MSC 69/20/11
3 Programme
The programme of Conference contained the following topics
for discussion:
- Methodology of collision investigation;
- COLREGs : general comments;
- Maritime Law of Collision;
- Human factors;
- COLREGs: confined waters;
- Manning, training and education;
- Navigation simulators;
- COLREGs: special rules;
- Collision avoidance manoeuvres;
- Automatic ship identification;
- Marine traffic engineering;
- Marine safety management; and
- Engineering applications.
82 papers have been accepted and 77 papers were read at
the Conference.
4 Problem areas in collision avoidance
From the presentations and discussions, the following
problem areas were perceived:
- the relatively high frequency of conflicting actions
in collision avoidance, especially in meeting and fin
e crossing situations;
- the application of Rule 8 in relation to the other
Steering and Sailing Rules;
- collision avoidance Involving high speed craft;
- the coming use of AIS transponders and their impact
on the COLREGs;
- non-uniform manner of gathering data for collision
statistics, especially in the field of human error; and
- lack of continuous professional training in
proficiency of understanding and application of the
COLREGs.
5 Proceedings
Proceedings can be obtained from Navigational College,
Dalian Maritime University, China, for a cost of US$ 150 for
both volumes.
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