資 料 5
ITERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION TECHNICAL COMMITTEE TC8 (SHIPS & MARINE TECHNOLOGY)
MAY 1999 ISSUE NO.3
FROM THE CHAIRMAN
Since our last newsletter, Japan has been selected as our new Secretariat. Japan Marine Standards Association (JMSA) is the designated body and Mr.Ichiro Ogo is appointed as the new Secretary to ISO/TC8. We welcome JMSA and Mr.Ogo and look forward to a long and productive partnership.
Our pilot project for use of e-mail has matured. While serving as "acting secretariat", we have been able to communicate all of our documents with our members with the exception of LOT (Russian Federation).
In this newsletter we have included information from the OECD report on Regulatory Performance and International Standardization. It is felt that this information is important in view of our basic vision for TC8 to serve as the "linking instrument between IMO and the Industry." We are indeed fortunate that in the pursuit of our strategic vision we have achieved active and direct participation from IMO with ISO/TC8. This assures us that we can be truly sensitive to the requirements of IMO and can respond more quickly for the benefit of both industry and the IMO.
We completed our pilot project for developing Business Plans for ISO Technical Committees. Our formal Business Plan was approved on 1998-10-14. We have our chart and our course is set.
As a visiting professor to the World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden, I will present "Strategic value of International Standards in world maritime trade" to future leaders in the shipping industry.
Our standards activity remains at an all time high; our relationship with CEN continues as excellent; and we have made contact with PASC who will be represented at our next plenary session in Japan (October 1999). As you read the news from the subcommittees you will see the clear evidence of their activity and of our sensitivity to IMO and the industry alike.
To insure that we continue to meet the needs of the market we must be ever mindful and vigilant of our commitment to the "timing and timeliness" of developing international maritime standards.
CAPT Charles H.Piersall
Chairman
TEL:+301-934-4655
FAX:+301-934-5785
GREETINGS FROM THE NEW SECRETARY
I would like to introduce the JMSA (Japan Marine Standards Association) as the new Secretariat of TC8 and myself as the Secretary of TC8. First of all, I would like to say many heartfelt thanks to NNI and Mr.vanElk for 50 year's contribution to TC8. We think this is the greatest service, because this 50 years is almost the entire life of TC8 which was created in 1947.
As the successor of NNl, Japan was offered and reallocated the TC8 Secretariat in accordance with the ISO/TMB decision (Resolution 118-1998) in January of this year. It is our great pleasure for JMSA to assume the TC8 secretariat work and we must continue our service to TC8 as well as NNI has done for such a long time.
Secondly, I would like to introduce JMSA and myself. JMSA was established in 1969 under the approval of Japanese Ministry of Transport as a foundation and is the sole organization in Japan which deals with standardization work in the field of ships and marine technology. JMSA has been involved with ISO/TC8 since 1952 and ISO/TC188 since its establishment. Specifically after reorganization of TC8 in 1994, JMSA has also assumed the secretariat responsibility of SC6 (Navigation) and SC9 (General requirements). We have had two TC8 Plenary Meetings in Tokyo in the past. The Ministry of Transport has always taken care of JMSA for its increasing importance in relation to IMO. As the TC8 Secretary, I was nominated recently. I was born in 1944 and majored in Industrial Engineering at University. I have been working with JMSA for 26 years. During this period, I have been involved in the domestic drafting committees relating to shipbuilding and small craft industry and also I am a member of TC188 (Small Craft) Plenary Meeting. It is my great pleasure to join the TC8 community which has a time-honored tradition. I believe that my job as the TC8 Secretary is to perform in the aspect of administrative responsibility in TC8 operation.
Lastly, I would do my best as far as I can as the TC8 Secretary under the leadership of TC8 Chairman, Capt. Piersall and Mr.Abram(ISO/CS), but as I am not so accustomed to secretary work, no experience as yet, I would like to ask all members of TC8 to help me with your excellent experience and advice.
Ichiro Ogo
Secretary, TC8
