Resolution MSC.219(82)

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF SHIPS CARRYING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN BULK

(adopted on 8 December 2006)

 

 

THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,

 

RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

 

NOTING resolution MSC.4(48), by which it adopted the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (hereinafter referred to as "the IBC Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter VII of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),

 

NOTING ALSO article VIII(b) and regulation VII/8.1 of the Convention concerning the procedure for amending the IBC Code,

 

BEING DESIROUS of keeping the IBC Code up to date,

 

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-second session, amendments to the IBC Code proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the Convention,

 

CONSIDERING that it is highly desirable for the provisions of the IBC Code, which are mandatory under both the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78) and the 1974 SOLAS Convention, to remain identical,

 

1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

 

2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2008 unless, prior to that date, more than one third of the Contracting Governments to the Convention or Contracting Governments the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world’s merchant fleet, have notified their objections to the amendments;

 

3. INVITES Contracting Governments to note that, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 1 January 2009 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

 

4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article VIII(b)(v) of the Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Contracting Governments to the Convention;

 

5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and its Annex to Members of the Organization, which are not Contracting Governments to the Convention.

 

Annex.

AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF SHIPS CARRYING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN BULK

 

CHAPTER 11.
FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE EXTINCTION

 

11.1 Application

 

1. In paragraph 11.1.1, subparagraphs .4 to .6 are replaced by the following subparagraphs:

 

".4 regulation 10.5.6 shall apply to ships of 2,000 gross tonnage and over;

 

.5 the provisions of 11.3 shall apply in lieu of regulation 10.8;

 

.6 the provisions of 11.2 shall apply in lieu of regulation 10.9;

 

.7 regulation 4.5.10 shall apply to ships of 500 gross tonnage and over, replacing "hydrocarbon gases" by "flammable vapours" in the regulation; and

 

.8 regulations 13.3.4 and 13.4.3 shall apply to ships of 500 gross tonnage and over."

 

2. In paragraph 11.1, the following new paragraph 11.1.4 is added:

 

"11.1.4 In lieu of the provisions of SOLAS regulation II-2/1.6.7, the requirements of regulations II-2/4.5.10.1.1 and II-2/4.5.10.1.4 shall apply and a system for continuous monitoring of the concentration of flammable vapours shall be fitted on ships of 500 gross tonnage and over which were constructed before 1 January 2009 by the date of the first scheduled dry-docking after 1 January 2009, but not later than 1 January 2012. Sampling points or detector heads should be located in suitable positions in order that potentially dangerous leakages are readily detected. When the flammable vapour concentration reaches a pre-set level which shall not be higher than 10% of the lower flammable limit, a continuous audible and visual alarm signal shall be automatically effected in the pump-room and cargo control room to alert personnel to the potential hazard. However, existing monitoring systems already fitted having a pre-set level not greater than 30% of the lower flammable limit may be accepted. Notwithstanding the above provisions, the Administration may exempt ships not engaged on international voyages from those requirements."

 

CHAPTER 17. SUMMARY OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

 

CHAPTER 18. LIST OF PRODUCTS TO WHICH CODE DOES NOT APPLY

 

CHAPTER 19. LIST OF PRODUCTS CARRIED IN BULK

 

3. The existing texts of chapters 17, 18 and 19 are replaced by the following*:

 

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* In view of further editorial corrections to the substances in chapter 19, the Committee requested the Secretariat to effect the necessary editorial modifications to the authentic text of amendments, following the adoption of the amendments by MEPC 56 (see paragraph 3.56 of document MSC 82/24).

 

"CHAPTER 17.
SUMMARY OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

 

Mixtures of noxious liquid substances presenting pollution hazards only, and which are assessed or provisionally assessed under regulation 6.3 of MARPOL Annex II, may be carried under the requirements of the Code applicable to the appropriate position of the entry in this chapter for Noxious Liquid Substances, not otherwise specified (n.o.s.).

 

EXPLANATORY NOTES