Following the sinking accident of a tourist boat off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, a national committee that considers safety measures for small vessels has granted permission for the tourist boat business for a certain period of time as a mechanism to prevent contractors with insufficient safety measures from continuing their business. We have decided to proceed with consideration in the direction of establishing a system to renew each time.
At the 4th committee meeting on the 10th, the committee members discussed how to make the safety measures of passenger ship operators effective.
Among them, the management system of the national government, considering that the accident could not be prevented even though the tour boat operator caused two accidents last year and the national government conducted special audits and guidance. We talked about the review of.
As a result, we have decided to consider establishing a system to renew the license of the tour boat business at regular intervals as a mechanism to prevent businesses with insufficient safety measures from continuing the business.
The examination is conducted on the assumption that it will be renewed every 5 years, which is the same as the chartered bus business. We will also consider ways to simplify the examination.
In addition, we are considering establishing a system that makes it easy to identify companies with insufficient countermeasures, such as by focusing on audits based on reports from peers and past administrative sanctions.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has decided to hurry to decide the concrete contents for implementation.