The Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments 9th session (III 9) will take place 31 July – 4 August 2023 and bring together flag, port and coastal States to consider implementation issues.
According to an Agenda Preview by Lloyd’s Register, the Sub-Committee is expected to consider the proposals for amendments to the Survey Guidelines under the HSSC (A.1156(32)) and the Revised guidelines on the implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code by Administrations on draft guidelines on the assessment and application of remote statutory surveys, ISM Code audits and ISPS Code verifications.
This work is not expected to be finalised until 2024.
III 9 is also expected to finalise the draft amendments to the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (HSSC). These proposed draft revisions take into account the amendments to the relevant mandatory instruments due to enter into force up to and including 31 December 2023 and amendments to SOLAS which enter into force 1 January 2024.
The revisions to the Guidelines are expected to be adopted at Assembly 33 (Dec 2023).
Furthermore, III 9 is expected to finalise the draft amendments to the Procedures for Port State Control (A.1155(32)). The proposed draft amendments include guidelines for the detention of ships under MARPOL Annex VI.
The revisions to the Guidelines are expected to be adopted at Assembly 33 (Dec 2023).
