RESOLUTION MSC.341(91)

 (adopted on 30 November 2012)

 

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS FOR DEDICATED SEAWATER BALLAST TANKS IN ALL TYPES OF SHIPS AND DOUBLE SIDE SKIN SPACES OF BULK CARRIERS (RESOLUTION MSC.215(82))

 

 

 

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.215(82),  by  which  it  adopted  the  Performance  standard  for protective coatings for dedicated seawater ballast tanks in all types of ships and double side skin spaces of bulk carriers (hereinafter referred to as "the Performance standard") which is mandatory under chapter II-1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),

 

RECOGNIZING  the  need  to  keep  the  Performance  standard  up to date  with  regard  to references to other IMO instruments contained therein,

 

HAVING  CONSIDERED,  at  its  ninety-first  session,  amendments  to  the  Performance standard, proposed and circulated in accordance with Article VIII of the Convention,

 

1.          ADOPTS, in accordance with Article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the Performance Standard for protective coatings for dedicated seawater ballast tanks in all types of ships and double side skin spaces of bulk carriers, 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 January 2014, 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 per  cent  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 July 2014 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.          ALSO 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 PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS FOR DEDICATED SEAWATER BALLAST TANKS IN ALL TYPES OF SHIPS AND DOUBLE SIDE SKIN SPACES OF BULK CARRIERS (RESOLUTION MSC.215(82))

 

 

 

1           In paragraph 2.1, the reference to the Guidelines on the enhanced programme of inspections  during  surveys  of  bulk  carriers  and  oil  tankers  (resolution  A.744(18), as amended)  is  replaced  by  a  reference  to  the  International  Code  on  the  enhanced programme   of   inspections   during   surveys   of   bulk   carriers   and   oil   tankers,   2011 (2011 ESP Code) (resolution A.1049(27)).

 

2           In paragraph 2.6, the reference to "resolution A.744(18)" is replaced by a reference to "the 2011 ESP Code".