SAFETY MEASURES ORDERED IN TRAGEDY'S WAKE.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times More than a year after the loss of the ferry Estonia and about 900 of its passengers in the Baltic Sea Baltic Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.163,000 sq mi (422,170 sq km), including the Kattegat strait, its northwestern extension. The Øresund, Store Bælt, and Lille Bælt connect the Baltic Sea with the Kattegat and Skagerrak straits, which lead to the , the International Maritime Organization International Maritime Organization (IMO), specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1948, with headquarters in London and 158 member nations. IMO is one of the smallest of the UN agencies. has decided not to adopt stringent new design regulations to improve ferry safety. But at a recent meeting in London, the agency, which regulates international shipping, did institute some ferry safety measures safety measures, n.pl actions (e.g., use of glasses, face masks) taken to protect patients and office personnel from such known hazards as particles and aerosols from high-speed rotary instruments, mercury vapor, radiation exposure, anesthetic and , and agreed to allow any country that wanted to impose stricter standards on ferries using its ports to do so. A group of European countries, including nearly all those in northern Europe whose ferry fleets routinely ply the rough waters of the English Channel English Channel, Fr. La Manche [the sleeve], arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.350 (560 km) long, between France and Great Britain. It is 112 mi (180 km) wide at its west entrance, between Land's End, England, and Ushant, France. Its greatest width, c. and the North and Baltic Seas, immediately said that they would go ahead with regulations aimed at averting another sinking like that of the Estonia. The group, which is made up of Britain, France, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy and Spain, said it planned to impose a requirement that a ferry be able to remain afloat with as much as 20 inches of water on its car deck. |
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