IMCO's Work for Safety at Sea: E.P. Srivastava, secretary general, Inter-governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO). This talk will have a special bearing on IMCO's work on international requirements regarding standards of manning, certification, and watch keeping.

U.S. Coast Guard and International Work on Safety at Sea: Rear Adm. Henry H. Bell, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Merchant Marine Safety. This paper will explain the difference between international regulations adopted or to be adopted by IMCO and those applied by the U.S. Coast Guard considering the impact of such differences on foreign vessels calling at U.S. ports.

IMIF's Contribution To Better Operating Standards: Dr. Helmut Sohmen, chairman, International Maritime Industries Forum (IMIF), and chairman of Marine Navigation Company Ltd. This presentation will deal with safety in human terms, elaborating on manning policies, morale and staff welfare, and safety consciousness.

Human Factors and Safety: William O. Gray, senior advisor, Petroleum Products Department, Exxon Corporation. This speech will deal with human errors defined as "competent" and "incompetent" errors, stressing the question as to where the responsibility primarily rests and how a major company like Exxon attacks these problems.

Accident/Incident Statistics for Safety: K. Harold Drager, principal research engineer, Det norske Veritas. The ultimate objective of statistics on marine casualties is to create a base for deciding priority as to where remedial actions should be put in. Safety at sea being an international matter, worldwide marine casualty statistics defining the causes of the accidents in a manner suited to an overall and systematic analysis is of paramount importance, this paper states.

Vessel Traffic Systems for Safe Navigation—Limited Guidance or Extensive Control?: Frode Ringdal, attorney at law. This speaker will question whether participation in shore-based monitoring systems should be voluntary or made mandatory. He will also discuss whether such systems should be of a passive, advisory type or be given the power to take direct action in the movements of the vessel. In the latter case the legal aspects, such as liability in case of wrong information or orders being given, have to be clarified.

Manning of the Bridge: Capt. Erik Salvesen, Norwegian Maritime Directorate. This paper will deal with the general basis for the existing manning rules applicable to Norwegian ships, particularly emphasizing rules and regulations related to navigational watchkeeping.