RESOLUTION MSC.290(87)

 

 (adopted on 21 May 2010)

 

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974, AS AMENDED

 

 

THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,

 

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

 

RECALLING ALSO article VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), concerning the amendment procedure applicable to the Annex to the Convention, other than to the provisions of chapter I thereof,

 

RECALLING FURTHER that among the strategic directions of the Organization relating to developing and maintaining a comprehensive framework for safe, secure, efficient and environmentally sound shipping is the establishment of goal-based standards for the design and construction of new ships,

 

CONSIDERING that ships should be designed and constructed for a specified design life to be safe and environmentally friendly, so that, if properly operated and maintained under specified operating and environmental conditions, they can remain safe throughout their service life,

 

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

 

1.         ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the Convention, 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 said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2011, 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 SOLAS 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 2012 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;

 

6.         RESOLVES to review the progress towards the implementation of SOLAS regulation II-1/3-10 in 2014 and, if proven necessary, to adjust the time periods set forth in paragraph 1 of the regulation.

 

 

ANNEX

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974, AS AMENDED

 

CHAPTER II-1

CONSTRUCTION - STRUCTURE, SUBDIVISION AND STABILITY,

MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS

 

Part A
 General

 

Regulation 2 - Definitions

 

1          The following new paragraph 28 is added after the existing paragraph 27:

 

"28 Goal-based Ship Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers means the International Goal-Based Ship Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee by resolution MSC.287(87), as may be amended by the Organization, provided that such amendments are adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of article VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the annex other than chapter I thereof."

 

Part A-1 Structure of ships

 

2          The following new regulation 3-10 is added after the existing regulation 3-9:

 

"Regulation 3-10 Goal-based ship construction standards for bulk carriers and oil tankers

 

1          This regulation shall apply to oil tankers of 150 m in length and above and to bulk carriers of 150 m in length and above, constructed with single deck, top-side tanks and hopper side tanks in cargo spaces, excluding ore carriers and combination carriers:

 

.1        for which the building contract is placed on or after 1 July 2016;

 

.2        in the absence of a building contract, the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 July 2017; or

 

.3        the delivery of which is on or after 1 July 2020.

 

2          Ships shall be designed and constructed for a specified design life to be safe and environmentally friendly, when properly operated and maintained under the specified operating and environmental conditions, in intact and specified damage conditions, throughout their life.