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Adoption of SOLAS amendments and new revision of PSS /CSSC/CSSE Certificates

New SOLAS amendments were adopted by the eighty-eight (88th) session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) held from 24 November to 3 December 2010.IMO Resolutions MSC.308 (88) and MSC.309 (88) were adopted in this 88th session of the MSC on 3-December-2010. The amendments introduced by Resolutions MSC.308 (88) and MSC.309 (88) shall enter into force on 1-July-2012. Resolutions MSC.308 (88) & MSC.309 (88) establish a number of amendments to the following SOLAS regulations: Regulation II-1/41 - Main source of electrical power and lighting systems Regulation II-2/1 - Application Regulations II-2/3 - Definitions Regulations II-2/7 - Detection and alarm Regulation V/18 - Approval, surveys and performance standards of navigation systems and equipment and voyage data recorder Regulation V/23 - Pilot transfer arrangements Appendix - Certificates: Forms of PSS, CSSC and CSSE CertificatesAs a consequence of the adoption of SOLAS amendments, a new revision (2012/07) of the following ICS forms will be in force on and after 1-July-2012:a) PSSC/IC (2012/07) including Survey Report + Record of Approvedb) CONSTRUCTION/IC (2012/07) including Survey Reportc) EQUIPMENT/IC (2012/07) including Survey Report + Record of SOLAS-Amendments + Record of Approved.The following guidance are adopted on the timing of replacement of existing certificates by the certificates issued after ...

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Guidance for private maritime security companies and passenger ship recommendations

Agreed by IMO MSC 90 Interim guidance for private maritime security companies (PMSCs) was agreed by IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), when it met at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 90th session from 16 to 25 May 2012.The MSC also adopted a resolution recommending operational measures aimed at enhancing the safety of large cruise passenger ships, as well as a work plan to address passenger ship safety matters, in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident in January.The busy agenda further saw the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and adoption and approval of other guidelines, codes and circulars, submitted by the IMO Sub-Committees.Piracy and armed robbery against ships The MSC agreed Interim Guidance to private maritime security companies (PMSC) providing privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) aboard vessels transiting the high-risk area off the east coast of Africa.Passenger ship safety The MSC agreed that a number of operational measures should 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 (Adoption of SOLAS amendments The MSC adopted the following ...

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Azerbaijan reported to IMO on bringing seafarers’training in compliance with international standards

During MSC 90 Head of Azerbaijan State Sea Administration Gudret Gurbanov has participated in 90th session of Maritime Safety Committee of International Maritime Organization (IMO), which completed in London yesterday.The State Sea Administration reports that the session involved discussion of issues of raising maritime safety, new standards of sea vessels construction, issues of work of Long Range detection system and Ship monitoring (LRIT), control of the state flag, radio communication, accomplished search system and sea rescue, navigation safety, fire protection, application of International Convention on training sailors and granting diplomas to them. At that Azerbaijan presented national report on bringing its system in compliance with the convention by which it was approved.Source: ABC.AZ

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IMO Maritime Safety Committee Outcome

90th SESSION 16 18 and 21 - 25 May 2012 The IMO's Sub-Committee on Maritime Safety (MSC) held its 90th session from Wednesday 16 through Friday 25 May 2012 under the Chairmanship of Mr Christian Breinholt (DENMARK). A Drafting Group of Amendments to Mandatory Instruments and three Working Groups were convened on:(1) Passenger Ship Safety(2) Goal-based Standards and Formal Safety Assessment, and(3) Measure to enhance Maritime Security and PiracyPrior to sending out the Working Groups, the Committee (in Plenary) engaged in a long debate which was reinforced by high-level (Ministerial/Ambassadorial) participation from governments on the issue of privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) on board ships. Three main issues were addressed in the high level debate:1. Guidance and standards for private maritime security companies (PMSC) providing PCASP2. Issues related to PCASP of concern to littoral states, and3. Guidelines on the use of firearms.It was agreed that:the carriage of firearms by seafarers should continue to be strongly discouraged;the use of PCASP is an exceptional measure to be used only in exceptional circumstances in a high-risk area and that use of armed personnel on board ships should not become institutionalised;following a thorough risk assessment exercise and consultations with the shipowner concerned, the ...

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Guidance for private maritime security companies agreed by IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee

MSC 90 outcome Interim guidance to private maritime security companies (PMSCs) was agreed by IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), when it met at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 90th session from 16 to 25 May 2012.A special high-level segment of the MSC saw an intense debate, over the first day and a half of the Committee's session (See Briefing 16/2012), 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.Following further debate during a working group, the MSC agreed Interim Guidance to private maritime security companies (PMSC) providing contracted armed security personnel on board ships in the High Risk Area. The guidance covers:PMSC Professional Certification, including the recommendation that PMSC should seek certification with relevant national and international private maritime security service standards when these are established;PMSC Company requirements, including the recommendation that PMSC should establish procedures to provide maritime security services to ship owners and ship operators and comply with all relevant legal requirements;Management, including recommendations on selection, vetting and training of personnel for a PCASP team;Deployment considerations, addressing the specific aspects of PCASP deployment and the role ...

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Passenger ship safety recommendations agreed by IMO s Maritime Safety Committee

MSC 90 outcome Recommended interim measures aimed at enhancing the safety of passenger ships, in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident in January, were agreed by IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), when it met at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 90th session from 16 to 25 May 2012.The MSC adopted a resolution, which invites Member States to recommend that passenger ship companies conduct a review of operational safety measures, to ships flying their flag, on a voluntary basis and "with all possible urgency and efficiency", taking into consideration the recommended interim operational measures listed in an MSC circular.The recommended interim measures include:carrying additional lifejackets, to be readily accessible in public spaces, at the muster/assembly stations, on deck or in lifeboats, so that in the event of an emergency passengers need not return to their cabins to retrieve the lifejacket stored there;reviewing the adequacy of the dissemination and communication of the emergency instructions on board ships;carrying out the muster for embarking passengers prior to departure from every port of embarkation, if the duration is 24 hours or more;limiting access to the bridge to those with operational or operationally related functions, during any period of restricted manoeuvring, or while manoeuvring ...

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Private security guards needs to be ISO certified

IMO supports an ISO standard for the use of armed guards The International Maritime Organization, IMO, is underway with a requirement that private security firms continue to be ISO certified.It seems to be the result of the efforts of IMO's efforts to clean up the market for private security companies selling protection to piracy threatened merchant ships in the area off Somalia.Pirates' criminal activities have meant that the number of private security firms have grown over the past year. This has led to a situation where individual companies are responsible for the security of crews, ships and cargoes."We obviously support IMO's thoughts on an ISO standard. It is gratifying that the international community takes hold on this and moves quickly, rather than that the individual country authorities would have to make their own certification schemes," says Deputy Director of the Danish Shipowners' Association, Jan Fritz Hansen.Source: The Danish Maritime Magazine

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Philippines Calls For Better Protection Of Seafarers Against Pirate Attacks

Ambassador Enrique A. Manalo addresses the Ministerial-level meeting on combating piracy at IMO The Philippine Embassy in London reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that Philippine Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Ambassador Enrique A. Manalo, continued to advocate for better protection of seafarers against pirate attacks off Somalia.In a Ministerial-level meeting to open the 90th Session of IMO's Maritime Safety Committee, the Organization's primary governing body, Ambassador Manalo called on ship owners and the governments whose flag their ships fly to assume the responsibility of ensuring a safe working environment for seafarers, especially when their vessels traverse the dangerous waters off Somalia where pirate attacks have increased in recent years.Ambassador Manalo said: "The Philippine Government ensures that Filipino seafarers are competent and fully qualified. The duty of the crew is to safely operate the ships which carry 80% of global trade. It is in turn the responsibility of shipping companies and Flag States to protect them from the scourge of piracy as they carry out this duty."The Philippine Government continues to advocate for the implementation of Best Management Practices (BMPs) codified by the commercial shipping sector as the primary defense against pirate attacks. These practices include ...

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Guidance for private maritime security companies to be developed by IMO MSC

Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), 90th session, 16 to 25 May 2012 A special high-level segment of IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), convened by IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu to discuss policy matters related to arms on board ships in the piracy high risk area, has requested a working group of the MSC to develop interim guidance for private maritime security companies (PMSCs).The MSC is meeting for its 90th session at IMO Headquarters from 16 to 25 May, with some 900 delegates registered from IMO member States and observers from international and non-governmental organizations.The instruction to the working group to develop the guidance for PMSCs followed an intense debate on arms on board ships during the high-level segment, held over the first day and a half of the Committee's session, which saw interventions from a number of Ministers, Secretaries of State and other senior Government representatives as well as the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs.In his address to the high-level segment Mr. Sekmizu said:"The carriage of firearms on board merchant ships is a complex legal issue with Member States taking diverse positions. The Committee has determined that the carriage of armed personnel is a matter for flag States to authorize, however ...

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