RESOLUTION
MSC.353(92)
(Adopted
on 21 June 2013)
AMENDMENTS
TO THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CODE FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF
SHIPS
AND FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION (INTERNATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT (ISM) CODE)
THE
MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING
Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING
resolution A.741(18),
by which the Assembly adopted the International Management Code for the Safe
Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (International Safety
Management (ISM) Code) (hereinafter referred to as "the ISM
Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter IX 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 IX/1.1 of the Convention concerning the
procedure for amending the ISM Code,
HAVING
CONSIDERED, at its ninety-second session, amendments to the ISM Code proposed
and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the Convention,
1.
ADOPTS, in accordance with article
VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the ISM Code, 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 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 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 2015 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.
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AMENDMENTS
TO THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CODE FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF SHIPS AND FOR
POLLUTION PREVENTION (INTERNATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT (ISM) CODE)
PART
A – IMPLEMENTATION
6
RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL
1
The existing text of paragraph
6.2 is replaced with the following:
"6.2
The Company should ensure that each ship is:
.1 manned with qualified, certificated and
medically fit seafarers in accordance with national and international
requirements; and
.2 appropriately manned in order to encompass
all aspects of maintaining safe operations on board*.
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*
Refer to the Principles of minimum safe manning, adopted by the
Organization by resolution A.1047(27)."
12
COMPANY VERIFICATION, REVIEW AND
EVALUATION
2
The following new paragraph 12.2
is inserted after existing paragraph 12.1 and the existing paragraphs 12.2 to
12.6 are renumbered as 12.3 to 12.7:
"12.2 The Company should periodically verify
whether all those undertaking delegated ISM-related tasks are acting in
conformity with the Company's responsibilities under the Code."
Footnotes
and paragraph for foreword of the publication of the Code
1
In paragraph 1.1.10, the
following footnote is added after the words "Major non-conformity":
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"Refer to the Procedures concerning
observed ISM Code major non-conformities (MSC/Circ.1059-MEPC/Circ.401)."
2
In paragraph 1.2.3.2, the
following footnote is added after the word "account":
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"Refer to
the List of codes, recommendations, guidelines and other safety and
security-related non-mandatory instruments (MSC.1/Circ.1371)."
3
The following footnote is added
at the end of the title of section 3:
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"Refer to
the Guidelines for the operational implementation of the International
Safety Management (ISM) Code by Companies (MSC-MEPC.7/Circ.8)."
4
The following footnote is added
at the end of the title of section 4:
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"Refer to
the Guidance on the qualifications, training and experience necessary for
undertaking the role of the Designated Person under the provisions of the
International Safety Management (ISM) Code (MSC-MEPC.7/Circ.6)."
5
The following footnote is added
at the end of the title of section 8:
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"Refer to
the Guidelines for a structure of an integrated system of contingency
planning for shipboard emergencies, adopted by the Organization by
resolution A.852(20),
as amended."