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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 ...

MSC- 90th session, 16 to 25 May 2012 Piracy and armed robbery against ships off the coast of Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean will be high on the agenda when IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meets at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 90th session from 16 to 25 May 2012.A High-Level Segment will be held on the opening day (16 May), intended to provide an opportunity for a full policy debate among Member Governments on how the international community should deal with issues related to the deployment of privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) on board ships and the carriage of arms on board.The MSC has also received a number of submissions under the agenda item on "passenger ship safety", which was added to the agenda in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident in January. The busy agenda further includes the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and consideration of other items submitted by the IMO Sub-Committees.Piracy and armed robbery against shipsThe high-level policy debate on arms on board ships, scheduled to take place on the first day of the MSC session, is ...

MSC Sessions 81-89 MSC 90 ReportMSC 90 Add.1/ Rev.1MSC 90 Add.2MSC 90 Add.3MSC 90 Add.4MSC 89 ReportMSC 89 Add.1MSC 89 Add.2MSC 89 Add.3MSC 89 Add.4MSC 88 ReportMSC 88 Add.1MSC 88 Add.2Final Act and ResolutionsResolution 1 (Manila Amendments to the STCW Convention)Resolution 2 (Amendments to the STCW Code)MSC 87 ReportMSC 87 Add.1MSC 87 Add.2MSC 87 Add.3MSC 86 ReportMSC 86 Add.1MSC 86 Add.2MSC 85 ReportMSC 85 Add.1MSC 85 Add.2MSC 84 ReportMSC 84 CorrigendaMSC 83 ReportMSC 82 ReportMSC 82 Add.1MSC 82 Add.2MSC 81 ReportMSC 81 Add.1MSC 81 Add.2