Ingangsdatum: 20-05-1994
THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE, RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the
International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO that the Assembly, at its thirteenth
session, when adopting resolution A.535(13) concerning Recommendation on emergency
towing requirements for tankers, requested the Committee to keep the Recommendation
under review, in particular in respect to new towing concepts which may be introduced
and to report as necessary to the Assembly,
NOTING
that tankers, including oil tankers, gas carriers and chemical tankers, in emergencies
such as complete mechanical breakdowns, may need to be towed out of danger, and that
technologically advanced towing arrangements have been developed since the adoption of
resolution A.535(13), whose provisions need revision to incorporate new towing concepts,
NOTING ALSO that the new regulation V/15-1 of the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as adopted by the
Committee in May 1994, requires that all tankers of not less than 20,000 tonnes
deadweight shall be fitted with an emergency towing arrangement, the design and
construction of which shall be approved by the Administration based on the Guidelines
developed by the Organization,
HAVING CONSIDERED
the recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment at its
thirty-seventh session,
1. ADOPTS the Guidelines for
Emergency Towing Arrangements on Tankers, the text of which is set out in the Annex to
the present resolution and which supersedes resolution A.535(13);
2. RECOMMENDS that all Governments concerned take appropriate steps to
implement the Guidelines.