BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 13. The delegation of
the State Maritime and Port Agency (SMPA) of Azerbaijan represented
the country at the 12th session of the Subcommittee on Human
Factors, Training, and Watchkeeping of the International Maritime
Organization (IMO) in London, the Ministry of Digital Development
and Transport told Trend.
The event was attended by Said Orujov, director of the agency's
ship's crew department, and Ahmad Lametov, a leading specialist of
the training and certification department.
The main topic of the five-day session was dedicated to the
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification
and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) and amendments to its
code.
The delegation actively participated in the event and
substantiated three previously submitted proposals. A decision was
made to discuss one of the proposals within the framework of future
sessions, and it was considered appropriate to discuss the other
two proposals by the working group and add them to the STCW
International Convention.
Important discussions highlighted the session, which was held on
the basis of almost 160 documents covering over 150 gaps. At this
year's 111th session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee, which
takes place in May, the projects that have been prepared will be
presented for approval.
The session also addressed the need to reassess the pertinence
of the current competency standards within the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), considering the
swift advancements in digitalization and automation processes.
In light of the widespread digitization of contemporary
navigation and control systems, the workshop stressed the need for
equipping seafarers with the ability to recognize, avoid, and
mitigate cyber threats.
For this purpose, a proposal was made to add new competency
tables on relevant knowledge, skills, and competencies in the field
of cybersecurity to the SOLAS.
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