A.744(18)
THE ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING Article 15(i) of the Convention on the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations International Maritime Organization concerning the and guidelines
concerning maritime safety and the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.713(17) on Safety of Ships Carrying Solid Bulk
Cargoes, by which it specified Interim measures to be taken to improve the safety of ships
carrying solid bulk cargoes,
RECALLING FURTHER its request to the Maritime Safety committee to carry out its
work On the Safety Of Ships carrying solid bulk cargoes with high priority and to develop,
inter alia, requirements for the enhanced programme of survey of such ships,
RECALLING ALSO that by resolution MEPC.52(32) the Marine Environment Protection
Committee adopted amendments to the Annex to the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships,1973, regarding new regulations 13F and
13C ant related amendments to Annex 1 of MARPOL 73/78 to improve the requirements for the
design and construction of oil tankers to prevent oil pollution in the event of collision or
stranding,
NOTING that, in accordance with the above regulation 13G, crude oil tankers of
20,000 tons deadweight and above and product carriers of 30,000 tons deadweight and above shall
be subject to the enhanced programme of inspections, the scope and frequency of which shall at
least comply with the guidelines developed by the Organization,
RECOGNIZING the need to also Provide guidelines on the enhanced Programme of
inspections for all oil tankers in order to further promote safety and marine pollution
prevention,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Maritime Safety Committee at
its sixty-second session and the Marine Environment Protection Committee at its thirty-fourth
session,
1. ADOPTS
the Guidelines on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections During Surveys of
Bulk Carriers set out in annex A to the present resolution, and
the Guidelines on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections During Surveys of
Oil Tankers set out in annex B to the present resolution;
2. INVITES Governments to apply the Guidelines as soon as possible to all bulk
carriers and oil tankers respectively;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection
Committee to keep the Guidelines under review and update them as necessary, in the light of
experience gained in their application.