RS International seminars «Quality Shipping: XXI Century Standard»

XII - «Safety and Marine Environment Protection: Prospects We Face.»

(October 21-22)

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The XII International Seminar Safety and Marine Environment Protection: Prospects We Face organized by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping took place in St. Petersburg on 21-22 October 2009. During the forum representatives of the international maritime community discussed the issues of maritime safety such as training and labour conditions, maritime security and environment protection.

Organization of the Seminar has been supported by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Federal Agency of Sea and River Transport and Federal Service for Transport Supervision. The Director of the Department of State Policy for Maritime and River Transport of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Alexey Klyavin and the Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Transport Supervision Vladimir Popov addressed participants at the opening ceremony.

The Director General of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping Nikolay Reshetov has emphasized the significance and necessity of the meetings that enable to discuss the burning issues the maritime community faces. The international seminars hosted by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping have already become a landmark for the Russian maritime community. At this forum, the Russian shipowners may get immediate information on the hottest industry’s items. 

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STATEMENT OF THE PARTICIPANTS TO THE XII INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

“Quality Shipping: XXI Century Standard. Safety and Marine Environment Protection: Prospects We Face”

Participants to the Seminar,

NOTING that, despite the world economic crisis, the maritime community steadily advances on its way of further improving international safety at sea and environment protection standards, and that significant progress has been made in this domain,

RECOGNIZING nevertheless that drastic improvement of the casualty at sea statistics involving catastrophic consequences for human life and environment could not be achieved so far due mainly to the negative effect of human element being the primary underlying cause of casualties and accidents at sea,

RECOGNIZING ALSO that, in spite of the evident success following the implementation of the ISM Code, its effect on the improvement of safety culture is not high enough, especially in the human element management area,

MINDFUL of the fact that the eradication of substandard companies, ships and crews from the international sea trade sphere is one of the primary tasks for ensuring quality shipping and, consequently, improving the profile of maritime industry,

SHARING SERIOUS CONCERN of the world community at the continued acts of piracy representing a real threat to human life, safety at sea and environment,

ALSO SHARING DEEP CONCERN of the world community caused by global climate changes,

CONVINCED that a successful solution of problems related to the implementation and further improvement of safety of navigation standards, as well as to all-embracing reduction of the shipping impact on the environment, can only be achieved through concerted action of all stakeholders,

1. EXPRESS THEIR HIGH APPRECIATION of all measures and actions proposed or being implemented by the organizations and institutions represented by the participants to the XII International Seminar, which aim at enhancing safety at sea and taking urgent and long-term steps for environmental protection;

2. SUPPORT action taken by the International Maritime Organization, regional and national organs vested with legislative and control powers in the safety at sea and environmental protection field;

3. EMPHASIZE THE NEED for a full and harmonized implementation of the international conventions’ requirements and of co-ordination, at the international level, of joint efforts in the sphere of training ship and shore personnel, taking due account of ecological safety issues,

4. DECLARE their commitment to make all possible further efforts to ensure quality shipping,

5. URGE all stakeholders to continue and strengthen their co-operation aimed at rendering the development of the world shipping a sustainable process, inherently safe and sound ecologically.

Saint-Petersburg, 22 October 2009

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