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Philippe Boisson

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Bureau Veritas' Boisson Authors Maritime Safely Book

Philippe Boisson, communications manager and legal advisor to Bureau

Veritas' Marine Division, has recently authored a book, Safety at sea: policies, regulations and international law, focus- es on preventing accidents and evaluat- ing safety at sea.

Boisson, who has been following safe- ty system developments for more than twenty years, researched recent sea dis- asters, such as Braer in 1993; Estonia in 1994; and Sea Empress in 1996. The book is the result of five years research that set out to answer a myriad of ques- tions that, according to Boisson, "always arise after the aftermath of an accident." Specifically: Could disasters at sea be prevented? Are safety levels adequate? Are protective measures appropriate? Is the present system obso- lete, unable to cope with the upheavals of the modern world?

Geared toward seafarers, shore-based shipping company staff, insurers, ship- pers and transport auxiliaries; the 550- page book reportedly, analyzes all tech- nical and legal regulations affecting

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ALL YOUR MARINE SANITATION NEEDS, shipping. Among other issues are the safety of car ferries, new regulations on bulk carrier struc- tures, the Internation- al Safety Manage- ment Code (ISM), the

Convention on Train- ing and Qualification of Seafarers (STCW), electronic charts, the Global

Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), and Vessel Traffic Services (VTS). Boisson sheds light on interna- tional maritime safety precautions; strategies and policies adopted by states, organizations, and the maritime industry sector, which all set out to reduce the number of accidents and curtail conse- quences.

Safety at sea is divided into three main sections - the first part of the book lists the sources of international law on safe- ty, its various public and private promot- ers on both national and international levels, procedures for setting standards, regulations and various legal instru- ments intended to prevent accidents.

The second section deals with actual regulations, determining the administra- tive, technical, behavioral, and opera- tion requirements that ships must satis- fy. Boisson also analyzes worldwide shipping standards, regulations, con- struction, equipment, operation and navigation.

The last section concentrates on estab- lishing policies, surveillance and inspecting, and penalties for breaching regulations. Boisson concludes the book with an assessment of safety at sea and the prospective trends for the mil- lennium. Ten basic trends are exam- ined, including the emergence of IMC auspices, the end of global regulations and transparency of information 01 ships.

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