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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1987
NEW SHIPPING REGISTER WILL MEET UN STANDARDS
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SHIPPING REGISTER WILL MEET THE PROPOSED NEW HONG KONG
THE CRITERIA AND STANDARDS SET OUT IN
NATIONS CONVENTION CONDITIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF SHIPS ADOPTED IN FEBRUARY 1986.
UNITED
ALL
ON
HIGGINSON,
LLOYD'S REGISTER OF
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR GERRY IN AN ADDRESS TO THE EAST ASIA COMMITTEE OF THE SHIPPING THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.
PRINCIPAL CLAUSES THE HEART OF THE UN CONVENTION LAY IN THREE AND COMPETENT
ADEQUATE NATIONAL REQUIRING THE FLAG STATE TO HAVE A
INTERNATIONAL RULES MARITIME ADMINISTRATION; TO IMPLEMENT APPLICABLE
PARTICULAR, THE SAFETY OF AND STANDARDS CONCERNING, IN
SHIPS AND
OF PREVENTION PERSONS ON BOARD
POLLUTION OF THE MARINE
EMPLOYMENT ON ENVIRONMENT; AND TO ENSURE THAT THE MANNING AND WAS IN CONFORMITY WITH APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL RULES AND STANDARDS.
AND THE
SHIPS
TO
MARITIME "WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY COMPETENT
ADHERENCE
INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTIONS
ADMINISTRATION.
IS
OUR
EXCELLENT,"
RECORD OF MR HIGGINSON SAID.
"INDEED, HONG KONG IS ONE OF ONLY THREE INTERNATIONAL
OF MAN) LISTED REGISTERS (THE OTHERS BEING LIBERIA AND THE ISLE THE APPENDIX TO THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING FEDERATION'S INTERNATIONAL REGISTERS WHICH HAD RATIFIED FOUR OF THE KEY SAFETY STCW AND SOLAS 1974, SOLAS 1978 PROTOCOL,
MANNING CONVENTIONS 147.
IN
GUIDE
TO
AND
I LO
BY
"IT HAS ALSO BEEN AGREED BY BRITAIN AND CHINA, AND ACCEPTED
THAT HONG THE SECRETARIAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION, KONG SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE IMO AFTER 1997.
TOTAL
"SO LET THERE BE NO DOUBT ABOUT OUR INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS," SAID MR HIGGINSON.
ACCEPTANCE
OF
OUR
OF
ON THE QUESTION OF THE FLAG, MR HIGGINSON SAID REGISTRATION
THE PLACE OF A SHIP ENTITLED THAT SHIP TO FLY THE NATIONAL FLAG OF REGISTRY WHICH, IN TURN, ESTABLISHED THE NATIONALITY OF THE SHIP,
THE AUTHORITY THE FLAG STATE SIGNIFIED
WHICH EXERCISING JURISDICTION AND CONTROL OVER THE SHIP.
WAS
RESPONSIBLE
ARRANGEMENTS IN HONG KONG'S UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES, TO BE MADE, WHEN MODIFYING THE REGISTER, TO PROVIDE THAT
OF THE ЗНІР NATIONALITY FLAGS, WOULD INDICATE BOTH THE
ON THE AND THAT SHE WAS PRE-1997 AND CHINESE POST-1997 REGISTER, HE SAID.
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"CURRENT PROPOSALS ARE THAT, WHEN THE MODIFIED INTO OPERATION, SHIPS ON THE REGISTER SHOULD FLY TWO STERN A UNIQUE SOLUTION TO A UNIQUE SITUATION.
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AND FOR
WOULD NEED A FLAG, OR
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BRITISH HONG KONG
REGISTER COMBS FLAGS FROM THE
/"THE UPPER