Subject | Brief information of MAIIF 20 meeting |
Hit | 3525 |
Writer | Chunsong Ko |
Date | 2011.03.03 |
The 20th meeting of MAIIF was held in early last month (February).
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<br />1. Date and Place : 2011.1.31 - 2011.2.4, Freeport, Grand Bahama
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<br />2. Hosting Authority : BMA (Bahamas Maritime Authority)
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<br />3. Participants : about 50 investigators from 32 organizations of 28 States
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<br />4. Agenda
<br /> - annual acitivities of member States
<br /> - presentation of accident investigation cases on
<br /> > Fishing Vessel Safety Issues
<br /> > VDR analysis within marine accident investigation
<br /> > Pilotage related accident investigation
<br /> > Human factors in maritime accidents
<br /> - IMO and ILO activities regarding marine casualty investigation
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<br />5. Other issues
<br /> - MAIIF 21st meeting.
<br /> - Mr. Steve Clinch of MAIB of UK was elected as treasurer. of the meeting.
<br /> - Associated membership was discussed and finally decided to be deleted from the Charter.
<br /> - WMU"s paper for the FSI 19 did not reflect actual and practical situation of investigation.
<br /> - Joint session with CMOU(Caribbean MOU on Port State Control)
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<br />6. MAIFA memeber States participation
<br /> - Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea attended the meeting