Title: Marine Accident Investigation Project Presenter’s Name: Charlie Gibbons Economy: Australia 33rd APEC Transportation Working Group Tokyo, Japan October

JAPAN rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October Background “ Code of the International Standards and Recommended Practice for a Safety Investigation into a Marine Casualty or Marine Incident ” Known as the Casualty Investigation Code The Casualty Investigation Code is mandatory Taking effect from 01 January 2010

JAPAN rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October APEC Transport Ministers APEC Transportation Ministers met in March 2007 in Adelaide Australia requested the Transport Working Group to establish a register of transport safety training capabilities in member economies to assist with capacity building

JAPAN rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October MEG consideration At the APEC TPT-WG 29 meeting in July 2007, MEG explored ways of fulfilling the request by Transport Ministers MEG agreed to determine the capacity of member economies to meet this requirement through the distribution of a questionnaire Project to be lead by Australia on behalf of MEG

JAPAN rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October The questionnaire A questionnaire was forwarded to all APEC member economies The questionnaire provided background on the IMO discussions and introduction of the mandatory requirement to investigate marine accidents The aim was to ascertain the level of knowledge of the IMO requirements, the technical knowledge and resource availability to meet the requirements and the ability of economies to provide assistance to any economies that may face challenges

JAPAN rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October Responses Responses were received from: AustraliaCanada Peoples Republic of ChinaHong Kong, China JapanRepublic of Korea New ZealandPeru The PhilippinesSingapore Chinese TaipeiThailand Vietnam

JAPAN rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October Some Conclusions on Capacity and Capability Almost all economies are members of the IMO Almost all economies are signatories to the SOLAS Convention All economies have their own flag register All economies have an agency that investigate marine casualties and incidents Investigation reports are available to the public in a majority of economies

JAPAN rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October Conclusions - continued A majority of economies provide reports of investigations to the IMO 8 economies always attend IMO meetings, 4 sometimes and 1 never About the same proportions attend MSC meetings Just over half the economies are members of the MAIIF and attend meetings 3 economies described their knowledge of the IMO proposal as limited – all others believed their knowledge to be comprehensive

JAPAN rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October Conclusions - continued 5 economies consider their capability (level of technical knowledge) to be moderate to meet the IMO requirements – all others consider their capability to be high 2 economies considers their capacity (level of resources) to be limited – all others consider their capacity to be adequate to meet the IMO requirements

JAPAN rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October Conclusions - continued 3 economies have concerns they will not be able to meet the IMO requirements – all others consider they can meet the requirements 8 economies consider they have the capacity, capability and ability to assist other economies if needed

JAPAN rd APEC Transportation Working Group, Tokyo, Japan, October Capacity and capability assistance The following economies have indicated their ability and willingness to assist building capacity and capability: Australia Canada People’s Republic of China Hong Kong, China Japan Republic of Korea The Philippines Thailand