This publication provides basic guidance to port state control officers (PSCOs) on the conduct of port State control (PSC) inspections worldwide, and to harmonize the criteria for deciding on deficiencies of a ship, its equipment and crew, as wellas the application of control procedures.
The international code on intact stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code), presents mandatory and recommendatory stability criteria and other measures for ensuring the safe operation of ships, to minimize the risk to such ships, to the personnel on board and to the environment. The 2008 IS code will take effect on 1 july 2010. The 2008 IS code features: * A full update of the previous IS Code * Crite…
The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-fourth session (7 to 16 May 2008), adopted, by resolution MSC.266(84), the Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships, 2008 (2008 SPS Code), which had been developed following a thorough revision of the SPS Code adopted in 1983 by resolution A.534(13). In adopting the 2008 SPS Code, the Committee recalled that, since the adoption of the previous SPS Co…
The Maritime Safety Committee adopted, in December 2000 by resolution MSC.97(73), the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000 (2000 HSC Code), which was made mandatory under chapter X (Safety measures for high-speed craft) of the 1974 SOLAS Convention and applies to high-speed craft engaged on international voyages the keels of which are laid or which were at a similar st…
The IGC Code (2016) (IM104-16) does not supersede this 1993 edition which remains valid and applies to applicable ships constructed before 1 January 2016. International Code for the Construction & Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk The purpose of the IGC Code is to provide an international standard for the safe carriage by sea of liquefied gases (and other substances list…
This publication contains the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (BCH Code) and information related to that Code. The Code was originally adopted in 1971 and was altered by a series of amendments between 1972 and 1983 before an amended version was adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) in 1985 and by the Maritime Safety C…
The International Safety Management (ISM) Code with guidelines for its implementation provides an international standard for the safe management and operation of ships and for pollution prevention. It is an essential reference for maritime administrations, shipowners and operators, shipping companies, training providers and education institutes, shipbuilders, engine and equipment manufacturers …
The International Safety Management (ISM) Code with guidelines for its implementation provides an international standard for the safe management and operation of ships and for pollution prevention. It is an essential reference for maritime administrations, shipowners and operators, shipping companies, training providers and education institutes, shipbuilders, engine and equipment manufacturers …
This edition incorporates amendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization up to December 2009. It also includes amendments to the Rules of Procedure of : The Assembly up to December 2009; The Council up to July 2009; The Maritime Safety Committee up to June 2009; The Legal Committee up to April 2009; The Marine Environment Protection Committee up to March 2010; T…
This publication presents the CSS Code, as amended. The most recent amendment, approved at the eighty-seventh session of the Maritime Safety Commitee (12 to 21 May 2010), include a new annex 14 on Guidance on providing safe working conditions for securing of containers on deck. Also include are: Revised Guidelines for for the preparation of the Cargo Securing Manual, approved in May 2010. E…