NTSB Makes Safety Recommendations to U.S. Coast Guard.
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Press Release Summary:
NTSB recommendations to U.S. Coast Guard include M-10-4, which concerns inappropriate use of loudhailers by vessels for sound signaling and corrective actions. For new ferry vessels, M-10-5 requires installation of voyage data recorders that meet international performance standard. Similarly, M-10-6 requires voyage data recorder installation on ferry vessels built before enactment of voyage data recorder carriage requirements that will record specific video, audio, and parametric data.
Original Press Release:
NTSB Safety Recommendations M-10-4 through -6
The NTSB makes the following new safety recommendations to the U.S. Coast Guard:
Determine whether your vessels are inappropriately using loudhailers for sound signaling, and ensure that all Coast Guard vessels use only sound signaling devices that meet auditory standards of international navigation rules. (M-10-4)
Require installation of voyage data recorders that meet the international performance standard on new ferry vessels. (M-10-5)
Require installation of voyage data recorders on ferry vessels built before the enactment of voyage data recorder carriage requirements that will record, at a minimum, the same video, audio, and parametric data specified in the International Maritime Organization's performance standard for simplified voyage data recorders. (M-10-6)
The NTSB reiterates Safety Recommendation M-05-6 previously issued to the U.S. Coast Guard:
Seek legislative authority to require all U.S.-flag ferry operators to implement safety management systems, and once obtained, require all U.S.-flag ferry operators to do so. (M-05-6)
http://ntsb.gov/Recs/letters/2010/M-10-004-006.pdf
The complete recommendation letter is available on the Web at the URL indicated above.
An archive of recommendation letters is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/letters.htm.
