaces aboard ships;
• the new draft International Code on Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code);
• draft amendments to the International Convention on Load Lines (LL), 1966, to shift the Winter Seasonal Zone off the southern tip of Africa further southward by 50 miles;
• the draft Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes, 2011 (2011 TDC Code), revising and updating the original code adopted in 1973;
• the draft IMO/World Metereological Organization (WMO) Worldwide Met-ocean information and warning service guidance document;
• the draft Revised procedures for Port State Control, 2011;
• the draft revised Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification, 2011, which include references to relevant amendments to statutory instruments entering into force up to and including 31 December 2011; and
• the draft revised and updated (non-mandatory) Code for the implementation of mandatory IMO instruments, 2011, to include the requirements deriving from amendments to relevant IMO mandatory instruments that will enter into force up to and including 1 July 2012.
Other issues
• the draft Revised Recommendations for entering enclosed spaces aboard ships;
• the new draft International Code on Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code);
• draft amendments to the International Convention on Load Lines (LL), 1966, to shift the Winter Seasonal Zone off the southern tip of Africa further southward by 50 miles;
• the draft Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes, 2011 (2011 TDC Code), revising and updating the original code adopted in 1973;
• the draft IMO/World Metereological Organization (WMO) Worldwide Met-ocean information and warning service guidance document;
• the draft Revised procedures for Port State Control, 2011;
• the draft revised Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification, 2011, which include references to relevant amendments to statutory instruments entering into force up to and including 31 December 2011; and
• the draft revised and updated (non-mandatory) Code for the implementation of mandatory IMO instruments, 2011, to include the requirements deriving from amendments to relevant IMO mandatory instruments that will enter into force up to and including 1 July 2012.
Other issues
In connection with other issues arising from the reports of IMO Sub-Committees and other bodies, the MSC:
• Adopted amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC), to revise individual schedules for a number of cargoes;
• Adopted amendments to Part B of the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code) relating to application of the 2009 MODU Code for Mobile offshore drilling units (MODU Code);
• Approved Guidelines on tank entry for tankers using nitrogen as an inerting medium;
• Approved the IMO User Guide to SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code; and
• Approved amendments to update the IMO/International Labour Organization (ILO)/ United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Guidelines for packing of cargo transport units (CTUs), to be forwarded to ILO and the UNECE for concurrent endorsement.
• Adopted amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC), to revise individual schedules for a number of cargoes;
• Adopted amendments to Part B of the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code) relating to application of the 2009 MODU Code for Mobile offshore drilling units (MODU Code);
• Approved Guidelines on tank entry for tankers using nitrogen as an inerting medium;
• Approved the IMO User Guide to SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code; and
• Approved amendments to update the IMO/International Labour Organization (ILO)/ United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Guidelines for packing of cargo transport units (CTUs), to be forwarded to ILO and the UNECE for concurrent endorsement.
Fuente:OMI
domingo, 22 de mayo de 2011
Falleció Juan Manuel Palacios.
Desde este espacio, rendimos nuestro homenaje y recordamos a un gran luchador por los derechos de los trabajadores , el "Bocha" Palacios.
El ex secretario general de la Unión Tranviarios Automotor (UTA) Juan Manuel Palacios murió al volcar la camioneta en la que se movilizaba junto al abogado del gremio, Walter Caratoli, quien resultó gravemente herido, en la localidad bonaerense de Roque Pérez, informaron fuentes policiales.
El accidente ocurrió a la 10.30 del 20 de mayo, en el kilómetro 138 de la ruta nacional 205 cuando la todoterreno Mercedes Benz conducida por Caratoli volcó en una curva.
El dirigente sindical y el abogado se dirigían desde Saladillo a Roque Pérez y, aparentemente, el accidente se produjo cuando el conductor mordió la banquina y perdió el control de la camioneta, que dio varios tumbos y quedó volcada sobre un costado de la ruta.
Fuentes policiales señalaron que tanto Palacios (65 años) como el conductor salieron despedidos del vehículo, presuntamente porque viajaban sin los cinturones de seguridad.
A causa de los fuertes golpes sufridos, el sindicalista murió en el acto, en tanto que el letrado de UTA resultó con politraumatismo y la fractura en uno de sus brazos, por lo que fue internado de inmediato en el hospital local.
El principal Ignacio Mancinelli, de los bomberos de Roque Pérez, detalló que la Mercedes Benz quedó “sobre la banquina, volcada, y encontramos los dos cuerpos fuera de ella”.
Mancinelli dijo que Palacios fue hallado muerto y que el abogado “estaba consciente pero no recordaba nada, ni con quién viajaba”.
“Estaba muy nervioso, tenía heridas múltiples, entre otras una fractura de un brazo, y estaba siendo atendido por una médica de la ciudad de Saladillo que viajaba por Roque Pérez. Ella fue la que brindó la primera atención”, amplió el responsable de los bomberos.
Fuentes gremiales destacaron que el cuerpo de Palacios quedó en la morgue del hospital de Roque Pérez mientras que el abogado del gremio será trasladado al hospital Italiano de la ciudad de La Plata.
“El Bocha” Palacios, al frente de la UTA, representó durante 22 años a los choferes de colectivo y a los trabajadores de subte y, junto al actual secretario general de la CGT, Hugo Moyano, fue uno de los fundadores del Movimiento de Trabajadores Argentinos (MTA).
Este movimiento, integrado por un grupo de importantes gremios, entre los que estaban el de los taxistas de Omar Viviani y el de los judiciales de Julio Piumato, surgió en la década del 90 para enfrentar al modelo sindical de entonces, diseñado por el gobierno de Carlos Menem.
En 2004, durante un congreso extraordinario Palacios asumió la conducción de la Confederación Argentina de Trabajadores del Transporte (Catt), cargo que ocupó durante cuatro años hasta que fue reemplazado por Viviani.
Al año siguiente Palacios logró concretar el acto final de la lucha iniciada por el MTA para imponer un sindicalismo peronista con la asunción de Moyano en la conducción de la CGT, a quien acompañó desde la secretaria de prensa.
A pesar de la amistad que lo unía con Moyano y con la mayoría de los dirigentes que integran el actual consejo directivo de la CGT, el ahora fallecido sindicalista decidió terminar su carrera gremial en 2006, cuando entregó la conducción de la UTA al actual secretario general, Roberto Fernández.
Entonces, Palacios consideró en declaraciones periodísticas que su alejamiento se debía sólo a que estaba “en edad” de jubilarse, porque “tiene que empezar la renovación y hay que oxigenar las conducciones”.
“Mi decisión de no presentarme estaba definida desde casi un año e incluso conversada con los compañeros” afirmó Palacios. (Télam)
martes, 10 de mayo de 2011
Politica y Sindicalismo: Diálogo Social y participación en las Ganancias
Les paso un interesante artículo de autoría del Dr. Carlos Marín, especialista en Derecho Sindical. Politica y Sindicalismo: Diálogo Social y participación en las Ganancias.
Piratería, dispositivos de liberación de botes salvavidas, Torremolinos y otros temas en la reunión del Comité de Seguridad Marítima de la OMI
La piratería se incrementó en más de un 20% entre 2009 y 2011, dejando como saldo dos tripulantes muertos, y está llegando a Sud América. Accidentes que se cobran vidas durante zafarranchos y arriado de botes salvavidas hacen necesario actualizar las normas. Enmiendas al Convenio de Torremolinos relativas a la seguridad en buques pesqueros y los avances en la implementación del Sistema de Identificación de Largo Alcance (LRIT). Estos, son algunos de los temas que abordará el Comité de Seguridad Marítima de la OMI en la reunión que se realizará en Londres, del 11 al 20 de mayo de 2011.
Les dejo una nota, en idioma inglés, para más información.
Fuente: OMI.
Fuente: OMI.
Piracy and armed robbery against ships off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean will be high on the agenda when IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meets at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 89th session from 11 to 20 May 2011.
The busy agenda also includes adoption of amendments, concerning lifeboat release hooks, to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and work related to the implementation of the Torremolinos Protocol on fishing vessel safety, as well as goal-based standards for vessel construction and the long-range identification and tracking of ships. The MSC will also consider the approval of a number of draft resolutions for submission to the IMO Assembly, to be held in late 2011.
Piracy and armed robbery against ships to be discussed
The MSC is expected to discuss the development of guidance on the employment of private, armed security service providers on board ships; measures to improve compliance with the Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy off the Coast of Somalia and in the Arabian Sea area; and proposed guidelines to assist in the collection of evidence after a hijack.
The number of acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships reported to the Organization and which occurred in 2010 was 489, against 406 during the previous year, representing an increase of 20.4% from the figure for 2009. The areas most affected (i.e. five incidents reported or more) in 2010 were East Africa and the Indian Ocean followed by the Far East and, in particular, the South China Sea, West Africa, South America and the Caribbean.
During the year, it was reported that two crew members were killed and 30 crew members were reportedly injured/assaulted, while 1,027 crew members were reportedly taken hostage or kidnapped. Fifty-seven vessels were reportedly hijacked, with one vessel reportedly still unaccounted for.
Adoption of SOLAS amendments – lifeboat release mechanisms
The MSC will be invited to consider, for adoption, a proposed new paragraph 5 of SOLAS regulation III/1 which would require lifeboat on-load release mechanisms not complying with new International Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) Code requirements, to be replaced no later than the first scheduled dry-docking of the ship after 1 July 2014 but, in any case, not later than 1 July 2019.
The SOLAS amendment is intended to establish new, stricter, safety standards for lifeboat release and retrieval systems, aimed at preventing accidents during lifeboat launching, and will require the assessment and possible replacement of a large number of lifeboats release hooks.
The Committee will also be invited to adopt draft Guidelines for evaluation of and replacement of lifeboat release and retrieval systems and related amendments to the LSA Code which, along with the proposed draft SOLAS amendment, had been referred back to an intersessional working group which reported to the 55th session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE) held in March. The MSC will also consider associated amendments to the Revised recommendation on testing of life-saving appliances (resolution MSC.81(70)).
Implementation of the Torremolinos fishing vessel safety Protocol
The MSC will consider two options aimed at achieving the entry into force of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol on fishing vessel safety, which were agreed by the Sub-Committee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels’ Safety (SLF), when it met for its 53rd session in January. The Committee will also consider draft amendments to update the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol, developed by SLF.
The SLF Sub-Committee noted a clear indication from delegations to recommend that the preferred option would be for the adoption of the proposed draft Agreement on the implementation of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol, which would include amendments to certain requirements of the Protocol. Following this, countries could consider implementation of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol under the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement (countries should give effect to the provisions of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol under the terms of the Agreement, when they deposit an instrument of ratification). The Agreement would be a new legally binding instrument, offering a firm foundation to implement the amended Torremolinos Protocol.
The second option for achieving entry into force of the Protocol would be an Assembly resolution on the implementation of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol, under which Parties would be able to implement the necessary amendments immediately after the entry into force of the current Torremolinos Protocol, even before the formal adoption of the amendments.
Following the decision of the MSC 89, the final instrument(s) could be adopted at the Assembly, in late 2011, or by a diplomatic conference.
Future work to implement goal-based standards to be considered
The MSC will monitor the progress made with the implementation of the International Goal-based Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, which were adopted at its 87th session, along with the associated amendments to SOLAS Chapter II-1 making their application mandatory, as well as verification guidelines and the ship construction file. The Committee will also discuss its future work in the matter, including the completion of generic guidelines for developing goal-based standards.
LRIT status to be updated
The busy agenda also includes adoption of amendments, concerning lifeboat release hooks, to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and work related to the implementation of the Torremolinos Protocol on fishing vessel safety, as well as goal-based standards for vessel construction and the long-range identification and tracking of ships. The MSC will also consider the approval of a number of draft resolutions for submission to the IMO Assembly, to be held in late 2011.
Piracy and armed robbery against ships to be discussed
The MSC is expected to discuss the development of guidance on the employment of private, armed security service providers on board ships; measures to improve compliance with the Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy off the Coast of Somalia and in the Arabian Sea area; and proposed guidelines to assist in the collection of evidence after a hijack.
The number of acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships reported to the Organization and which occurred in 2010 was 489, against 406 during the previous year, representing an increase of 20.4% from the figure for 2009. The areas most affected (i.e. five incidents reported or more) in 2010 were East Africa and the Indian Ocean followed by the Far East and, in particular, the South China Sea, West Africa, South America and the Caribbean.
During the year, it was reported that two crew members were killed and 30 crew members were reportedly injured/assaulted, while 1,027 crew members were reportedly taken hostage or kidnapped. Fifty-seven vessels were reportedly hijacked, with one vessel reportedly still unaccounted for.
Adoption of SOLAS amendments – lifeboat release mechanisms
The MSC will be invited to consider, for adoption, a proposed new paragraph 5 of SOLAS regulation III/1 which would require lifeboat on-load release mechanisms not complying with new International Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) Code requirements, to be replaced no later than the first scheduled dry-docking of the ship after 1 July 2014 but, in any case, not later than 1 July 2019.
The SOLAS amendment is intended to establish new, stricter, safety standards for lifeboat release and retrieval systems, aimed at preventing accidents during lifeboat launching, and will require the assessment and possible replacement of a large number of lifeboats release hooks.
The Committee will also be invited to adopt draft Guidelines for evaluation of and replacement of lifeboat release and retrieval systems and related amendments to the LSA Code which, along with the proposed draft SOLAS amendment, had been referred back to an intersessional working group which reported to the 55th session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE) held in March. The MSC will also consider associated amendments to the Revised recommendation on testing of life-saving appliances (resolution MSC.81(70)).
Implementation of the Torremolinos fishing vessel safety Protocol
The MSC will consider two options aimed at achieving the entry into force of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol on fishing vessel safety, which were agreed by the Sub-Committee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels’ Safety (SLF), when it met for its 53rd session in January. The Committee will also consider draft amendments to update the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol, developed by SLF.
The SLF Sub-Committee noted a clear indication from delegations to recommend that the preferred option would be for the adoption of the proposed draft Agreement on the implementation of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol, which would include amendments to certain requirements of the Protocol. Following this, countries could consider implementation of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol under the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement (countries should give effect to the provisions of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol under the terms of the Agreement, when they deposit an instrument of ratification). The Agreement would be a new legally binding instrument, offering a firm foundation to implement the amended Torremolinos Protocol.
The second option for achieving entry into force of the Protocol would be an Assembly resolution on the implementation of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol, under which Parties would be able to implement the necessary amendments immediately after the entry into force of the current Torremolinos Protocol, even before the formal adoption of the amendments.
Following the decision of the MSC 89, the final instrument(s) could be adopted at the Assembly, in late 2011, or by a diplomatic conference.
Future work to implement goal-based standards to be considered
The MSC will monitor the progress made with the implementation of the International Goal-based Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, which were adopted at its 87th session, along with the associated amendments to SOLAS Chapter II-1 making their application mandatory, as well as verification guidelines and the ship construction file. The Committee will also discuss its future work in the matter, including the completion of generic guidelines for developing goal-based standards.
LRIT status to be updated
The MSC will be updated on developments in relation to the establishment and testing of LRIT Data Centres (DCs) and the operation of the LRIT system since its last session, including the results of the first modification testing phase and the operation of an Information Distribution Facility (IDF) for the provision of flag State LRIT information to security forces operating in waters off the Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean. The MSC will also consider the transfer of operations of the International LRIT Data Exchange (IDE) from the temporary facility in the United States to the permanent facility at the European Maritime Safety Agency in Portugal. Also under consideration will be the performance review and audit reports of the IDE and DCs submitted by the International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO), as the LRIT coordinator, together with its findings and recommendations; and issues concerning the long-term operational and financial viability of the LRIT system.
STCW Convention: independent evaluations to be considered
The list of Parties deemed to be giving full and complete effect to the provisions of the STCW Convention, as amended, is expected to be updated when the Secretary-General submits his report on those countries whose independent evaluations have been completed since the previous MSC meeting.
Implementation of mandatory IMO audit scheme
STCW Convention: independent evaluations to be considered
The list of Parties deemed to be giving full and complete effect to the provisions of the STCW Convention, as amended, is expected to be updated when the Secretary-General submits his report on those countries whose independent evaluations have been completed since the previous MSC meeting.
Implementation of mandatory IMO audit scheme
Following significant progress made by the Sub-Committee on Flag State Implementation (FSI) towards making the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme mandatory, the MSC will be invited to consider approving the proposed draft IMO Instruments Implementation Code (IIIC), which would be the proposed new title for the mandatory version of the current Code for the implementation of mandatory IMO instruments. The draft code will also be forwarded for consideration and approval by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), and then to the Assembly, for adoption at an appropriate future session.
Development of the draft Code for Recognized Organizations (ROs)
The MSC will be invited to provide further guidance to the FSI Sub-Committee on the development of the proposed new Code for Recognized Organizations (ROs), which would provide a consolidated instrument containing criteria against which recognized organizations (which may be authorized by flag States to carry out surveys and issue certificates on their behalf) are assessed and authorized/recognized, and give guidance for subsequent monitoring of ROs by Administrations.
Draft Assembly resolutions
Development of the draft Code for Recognized Organizations (ROs)
The MSC will be invited to provide further guidance to the FSI Sub-Committee on the development of the proposed new Code for Recognized Organizations (ROs), which would provide a consolidated instrument containing criteria against which recognized organizations (which may be authorized by flag States to carry out surveys and issue certificates on their behalf) are assessed and authorized/recognized, and give guidance for subsequent monitoring of ROs by Administrations.
Draft Assembly resolutions
The MSC will also be invited to approve, for submission to the IMO Assembly in November 2011:
• the draft Revised Recommendations for entering enclosed spaces aboard ships;
• the new draft International Code on Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code);
• the draft Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes, 2011 (2011 TDC Code), revising and updating the original code adopted in 1973;
• the draft Revised procedures for Port State Control;
• the draft revised Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification, 2011, which include references to relevant amendments to statutory instruments entering into force up to and including 31 December 2011; and
• the draft revised and updated (non-mandatory) Code for the implementation of mandatory IMO instruments, to include the requirements deriving from amendments to relevant IMO mandatory instruments that will enter into force up to and including 1 July 2012.
Other issues
• the draft Revised Recommendations for entering enclosed spaces aboard ships;
• the new draft International Code on Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code);
• the draft Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes, 2011 (2011 TDC Code), revising and updating the original code adopted in 1973;
• the draft Revised procedures for Port State Control;
• the draft revised Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification, 2011, which include references to relevant amendments to statutory instruments entering into force up to and including 31 December 2011; and
• the draft revised and updated (non-mandatory) Code for the implementation of mandatory IMO instruments, to include the requirements deriving from amendments to relevant IMO mandatory instruments that will enter into force up to and including 1 July 2012.
Other issues
In connection with other issues arising from the reports of IMO Sub-Committees and other bodies, the MSC will be invited to:
• Adopt draft amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC), to revise individual schedules for a number of cargoes;
• Adopt draft amendments to Part B of the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code) relating to application of the 2009 MODU Code for Mobile offshore drilling units (MODU Code);
• Approve draft Guidelines on tank entry for tankers using nitrogen as an inerting medium; and
• Approve draft amendments to update the IMO/International Labour Organization (ILO)/ United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Guidelines for packing of cargo transport units (CTUs), to be forwarded to ILO and the UNECE for concurrent endorsement.
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• Adopt draft amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC), to revise individual schedules for a number of cargoes;
• Adopt draft amendments to Part B of the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code) relating to application of the 2009 MODU Code for Mobile offshore drilling units (MODU Code);
• Approve draft Guidelines on tank entry for tankers using nitrogen as an inerting medium; and
• Approve draft amendments to update the IMO/International Labour Organization (ILO)/ United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Guidelines for packing of cargo transport units (CTUs), to be forwarded to ILO and the UNECE for concurrent endorsement.
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IMO – the International Maritime Organization – is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships.
Web site: www.imo.org
Web site: www.imo.org
viernes, 6 de mayo de 2011
Chile detecta radiactividad en embarque de carros Hyundai - Internacional - EL UNIVERSAL
Radioactividad en el transporte marítimo: es hora de controles.
Los trabajadores marítimos y portuarios en contacto con carga proveniente de Japón comienzan a controlar qué está sucediendo con ellas. Les dejo una nota con algo que pasó en Chile.
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