{"id":11182,"date":"2019-06-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/cfa-participates-in-imo-sessions\/"},"modified":"2020-03-02T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T20:36:09","slug":"cfa-participates-in-imo-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/cfa-participates-in-imo-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"CFA participates in IMO sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Ferry Association (CFA) recently participated in international meetings and discussions of relevance to the ferry sector.<\/p>\n<p>At first, CFA attended (April 27-May 5) a meeting of the Human Training Element and Watchkeeping Subcommittee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). \u00a0The Canadian government included the \u00a0Canadian Ferry Association's CEO as an observer with the Canadian delegation. \u00a0In this case, there were discussions on issues related to women in the marine sector, training and certification of crews.<\/p>\n<p>CFA also had meetings with other organizations such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (of which Canada is a member) and the International Labour Organization. \u00a0In these meetings, CFA discussed issues such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>standards for the transportation of dangerous goods,<\/li>\n<li>collection of statistics,<\/li>\n<li>hours of rest,<\/li>\n<li>women in the marine sector, and<\/li>\n<li>random drug testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our association's CEO also attended (June 5-14) a meeting of the Maritime Safety Committee of the IMO as part of the Canadian delegation first then as part of Interferry's delegation. \u00a0Our CEO spoke on behalf of Interferry, and the Canadian ferry sector, to support China's proposal to have IMO look at domestic ferry safety. \u00a0We also voiced our concern on other measures related to life jackets. \u00a0Finally we also attended and participated in \u00a0the development of voluntary IMO guidance on marine autonomous surface ships trials.<\/p>\n<p>Canada functions in an increasingly interconnected world. \u00a0Developments thousands of kilometres away may have a real impact on operations in Canada. \u00a0CFA is taking measures to monitor regulatory changes and developments happening in other countries and international organizations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9726\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadianferry.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SB-IMO-Sec-General-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CFA's CEO, Serge Buy and IMO's Secretary General, Kitack Lim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Ferry Association (CFA) recently participated in international meetings and discussions of relevance to the ferry sector. 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