16^th APEC
TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP
HONG KONG, CHINA
NOVEMBER 1999

 STEERING COMMITTEE ON SAFE AND ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (INCLUDING TECHNOLOGIES)

EXPERTS GROUP ON MARITIME SAFETY

PROGRESS REPORT ON THE "SAFER SHIPPING IN THE
ASIA PACIFIC REGION – AN INTEGRATED APPROACH - PHASE 1"
PROJECT (TPT 03-99)

Submitted by Australia

November 1999

LEAD ECONOMY: AUSTRALIA

16^th APEC TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP
MEETING – HONG KONG, CHINA – NOVEMBER 1999

AGENDA ITEM 11: EXPERTS GROUP ON MARITIME SAFETY

PROGRESS REPORT ON THE PROJECT "SAFER SHIPPING IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION – AN INTEGRATED APPROACH" (TPT 03-99)

Australia

Safer Shipping Project

This project was proposed by Australia in 1997 and was endorsed by the TPT-WG in April 1998. Funding approval was obtained in July 1998 and endorsed by Ministers in November 1998.

The objective of the project is to identify the legislative, economic, or commercial mechanisms that can be used in APEC economies to encourage all players in the international maritime industry to support a safety culture and the use of quality safe shipping.

The project Steering Committee, established at the Experts Group on Maritime Safety (EGMS) in Seoul, selected the Asia Pacific Maritime Institute (APMI) Pty Ltd as the preferred tenderer in March 1999.

Current Status

APMI Pty Ltd, which is based in Launceston Australia, commenced Phase 1 of the Safer Shipping Project in April 1999. Initially a literature review was conducted to provide background information for the study. This exploratory research of secondary data enabled APMI to develop a questionnaire which was forwarded to APEC economies targeted by the study. To encourage participation, the survey questionnaire was modified for internet use and posted on the APMI website. Personal interviews with many of the APEC economies were also conducted.

The collection of data has been completed and APMI are currently finalising the data analysis. The draft report of findings was submitted to the Project Steering Committee at the beginning of November 1999.

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