Transport committee  What we have a direct interest in is strictly part 4, the one on the implementation of the HNS convention. For the other parts we have only an indirect interest; we are not experts on that. Basically our submission is that part 4 move forward and that it become part of Canadian l

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Yes, actually you know you have different levels of HNS and the liability regime is really the tail of the dog. Marine safety comes first. You want to avoid accidents and incidents, all of that. Number two is preparedness and response. There is a lot of work that is being done,

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Thank you for inviting the Shipping Federation of Canada to testify on this matter today. The Federation has represented ocean shipping in Canada since 1903. We represent all segments of ocean shipping from coast to coast. The world fleet that serves Canada represents the v

Transport committee  Yes, I'm finished.

Transport committee  Yes. I remember that we made this recommendation at the time. I don't remember the exact details of it because we worked as a team on that. I was not the only one to work on that document. However, this was before the tanker safety panel exercise that led to a report issued las

Transport committee  It's something that I can take note of and can respond to the committee.

Transport committee  It is because that's a basis. It is very difficult to navigate without charts. You need to have very good charts. It is even a legal requirement to have charts on board and to have the latest updated version. Those are actually the basics of navigation—to have a ship and a chart.

Transport committee  We think the three-pillar approach mentioned earlier is the right way to go. We start with the first pillar, which is everything to do with marine safety, to prevent accidents. That is the most important pillar. The second pillar is secondary to the first, but it is important no

Transport committee  Yes, of course. I cannot say more than that, but we've been recommending for a number of years that the charts need to be updated to make sure they are up to modern standards and so on and so forth. We know the Arctic is huge and it is more difficult to chart there, but it's some

Transport committee  Yes, there's generally a big difference depending on how you count it. If it's by ships or by tonnage, the ships tend to become bigger and bigger, and therefore to carry the same tonnage you need fewer ships. But the tonnage is definitely up. The number of ships is going up too b

Transport committee  Well, the number of ships and the number of calls are about the same thing. We count calls rather than ships.

Transport committee  The IMO doesn't audit. The IMO sets standards and conventions. The ones who audit regularly are the classification societies. This is also done by the flag state, and you have inspections at the ports where the inspectors as a part of port state control will check that you have e