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Intermanager on IMO Maritime Safety Committee , 91st Session

MSC 91 held in London, on 26-30 November 2012 The IMO's Committee on Maritime Safety (MSC) held its 91st session from Monday 26 through Friday 30 November 2012 under the Chairmanship of Mr Christian Breinholt (DENMARK) who, together with his Vice Chair (Captain Segar of SINGAPORE), were duty re-elected for a further year.Following a welcome address to participants by the Secretary General, UK made a statement on the ban of Falkland Islands hydrocarbon related vessels visiting Argentina and its unfair effect on ships' crews. Argentina responded that it has not violated its commitment and obeyed UNCLOS in addition to Port Regulations; this latter view was endorsed by Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.Three Working Groups were formed:(1) Goal-Based New Ship Construction Standards(2) Passenger Ship Safety(3) The scope of application of amendments to SOLAS and related codes and guidelines in an holistic mannerIn addition, a draft group gave 'Consideration and Adoption of Amendments to Mandatory Instruments' whilst a 'Capacity-Building Needs Analysis Group (ACAG)' also deliberated. The report of the Formal Safety Assessment Experts Group, which met during the week preceding MSC91, was also considered.So, a busy week lay in store and this was given further 'grist to ...

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New rules for passenger safety agreed by IMO

MSC 91 held in London, on 26-30 November 2012 IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), meeting at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 91st session from 26 to 30 November 2012, agreed that rules to require passenger safety drills to take place prior to, or immediately upon, departure should be made mandatory, in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident.The Committee approved draft amendments to chapter III (Life-saving appliances and arrangements) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to require musters of newly embarked passengers prior to or immediately upon departure, instead of "within 24 hours", as stated in the current regulations, for a ship engaged on a voyage where passengers are scheduled to be on board for more than 24 hours. The draft amendments will now be circulated for consideration, with a view to adoption, at the next session, MSC 92, in June 2013. They could enter into force at the end of 2014.The Committee also agreed a revised circular on recommended operational measures, prior to the adoption of any mandatory measures following the analysis of the official marine accident investigation report into the loss of the Costa Concordia.The revised recommended measures (which will update ...

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IMO Maritime Safety Committee Outcome

MSC 91 held in London, on 26-30 November 2012 MSC 91 was held in London on 26-30 November 2012 under the chairmanship of Deputy Director-General of the Danish Maritime Authority Christian Breinholt.Code on protection against noise on board shipsThe Committee adopted a mandatory code for the protection of seafarers against noise on board (the Noise Code). The Code lays down the permitted maximum noise limits on ships to protect seafarers against noise and contains detailed provisions on how to carry out the necessary measurements to ensure compliance with the noise levels. It was decided that the Code enters into force on 1 July 2014 since it will apply to ships for which a building contract is concluded on or after 1 July 2014, or the keel of which is laid on or after 1 January 2015, or which are delivered on or after 1 July 2018.Enhanced passenger ship safetyAs a follow-up on the COSTA CONCORDIA accident in January 2012, the Maritime Safety Committee initi-ated a scrutiny of existing safety regulations and supplementary guidelines on safe operation of passenger ships in the spring of 2012. The result of this was a number of recommendations that the passenger ship companies were urged ...

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