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Noise staff Lieutenant (LT) Nick Woessner and Mr. Wayne Lundy. title should be revised to include reference to adverse impact

One need not be apprehensive of the noise limits speci? ed in of marine life. The body of the guideline is relatively solidi- the new IMO code for ships of 1600 GT and up. These com- ? ed with a draft approved by the IMO’s Design & Equipment partment noise limits can be achieved with what have become (DE) Committee in 2013 and the Marine Environment Protec- standard noise control treatments which can be designed into tion Committee (MEPC) in March 2014.

the ship for only a very small percent increase in the total ship The guideline’s Preamble notes that “Concern has been raised acquisition cost. The key to meeting any shipboard noise re- that a signi