Session 1, from 20 to 24 January 2014 The International Maritime Organization(IMO)held its 1st session of theSub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction, from 20 to 24 January 2014 in London, headquarters. During the Sub- Committee important issues on Polar Code discussed and measures adopted as follows:Draft mandatory Polar Code and amendments agreed in principleThe draft text of the mandatory international code for ships operating in polar waters (Polar Code) and proposed draft amendments to IMO's safety and pollution prevention treaties to make it mandatory, were agreed, in principle, by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC), which was meeting for its first session (following the restructuring of IMO Sub-Committees).The draft Polar Code covers the full range of design, construction, equipment, operational, training, search and rescue and environmental protection matters relevant to ships operating in the inhospitable waters surrounding the two poles.The draft Polar Code includes mandatory measures covering safety part (part I-A) and pollution prevention (part II-A) and recommendatory provisions for both (parts I-B and II-B).The Code would require ships intending to operating in the defined waters of the Antarctic and Arctic to apply for a Polar Ship Certificate, which would classify the vessel as Category A ship - ...
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