May. 28 2018 Home Class & statutory MSC 99 - 16 to 25 MAY 2018 major outcomes of the 99th session of the IMO Maritime SAFETY (MSC) LinkedIn Twitter Facebook share Convention 1988 LL PROTOCOL Load Lines HSC Code IACS UI IBC Code IGC Code MARPOL Annex VI Air Pollution POLAR Code International code of safety for ships operating in polar waters SOLAS CH I General Provisions SOLAS CH II-1 Machinery, Electricity, Stability SOLAS CH IV Radiocommunications SOLAS CH V Safety of Navigation SPS Code Special Purpose Ships Yachts. Specific regulations Flag ALL FLAGS Ship typeAll Sea going Ship types Maritime Safety Committee held its 99th session from 16 to 25 May 2018. C) MSC 99 has adopted the following resolutions (item 3) : MSC.436(99) – Amendments to SOLAS, 1974, regulations II-1/1 and II-1/8-1, chapter IV of, and the appendix ; MSC.437(99) – Amendments to the international code for application of fire test procedures, 2010 (2010 FTP Code) ; MSC.438(99) – Amendments to the international code of safety for high-speed craft, 1994 (1994 HSC Code); MSC.439(99) – Amendments to the international code of safety for high-speed craft, 2000 (2000 HSC Code); MSC.440(99) – amendments to the international code for the construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous chemicals in bulk (IBC Code).; MSC.441(99) – Amendments to the international code for the construction and equipment of ships carrying liquefied gases in bulk (IGC Code) ; MSC.442(99) – amendments to the international maritime dangerous goods (IMDG) Code MSC.443(99) – Amendments to part A of the international code on intact stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code) (under the 1974 SOLAS convention); MSC.444(99) – Amendments to part A of the international code on intact stability, 2008 (2008 IS code) (under the 1988 Load Lines protocol); MSC.445(99) – amendments to the code of safety for special purpose ships, 2008 (2008 SPS Code); MSC.446(99) – amendments to the code for the construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous chemicals in bulk (BCH Code); MSC.447(99) – Amendments to the Code for Existing Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (EGC Code). It has also approved MSC.1/Circ.1588 Revised emergency response procedures for ships carrying dangerous goods (EmS Guide) (item 3); MSC.1/Circ.1589 Guidelines on operational information for masters in case of flooding for passenger ships constructed before 1 January 2014 (item 3); approved MSC.1/Circ.1532/Rev.1 on Revised Guidelines on operational information for masters of passenger ships for safe return to port (MSC.1/Circ.1532) (item 3); MSC.1/Circ.1590 Unified interpretation of paragraph 13.3.5 of the IGC Code (as amended by resolution MSC.370(93))(item 8) ; MSC.1/Circ.1591 Unified interpretations of the IGF Code (item 8) ; MSC.1/Circ.1592 Guidelines for wing-in-ground craft (item 10); MSC.1/Circ.1376/Rev.3 - Continuity of service plan for the LRIT system (item 12) ; MSC.1/Circ.1593 - Interim guidelines for the harmonized display of navigation information received via communication equipment (item 12). MSC 99 has agreed to the framework for the regulatory scoping exercise, including the aim and objective, the preliminary definition of MASS and degrees of autonomy, the list of mandatory instruments to be considered, the applicability in terms of type and size of ships, the methodology for the exercise and the plan of work (item 5). It has approved, in principle, the draft MSC resolution on Revised guidelines for verification of conformity with