Accident Investigation in the Mediterranean

Accident Investigation in the Mediterranean: Voyage data Recorders

INFRA 20215 In co operation with European Maritime Safety Agency

Venue:

Malta Maritime Authority, Valletta, Malta

Malta, 13/14 July 2005 Aim of the Meeting

To raise awareness of the knowledge and skills required to download and playback Voyage Data Recorder information for the purpose of maritime safety investigation. Accident Investigation in the Mediterranean: Voyage Data Recorders

Programme 13 July 2005

Chairman: Stuart Withington Speaker/trainer Rachel Jones

09:30 Welcome, Introduction and Course Objectives 10:00 VDR History, purpose and IMO Member state obligations 10:30 VDR Carriage Requirements and vessel categories 11:00 Coffee 11:30 ACTIVITY 1: Identification of VDR & non-VDR fitted vessels 12:00 Use of the VDR Resource CD and its contents 12:30 Lunch 13:30 VDR manufacturers and models 14:00 VDR playback software 14:30 VDR Data in real-world accident investigation 15:00 ACTIVITY 2: Analysis of VDR data from MAIB investigations 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Continuation of and feedback from ACTIVITY 2 17:00 Wash-up and end of day 1 Programme 14 July 2005

Chairman: Stuart Withington Trainer: Rachel Jones

1200 to In co-operation with the ship operator, delegates will board a high speed passenger 1700 ferry berthed in Valletta, Malta for practical exercises in downloading and playing back of VDR information. Key tasks will be to  Connect to and download data from the vessel's VDR  Playback and analyse data recovered from ferry's VDR Delegates will return to the classroom to undertake case study tasks in VDR analysis and discuss strategies to manage VDR information for the purpose of safety investigation

This meeting is being organised by the Technical Assistance Information Exchange instrument of the European Commission CHAR 05/97, B - 1049 Brussels Telephone: +32-2-296 73 07, +32-2-296 73 08, Fax: +32-2-296 68 40 Web site http://taiex.cec.eu.int