19 th Conference of MBSHC 29 June – 3 July 2015 (Batumi, Georgia) Cooperation with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) the International Maritime Organization (IMO)(MBSHC )IHB

Content  General  Maritime Safety Committee (MSC)  Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue Sub-Committee (NCSR)  Technical Cooperation Committee (TC)

General  Council, C 113/D, Section 5: IMO Member State Audit Scheme -Since 2005, 86 Member States have so far volunteered for audit, representing 50% of the Membership of the IMO, 71 audits have been conducted (See C 114/6 progress report) C 114/6 C 114/6 -Next for MBSHC: Georgia, Serbia (April 2016), Albania (May 2016), Egypt (Sep. 2016), Monaco (Oct. 2017), then Ukraine, Lebanon, Algeria, Croatia, Libya, Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia (See C 112/INF.3) – Hydrographic questionnaire in the IMSAS Manual, p. 59 C 112/INF.3IMSAS ManualC 112/INF.3IMSAS Manual -Consolidated audit summary reported by IMO, but IHO not aware of any shortfalls for the hydrographic part unless IHO MS willing to report (  could be considered to be included in standard IHO MS reports to RHCs?)

Maritime Safety (MSC 95, 3-12 June 2015)  MSC 95/9: Report of the HTW2 (Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping Sub-Committee) (MSC invited to approve/approved MSC Circ. on ECDIS – Guidance for Good Practice – Annex 8 to HTW 2/19) MSC 95/9 Annex 8 MSC 95/9 Annex 8 - Significant improvement - Seven IMO Circ. to be/are revoked - IHO S-66 Project Team is considering to include it as an Annex of Next Ed. of S-66 ( Facts about electronic charts and carriage requirements )

Maritime Safety (MSC 95, 3-12 June 2015)  MSC 95/19/14: Comments by the IHO on MSC95/19/8 MSC 95/19/14 MSC 95/19/14 – S-Mode Guidelines: impact on MSC.232(82) and S-52 – Coordination required (harmonization of bridge design and display of information) – Revision of IEC might impact MSC.232(82) – Harmonized display of information and S-100 (Harmonization Group on Data Modelling, new requirements for the provision of MSI to be considered in the context of the review of GMDSS – IHO S-124 ( Navigational Warnings ), JCOMM S-411 ( Sea Ice ) and S-412 ( Met-ocean Forecasts ) under development

Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue  NCSR 2, 9-13 March Routeing of ships - E-navigation strategy implementation plan - Developments in maritime radiocomm systems - Further development of the GMDSS master plan on shore-based facilities - Guidelines on Maritime Safety Information (MSI)  MBSHC invited to refer to IHO CL 24/2015 IHO CL 24/2015IHO CL 24/2015  IHO reported on ECDIS issues and chart coverage (NCSR 2/22/2) NCSR 2/22/2NCSR 2/22/2 -> For IHO Report to NCSR 3, MBSHC Rep. to WENDWG to report to WENDWG Chair/Sec. by end of Oct on any issue (coverage, moorings, ports, gaps, overlaps, inconsistencies) NCSR 3, 29 Feb.- 4 March 2016

Technical Cooperation (TC-65, June 2015) Proposal TC 65/6(b)/1 dated 30 April 2015 submitted by IHO TC 65/6(b)/1 TC 65/6(b)/1 “Country Maritime Profiles” - To facilitate future activities of the Joint IHO/IMO.WMO/IOC/IALA/IAEA/FIG Capacity Building Group (Joint CB Group) under the banner “Delivering as One” (See TC 65-INF.3) by sharing the relevant information contained in the respective Country Profiles TC 65-INF.3TC 65-INF.3 - Publicity made of P-5 ( IHO Yearbook ) and C-55 ( Status of Hydrographic Surveying and Charting Worldwide )  Proposal : Step 1(shared access), Step 2 (concerted development of a common Country Maritime Profile database by the Joint CB Group)

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