NTSB -- NTSB Safety Recommendations M-10-4 through -6

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NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

February 3, 2011

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NTSB Safety Recommendations M-10-4 through -6

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The NTSB makes the following new safety recommendations to

the U.S. Coast Guard:

Determine whether your vessels are inappropriately using

loudhailers for sound signaling, and ensure that all Coast

Guard vessels use only sound signaling devices that meet

auditory standards of international navigation rules. (M-10-

Require installation of voyage data recorders that meet the

international performance standard on new ferry vessels. (M-

10-5)

Require installation of voyage data recorders on ferry

vessels built before the enactment of voyage data recorder

carriage requirements that will record, at a minimum, the

same video, audio, and parametric data specified in the

International Maritime Organization's performance standard

for simplified voyage data recorders. (M-10-6)

The NTSB reiterates Safety Recommendation M-05-6 previously

issued to the U.S. Coast Guard:

Seek legislative authority to require all U.S.-flag ferry

operators to implement safety management systems, and once

obtained, require all U.S.-flag ferry operators to do so.

(M-05-6)

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http://www.ntsb.gov/Recs/letters/2010/M-10-004-006.pdf

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