THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on
the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the
Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution
A.684(17) on Explanatory notes to the SOLAS regulations on subdivision and
damage stability of cargo ships of 100 m in length and over (Explanatory Notes)
and that the Committee, in adopting the regulations contained in SOLAS chapter
II-1 part B-1, invited Administrations to note that the regulations should be
applied in conjunction with the aforementioned Explanatory Notes which were
adopted by the Organization in order to ensure uniform application of the SOLAS
regulations,
NOTING resolution MSC.47(66),
by which the Committee, at its sixty-sixth session, adopted amendments to SOLAS
chapter II-1 part B-1, concerning damage stability requirements for cargo ships
of 80 m and over but not exceeding 100 m in length, which are due to enter into
force on 1 July 1998,
RECOGNIZING that, when
the above amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1 part B-1 enter into force, there will
be a need for explanatory notes applicable to cargo ships of 80 m and over but
less than 100 m in length,
HAVING
CONSIDERED, at its sixty-ninth session, the recommendation made by the
Sub-Committee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety, at its
forty-first session,
1. RESOLVES that
the Explanatory Notes adopted by resolution A.684(17) should also apply to cargo
ships of 80 m and over but less than 100 m in length;
2. INVITES Governments to apply the present resolution
when implementing the regulations on subdivision and damage stability for such
cargo ships, contained in the amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1 part B-1 adopted
by resolution MSC.47(66).
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