FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1992
DSC OFFICERS REQUIRED TO HOLD TYPE RATING CERTIFICATES
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MERCHANT
HAVE
NEW AMENDMENTS TO THREE
SHIPPING REGULATIONS
BEEN MADE
KONG REQUIRING DECK AND ENGINEER OFFICERS ON HONG
TO HOLD A REGISTERED AND LICENSED DYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED CRAFT (DSC) TYPE RATING CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT STARTING JANUARY 1, 1993.
FROM
THE PRINCIPAL SURVEYOR (CREWS BRANCH) OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, WHICH MR MATHAI VARGHESE, TODAY (FRIDAY) SAID: "THE NEW REQUIREMENTS
OF OFFICERS ON DSC CALL FOR SPECIALISED TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION WILL ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF THE PORT AND THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.'
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THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (CERTIFICATION OF OFFICERS) (AMENDMENT) AND FERRY VESSELS) REGULATION 1992, THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (LAUNCHES
REGULATION 1992, AND THE (AMENDMENT)
MERCHANT SHIPPING (FEES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATION 1992, WERE GAZETTED TODAY.
SAID: "OFFICERS
ON DSC
NEED WILL
ΤΟ UNDERGO
OF THE OPERATION
THESE TECHNOLOGICALLY- AND BE EXAMINED BEFORE THEY CAN OBTAIN THE
MR VARGHESE SPECIALISED TRAINING FOR ADVANCED CRAFT CERTIFICATES,
THE
HOLD "WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE OFFICERS OPERATING DSC ALREADY REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, OTHERS HAD ONLY RECEIVED COMPANY
TRAINING IN THE PAST.
"THESE OFFICERS ARE NOW BEING RETRAINED MARINE DEPARTMENT TO MEET THE DEADLINE."
ALL
AND
EXAMINED BY
THE
MR VARGHESE SAID THE NEW REQUIREMENTS WHICH
INDUSTRY WERE SECTORS OF THE SHIPPING QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS ON DSC AS LAID DOWN MARITIME ORGANISATION (IMO).
WERE WELCOMED BY IN LINE WITH THE BY THE INTERNATIONAL
THE
OF RECOMMENDATIONS THEY AROSE OUT OF
MARINE COURT
THE ACCIDENT WHICH
THE WATERJET-PROPELLED INVESTIGATED
INVOLVING CATAMARAN "APOLLO JET" ON DECEMBER 15, 1989.
THE
WITH FOUR VESSELS AT THE THE VESSEL COLLIDED
YAU MA TEI
ON STRANDED
THE SEAWALL OF FERRY TYPHOON SHELTER BEFORE BECOMING STREET. AS A RESULT, FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND SEVEN INJURED.
WATER, THE
WEIGHT
BY
DSC ARE SHIPS THAT CAN OPERATE ON OR ABOVE OF WHICH, OR A SIGNIFICANT PART OF IT, IS SUPPORTED WHEN UNDER WAY OTHER THAN HYDROSTATIC FORCES, SUCH AS HYDROFOILS AND JETFOILS.
LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 16 MILLION PASSENGERS TRAVELLED VESSELS BETWEEN HONG KONG, MACAU AND CHINA.
0
17
ON THESE