NTSB Safety Recommendations M-09-1 through -5

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Title: NTSB Safety Recommendations M-09-1 through -5

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                NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

May 8, 2009

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NTSB Safety Recommendations M-09-1 through -05

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The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following safety recommendations to the U.S.

Coast Guard:

Propose to the International Maritime Organization that it include a segment on cultural and language

differences and their possible influence on mariner performance in its bridge resource management

curricula. (M-09-1)

Revise your vessel traffic service policies to ensure that vessel traffic service communications identify

the vessel, not only the pilot, when vessels operate in pilotage waters. (M-09-2)

Provide Coast Guard-wide guidance to vessel traffic service personnel that clearly defines

expectations for the use of existing authority to direct or control vessel movement when such action is

justified in the interest of safety. (M-09-3)

Require mariners to report to the Coast Guard, in a timely manner, any substantive changes in their

medical status or medication use that occur between required medical evaluations. (M-09-4)

Supersedes M-05-5

Establish a mechanism through which representatives of pilot oversight organizations collect and

regularly communicate pilot performance data and information regarding pilot oversight and best

practices. (M-09-5)

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http://www.ntsb.gov/Recs/letters/2009/M09_1_5.pdf

 

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