Iniciativa “accidentes cero” OMI e IALA

Durante el reciente simposio de Estambul, el secretario de la OMI ha lanzado junto con IALA la iniciativa “accidentes cero”. En la iniciativa alienta a los países con VTS (STM) y a IALA a que cuenten y difundan el número de días consecutivos sin accidentes en los dispositivos de control de tráfico marítimo. Nota de Prensa

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu, during his closing address to the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) VTS (Vessel Traffic Services) Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, (14 September 2012), praised the safety record of the Turkish Straits VTS, which came into service in 2003, and encouraged IALA and VTS operators to undertake an initiative in which ports, harbours, straits and sea areas with VTS would count, and publicise, the number of consecutive accident-free days.