ACTIVITIES RELATING TO TITLE II PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY ACT OF 1972

The Ports and Waterways Safety Act was enacted on 10 July 1972. The purpose of the Act is to promote safety of ports, harbors, waterfront areas and navigable waters of the U. S. The report begins with a general description of the efforts taken by the Coast Guard in 1973. The report discusses specific accomplishments under the following topics: Approach used in meeting the charge of Title II; Data Acquisition Improvement; Internat'l Conference on Marine Pollution, 1973; Domestic Vessel Traffic Systems; Maneuvering; Personnel Standards; Hazardous Chemicals in Bulk; Research and Development; Risk Management System Development; Damage Risk Analysis; and Miscellaneous (describes actions taken under the authority of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended). (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Rept. no. USCG-M-3-77 dated Jan 75, AD-A033 107.
• Corporate Authors:

  United States Coast Guard

  Office of Merchant Marine Safety
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • BENNETT, R
• Publication Date: 1974-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 44 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casualties; Commodities; Crash avoidance systems; Crash investigation; Docks; Freight transportation; Harbors; Hazardous materials; Marine safety; Maritime safety; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Pollution; Pollution control; Port operations; Regulations; Research; Safety; Ship ballast; Tankers; Transportation; Vessel traffic control; Water quality management; Water traffic; Water transportation; Waterway facility operations; Waterways
• Identifier Terms: International Maritime Consultative organization; United States Coast Guard
• Old TRIS Terms: Hazardous materials transportation; Imco pollution regulations; Oil spill control; Pollution abatement measures; Segregated ballast tankers; Tanker pollution prevention; Water pollution abatement; Water pollution prevention; Waterway transportation
• Subject Areas: Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00150778
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG-M-2-77
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM