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49–461CC
1998
OVERSIGHT OF THE U.S. ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
(105–74)
HEARING
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON
COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
JUNE 25, 1998
Printed for the use of the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman
DON YOUNG, Alaska
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin
SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York
HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
JAY KIM, California
STEPHEN HORN, California
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BOB FRANKS, New Jersey
JOHN L. MICA, Florida
JACK QUINN, New York
TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
SUE W. KELLY, New York
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana
FRANK RIGGS, California
CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire
ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio
JACK METCALF, Washington
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
EDWARD A. PEASE, Indiana
ROY BLUNT, Missouri
JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania
ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
MERRILL COOK, Utah
JOHN COOKSEY, Louisiana
JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota
CHARLES W. ''CHIP'' PICKERING, Jr., Mississippi
KAY GRANGER, Texas
JON D. FOX, Pennsylvania
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THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
J.C. WATTS, Jr., Oklahoma
JERRY MORAN, Kansas
VITO FOSSELLA, New York
JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
ROBERT E. WISE, Jr., West Virginia
JAMES A. TRAFICANT, Jr., Ohio
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
GLENN POSHARD, Illinois
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia
JERROLD NADLER, New York
PAT DANNER, Missouri
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
CORRINE BROWN, Florida
JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
BOB FILNER, California
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
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FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD, California
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
MAX SANDLIN, Texas
ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
JAY W. JOHNSON, Wisconsin
LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts
TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
NICK LAMPSON, Texas
JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine
MARION BERRY, Arkansas
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland, Chairman
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey, Vice-Chairman
DON YOUNG, Alaska
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
(ex officio)
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BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
JAY W. JOHNSON, Wisconsin
ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
(ex officio)
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CONTENTS
TESTIMONY
Cox, Joseph J., President, Chamber of Shipping of America
Kincaid, Captain Lee A., Assistant Director, Calhoon Marine Engineers' Beneficial Assocation (MEBA) Engineering School
North, Rear Admiral Robert C., Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, accompanied by Joseph Angelo, Director of Standards, U.S. Coast Guard
Somerville, Robert D., President, American Bureau of Shipping
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Turner, Terry, National Director of Political Action and Government Relations, Seafarers International Union of North America
Wallace, Sidney A., Retired Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, and Counsel, Dryer Ellis and Joseph
PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Gilchrest, Hon. Wayne T., of Maryland
Johnson, Hon. Jay W., of Wisconsin
Shuster, Hon. Bud, of Pennsylvania
PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES
Cox, Joseph J
Kincaid, Capt. Lee A
North, Rear Admiral Robert C
Somerville, Robert D
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Turner, Terry
Wallace, Sidney A
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD
North, Rear Admiral Robert C., Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, responses to questions
Somerville, Robert D., President:
American Bureau of Shipping, 1997 Annual Review
Responses to questions
Wallace, Sidney A., Retired Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, and Counsel, Dryer Ellis and Joseph:
Court case, INTERTANKO v. State of Washington, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, filed June 18, 1998
Evolution of IMO Conventions
ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD
International Maritime Organization:
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IMO's 50th Anniversary, a Message from Secretary-General William A. O'Neil
IMO the First Fifty Years
IMO's 50th Anniversary: a Record of Success
IMO's 50th Anniversary: Some Key Dates
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Focus on IMO:
Basic Facts About IMO, January 1998
SOLAS: the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, January 1998
IMO and the Safety of Bulk Carriers, January 1998
IMO Conventions, January 1, 1998
Summary of IMO Conventions, February 1998
MARPOL 73/78, October 1997
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Preventing Marine Pollution, March 1998
Tanker Safety: the Work of the International Maritime Organization, March 1996
Shipping Emergencies—Search and Rescue and the GMDSS, February 1998
The New STCW Convention, April 1997
IMO and the Safety of Navigation, January 1998
IMO: What it is, What it Does, How it Works
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