Summary of Working Paper No. 122-1998

I.1.3: “Navigational safety Management System of the NSR. Part 1: ISM Code Implementation in the Russian Arctic. Part 2: Satellite Communication used for safety Management of NSR Navigation”

By Vladimir Vasilyev, Eugene Yakshevich, Alexander Baskin and A. Shigabutdinov, Central Marine Research and Design Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia

Part 1 describes the legal and organization aspects of the International Safety Management Code ( ISM) concerning the Russian Arctic.

Part 2 discusses safety navigation technical provision questions. The most attention has been concentrated on the satellite communication usage.