RESOLUTION MSC.342(91)

 (adopted on 30 November 2012)

 

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS FOR CARGO OIL TANKS OF CRUDE OIL TANKERS (RESOLUTION MSC.288(87))

 

 

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.288(87),  by  which  it  adopted  the  Performance  standard  for protective  coatings  for  cargo  oil  tanks  of  crude  oil  tankers  (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 cargo oil tanks of crude oil tankers, 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 CARGO OIL TANKS OF CRUDE OIL TANKERS (RESOLUTION MSC.288(87))

 

 

 

In paragraph 2.6, the reference to "resolution A.744(18)" 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)).