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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2016.22.7.773

New Regulatory Formulation Approaches for IMO Maritime Safety Regulations  

Park, Joo sung (Korean Register of Shipping)
Ha, Weon jae (Division of Global Maritime Studies, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.22, no.7, 2016 , pp. 773-781 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present SOLAS Convention has maintained safety regulations in a largely prescriptive form and this has become overly prescriptive now. The prescriptive rules do not properly reflect technical advances and changing environments in the maritime sector in a timely manner. The purpose of this study is to provide preliminary research to lay a foundation for the development of a new regulatory framework based on safety performance which is not a prescriptive rule making bases. This study reviewed the concept and characteristics of a minimum requirement, the implications of safety regulations in terms of strategic, commercial and technical aspects, the compensative correlation between constructional requirements and operational measures, the concept of safety with regard to final stage confirmation of functions, expansion of implementers and objects of safety regulations, and the balance between safety and environmental protection requirements. Based on these research, 10 principles for the rule formulation process has been suggested such as consideration on the hardware requirements and software requirement, the multi-stage approval concept, new safety concerns for complex shipboard systems, considerations on the human element, regulatory impact assessments and measures to reduce administrative burdens.
Keywords
International Maritime Organization; Maritime safety conventions; Prescriptive safety regulations; Minimum requirement; Software requirement; Hardware requirement; Multi-stage approval;
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