Proposals for new work items： 11, including 9 revisions
(04.01) Revision ISO 1704：1991 Shipbuilding - Stud link anchor chains (WG 3)
(04.04) Revision ISO 3828：1984 Shipbuilding and marine structures - Deck machinery - Vocabulary (WG 2)
(04.05) Revision ISO 4568：1986 Shipbuilding - Seagoing vessels - Windlasses and anchor capstans (WG 2)
(04.11) Revision ISO 6482：1980 Shipbuilding - Deck machinery - Warping end profiles (WG 2)
(04.15) Revision ISO 7824：1986 Shipbuilding and marine structures - Lubrication nipples - Cone and flat end type (WG 2 to consider)
(04.16) Revision ISO 7825：1985 Shipbuilding - Deck machinery - General requirements (WG 2)
(04.22) Revision ISO 9089：1989 Marine structures - Mobile offshore units - Anchor winches (WG 2)
(04.23) ISO/NP 9367-1 Lashing and securing arrangements on road vehicles for sea transportation on Ro/Ro ships - General requirements - Part 1： Commercial vehicles and combinations of vehicles, semi-trailers excluded (revision of ISO 9367-1：1989), proposed by CEN/TC 300 and BSI, Vienna Agreement, CEN lead.
(04.24) ISO/NP 9367-2 Lashing and securing arrangements on road vehicles for sea transportation on Ro/Ro ships - General requirements - Part 2： Semi trailers (revision of ISO 9367-2：1994), proposed by CEN/TC 300 and BSI, Vienna Agreement, CEN lead.
(04.27) Guidelines for safe ocean towing, IMO-link-NR 39
SC 4 received IMO's proposed guidelines for safe ocean towing sent by Mr. Thomas M. Hopkins, SC 3 Secretariat, by fax and letter dated 1998-06-26. SC 4 would like to invite Norway or other country to consider undertaking the responsibility of the working group convener. Up to now SC 4 has not got nomination.
(04.28) Suitable design arrangements for container securing operations aboard ships (IMO -link-NR 73)
The work item assigned to WG 3.
Note： (04.17) Revision ISO 8146：1985 Shipbuilding and marine structures - Oval eye-plates (WG 3)
Mr. Van Dijk, Denmark, has recommended not to revise this standard. So revision ISO 8146 is withdrawn and ISO 8146 is confirmed instead.
(04.19) Revision ISO 8148：1985 Shipbuilding and marine structures - Derrick boom head-fittings - fixed type (WG 3)
Mr. Van Dijk, Denmark, has recommended not to revise this standard. So revision ISO 8148 is withdrawn and ISO 8148 is confirmed instead.
Meeting held since the last plenary meeting of ISO/TC 8 (1997)
None.
Schedule of future meetings
The first plenary meeting of ISO/TC 8/SC 4 was held in Shanghai (China) in 1996-08-13/14.
The second plenary meeting of ISO/TC 8/SC 4 will be convened in 1999.
