Summary of the 92nd session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee on Piracy & Risk Analyses issues
MSC 92 was held in London from 12 to 21 June 2013 with Deputy Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority Christian Breinholt as Chairman of the Committee.
The Committee went through the following issues on Piracy & Risk Analyses:
Piracy
The Committee had a prolonged debate on the piracy situation in the Gulf in Guinea at West Africa. The Committee expressed its deep concern and condemned piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
Furthermore, the Com-mittee expressed its recognition of the efforts made by the coastal States in the region and international or-ganisations to combat piracy, but many countries also stressed that there is a need to increase the activities in the region to combat piracy.
Finally, the Committee requested securing ships’ implementation of anti-piracy measures, including the industry guidance.
New ship standards and the application of risk analyses
At the meeting, a working group on new ship standards and the application of risk analyses drew up guid-ance for the individual maritime administrations’ approval of alternative constructions and equivalent solu-tions on board individual ships.
The guidance contains an overview of the distribution of the roles when ap-proving alternative solutions as well as guidance on the carrying out of the approval procedure as such and how to document and report it to the IMO.
Furthermore, the working group continued its consideration of how to develop IMO regulations in the future on the basis of a risk-based approach, according to which safety is sought to be assessed on the basis of more detailed overall requirements for the desirable safety level.
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Source: DMA