## Part 2

## Maritime Transport Safety Measures

## 1 Maritime Traffic Environment Enhancements

Given the enlargement and higher velocity of ships, diversification of marine waters' usage and complications of maritime traffic, maintenance was carried out on sea-lanes, ports and harbors, fishing ports. The enrichment of information regarding safety from the nautical charts and hydrographers, and the improvement of the communication systems using IT need to be implemented.

(1) Improvement of the maritime traffic safety facilities

(2) Sufficient information availability regarding traffic regulations and maritime traffics

(3) Improvement of passenger ship terminals adequate to the aging society

## 2 Ensuring Safe Operations of vessels

The safe operations of vessels would be ensured by establishing the educational & training systems for the crew members in safe operations. For that purpose, well planned measures for seafarer disasters need to be implemented by improving the quality of seafarers, pilots and passenger ship businesses as well as domestic marine transportation services, and also by improving operating management systems of the vessels. The measurements including enhancement of the labor condition inspections, countermeasures of recurrence of serious accidents and improvements in the "Transport Safety Management System". Among others are the promulgating/promoting "Occupational Safety & Health Management System" guideline which intends to make continuous, stepwise improvement of safe & health standard by ship owners voluntary being part of the seafarer disaster preventions as a risk assessment and PDCA cycle which require continuous improvements of the measures.

In addition, for contributing to prevent recurrence and mitigate damage of marine accidents/incidents, we shall continue to appropriately identify the causes of accidents/incidents.

(1) Improvement of qualities of seafarers

(2) Improving operating management systems of the vessels

(3) Promotion of countermeasures against seafarer disasters

(4) Appropriate promotion of the new piloting system

(5) Improvement of investigation function for determining causes of marine accidents/incidents

## 3 Improvement of Safety Measures for Small Vessels

In order to attempt to prevent maritime accidents which majority is caused by small vessels, development of an environment enabling safe operations and strengthening of the rescue system is essential. This has to be done in addition to the increase in the awareness among marine leisure lovers and fishermen about their own safety.

For this purpose, improvement of boat parks, measures for the safety for small motor boats, wearing of life jackets, upgrading of the mobile unit rescue system using helicopters, etc. are to be promoted.

Furthermore, countermeasures to prevent the casualties of older seafarers and fishing boats are to be promoted based on the plan for safety and sanitation of seafarers and Safety and Sanitation of Seafarers Program.

(1) Improvement of boat parks and fisharinas

(2) Promotion of safety measures for the fishing boats

(3) Promotion of safety measures for the pleasure boats

(4) Expansion of the life jacket usage

(5) Information accessibility in the early stage of maritime accidents