Press IMO on voyage data recorders
Clarke Inquiry · Marchioness/Bowbelle: Formal Investigation under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, Volume I · Issued 23 March 2001
Government responseNot tracked (historical inquiry)
DeliveryNo statement from the addressee found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, 39.18
We support the recommendation by Colman J in paragraph 14.24 of his report in the DERBYSHIRE inquiry that the Department should press IMO to require the fitting of a VDR system on all existing cargo vessels and new buildings.
Clarke Inquiry, Marchioness/Bowbelle: Formal Investigation under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, Volume I · 23 Mar 2001 Source PDF, page 362 →
Government response
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Delivery
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