Busy agenda for IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee
MSC meets at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 91st session from 26 to 30 November 2012 IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meets at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 91st session from 26 to 30 November 2012.The busy agenda includes discussions on passenger ship safety; the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS); and consideration of matters related to piracy and armed robbery against ships and other items submitted by the IMO Sub-Committees.Passenger ship safetyThe MSC is expected to establish a working group on passenger ship safety to consider relevant issues, including the action plan drawn up at the last session following the Costa Concordia incident in January. The MSC agreed at its last session on a number of operational measures to be implemented immediately, on a voluntary basis, prior to the adoption of any measures following the analysis of the official marine investigation report into the loss of the Costa Concordia.The MSC is also expected to receive an update from the Government of Italy on the status of the Costa Concordia casualty investigation.IMO is represented, as an observer, on the body overseeing the casualty investigation.Adoption of SOLAS amendments The MSC ...
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