INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION E IMO MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE MSC 75/24/Add.1 75th session 31 May 2002 Agenda item 24 Original: ENGLISH REPORT OF THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE ON ITS SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION Attached are annexes 1 to 31 to the report of the Maritime Safety Committee on its seventy-fifth session (MSC 75/24). For reasons of economy, this document is printed in a limited number. Delegates are kindly asked to bring their copies to meetings and not to request additional copies. I:\MSC\75\24-ADD.1.DOC MSC 75/24/Add.1 - 2 - LIST OF ANNEXES ANNEX 1 AGENDA FOR THE SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS ANNEX 2 RESOLUTION MSC.123(75) (cid:150) ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974 AS AMENDED ANNEX 3 RESOLUTION MSC.124(75) (cid:150) ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PROTOCOL OF 1988 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974 ANNEX 4 RESOLUTION MSC.125(75) (cid:150) ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES ON THE ENHANCED PROGRAMME OF INSPECTIONS DURING SURVEYS OF BULK CARRIERS AND OIL TANKERS (RESOLUTION A.744(18) AS AMENDED) ANNEX 5 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS CHAPTER XII ANNEX 6 NEW AND AMENDED TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME AND ASSOCIATED ROUTEING MEASURES ANNEX 7 ROUTEING MEASURES OTHER THAN TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME ANNEX 8 RESOLUTION MSC.126(75) (cid:150) MANDATORY SHIP REPORTING SYSTEMS ANNEX 9 RESOLUTION MSC.127(75) (cid:150) AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING MANDATORY SHIP REPORTING SYSTEMS ANNEX 10 DRAFT ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION (cid:150) WORLD-WIDE RADIONAVIGATION SYSTEM ANNEX 11 RESOLUTION MSC.128(75) (cid:150) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR A BRIDGE NAVIGATIONAL WATCH ALARM SYSTEM (BNWAS) ANNEX 12 RESOLUTION MSC.122(75) (cid:150) ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS (IMDG) CODE ANNEX 13 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS REGULATIONS II-2/3 AND 19 ANNEX 14 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE INF CODE ANNEX 15 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE 2000 HSC CODE ANNEX 16 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS REGULATION II-1/18 I:\MSC\75\24-ADD.1.DOC - 3 - MSC 75/24/Add.1 ANNEX 17 DRAFT ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION (cid:150) RECOMMENDATIONS ON TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR MARITIME PILOTS OTHER THAN DEEP-SEA PILOTS ANNEX 18 DRAFT ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION - IMPROVED GUIDELINES FOR MARINE PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ANNEX 19 DRAFT ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION (cid:150) PROPER USE OF VHF CHANNELS AT SEA ANNEX 20 IMO POSITION ON THE WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE 2003 (WRC-03) AGENDA ITEMS ON MATTERS CONCERNING MARITIME SERVICES ANNEX 21 IMO STATEMENT ON IMO(cid:146)s PARTICIPATION IN FUTURE ITU WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCES ANNEX 22 RESOLUTION MSC.129(75) (cid:150) MARITIME SAFETY AND SAFETY- RELATED RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS ANNEX 23 RESOLUTION MSC.130(75) (cid:150) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR INMARSAT SHIP EARTH STATIONS CAPABLE OF TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS ANNEX 24 RESOLUTION MSC.131(75) (cid:150) MAINTENANCE OF A CONTINUOUS LISTENING WATCH ON VHF CHANNEL 16 BY SOLAS SHIPS WHILST AT SEA AND INSTALLATION OF VHF DSC FACILITIES ON NON-SOLAS SHIPS ANNEX 25 RESOLUTION MSC.132(75) (cid:150) AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES ON EMERGENCY TOWING ARRANGEMENTS FOR TANKERS (RESOLUTION MSC.35(63)) ANNEX 26 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS REGULATION II-1/31 ANNEX 27 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS REGULATION III/26 ANNEX 28 DRAFT MSC/MEPC CIRCULAR ON PROCEDURES CONCERNING OBSERVED ISM CODE MAJOR NON-CONFORMITIES ANNEX 29 WORK PROGRAMMES OF THE SUB-COMMITTEES ANNEX 30 PROVISIONAL AGENDAS FOR THE FORTHCOMING SESSIONS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEES ANNEX 31 STATEMENT BY THE DELEGATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION *** I:\MSC\75\24-ADD.1.DOC MSC 75/24/Add.1 ANNEX 1 AGENDA OF THE SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS 1 Adoption of the agenda, report on credentials MSC 75/1/Rev.1 Secretariat Revised provisional agenda MSC 75/1/1 Secretariat Annotations to the provisional agenda 2 Decisions of other IMO bodies MSC 75/2 and Add.1 Secretariat Outcome of C 86 and C/ES.21 MSC 75/2/1 and Add.1 Secretariat Outcome of LEG 83 and LEG 84 MSC 75/2/2 Secretariat Outcome of A 22 MSC 75/2/2/Add.1 Secretariat Safety measures and procedures for the treatment of persons rescued at sea MSC 75/2/2/Add.2 Norway Review of safety measures and procedures for the treatment of persons rescued at sea MSC 75/2/3 Secretariat Outcome of FAL 29 MSC 75/2/3/Add.1 United Kingdom Facilitation aspects of other forms and certificates (cid:150) Harmonization of certificates and documents MSC 75/2/3/Add.2 Secretariat Outcome of the SPI Working Group at FAL 29 MSC 75/2/4 Secretariat Outcome of MEPC 47 MSC 75/2/5 Secretariat Outcome of TC 50 3 Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments MSC 75/3 Secretariat Amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention MSC 75/3/1 Secretariat Amendments to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol MSC 75/3/2 Secretariat Amendments to the Guidelines on the enhanced programme of inspections during surveys of bulk carriers and oil tankers (resolution A.744(18)) MSC 75/3/3 IACS Amendments to the Guidelines on the enhanced programme of inspections during surveys of bulk carriers and oil tankers (resolution A.744(18)) MSC 75/INF.3 Belgium, Canada, Amendments to SOLAS 1974, as (E only) Denmark, Finland, amended (cid:150) North Atlantic Ice Patrol France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States MSC 75/WP.17 Drafting group Report of the drafting group and corrs. 1 and 2 I:\MSC\75\24-ADD.1.DOC MSC 75/24/Add.1 ANNEX 1 Page 2 4 Large passenger ship safety MSC 75/4 Secretariat Outcome of NAV 47, SLF 44, STW 33 and FP 46 on large passenger ship safety MSC 75/4/Add.1 Secretariat Outcome of COMSAR 6 and DE 45 on large passenger ship safety MSC 75/4/1 United States Report of the correspondence group MSC 75/4/2 Norway MSC 75/4/3 Germany Proposal for a pragmatic working assumption of the term (cid:147)large(cid:148) MSC 75/4/4 Germany Proposal for a revised working strategy MSC 75/4/5 United Kingdom The use of directional sound as an aid to passenger evacuation MSC 75/INF.14 Netherlands Systematic incident analysis: finding (E only) the causes of dangerous occurrences MSC 75/INF.17 United Kingdom The use of directional sound as an (E only) aid to passenger evacuation MSC 75/INF.36 RINA Results of a workshop on passenger (E only) ship safety MSC 75/WP.12 Working group Report of the working group 5 Bulk carrier safety MSC 75/5 Secretariat Outcome of MSC 74 and SLF 44 MSC 75/5/Add.1 Secretariat Outcome of COMSAR 6 and DE 45 MSC 75/5/1 United Kingdom International collaborative FSA study: progress report MSC 75/5/2 Japan Report on FSA study on bulk carrier safety MSC 75/5/3 United Kingdom Bulk carrier model test progress report MSC 75/5/4 ICFTU Precautions against flooding of forward spaces and improved life-saving appliances MSC 75/5/5 France International collaborative FSA study: Step 2 of FSA (risk analysis) MSC 75/INF.6 Japan Step 2 of FSA on bulk carrier safety (E only) (risk analysis) MSC 75/INF.9 INTERCARGO Bulk carrier casualty report (E only) MSC 75/INF.22 France International collaborative FSA study: (E only) Step 2 of FSA (risk analysis) WP 11 Develop risk contribution tree component MSC 75/INF.23 IACS IACS’s action to improve the safety (E only) regime for bulk carriers MSC 75/WP.19 Working group Report of the working group 6 Safety of navigation MSC 75/6 Secretariat Report of the 47th session NAV 47/13 Sub-Committee Report of the 47th session I:\MSC\75\24-ADD.1.DOC MSC 75/24/Add.1 ANNEX 1 Page 3 MSC 75/6/1 Norway and IACS Proposal to amend the provisions on (cid:147)navigation bridge visibility(cid:148) in SOLAS 74 chapter V MSC 75/6/2 Germany, Denmark Presentation of navigational Netherlands and information, operational matters and Sweden integrated bridge systems (IBS) MSC 75/6/3 Germany Presentation of navigational information, operational matters and integrated bridge systems (IBS) MSC 75/6/4 France MSC 75/6/5 IHO and IALA Integrated presentation of navigational information on bridge equipment MSC 75/INF.2 Sweden North Atlantic Right Whales (E only) MSC 75/INF.4 Secretariat The Marine Electronic Highway (E only) Project MSC 75/INF.7 IALA Recommendation on the performance (E only) and monitoring of a DGNSS service in the frequency band 283.5 (cid:150) 325 kHz MSC 75/INF.8 IALA IALA Guidelines on Universal (E only) Shipborne Automatic Identification System (AIS) (cid:150) 1.0 7 Dangerous goods, solid cargoes and containers MSC 75/7 Secretariat Report of the 6th session DSC 6/15 and Add.1 Sub-Committee Report of the 6th session MSC 75/7/1 Germany Derogations of the mandatory IMDG Code MSC 75/7/2 Spain Manual of serious structural deficiencies in CSC containers MSC 75/7/3 IICL Manual of serious structural deficiencies in CSC containers MSC 75/INF.5 Secretariat Outcome of the 6th session of the (E only) Sub-Committee: amendment 31-02 to the IMDG Code 8 Stability, load lines and fishing vessel safety MSC 75/8 Secretariat Report of the 44th session SLF 44/18 Sub-Committee Report of the 44th session MSC 75/INF.18 IACS Hatch cover scantlings requirements (E only) for bulk carriers (IACS UR S21) 9 Training and watchkeeping MSC 75/9 Secretariat Report of the 33rd session STW 33/17 Sub-Committee Report of the 33rd session I:\MSC\75\24-ADD.1.DOC MSC 75/24/Add.1 ANNEX 1 Page 4 MSC 75/9/1 Secretariat Progress on the work of panels of competent persons in assessing information communicated as required by article IV and regulation I/7 of the STCW Convention, as amended MSC 75/9/2 Secretariat List of competent persons to be maintained by the Secretary-General pursuant to section A-I/7 of the STCW Code MSC 75/9/3 Denmark Guidance on arrangements between MSC 75/9/4 Brazil Parties to allow for recognition of certificates under STCW regulation I/10 MSC 75/9/5 Bahamas Reference to amendments in the title of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 MSC 75/INF.24 France Database for management of STCW (E & F only) certificates MSC 75/WP.2 Secretary-General Report of the Secretary-General to the MSC on evaluation of the information communicated in accordance with STCW regulation I/7.2 MSC 75/WP.3 Secretariat Parties to the 1978 STCW Convention as amended confirmed by the MSC to have communicated information which demonstrates that full and complete effect is given to the relevant provisions of the Convention MSC 75/WP.4 Secretariat List of competent persons to be maintained by the Secretary-General pursuant to section A-I/7 of the STCW Code MSC 75/WP.13 Secretariat Guidance for port State control officers on reference to STCW 95 in certificates, endorsements and documents evidence 10 Fire protection MSC 75/10 Secretariat Report of the 46th session FP 46/16 Sub-Committee Report of the 46th session MSC 75/10/1 United Kingdom, Evacuation analysis for passenger Germany and ICCL ships and high-speed craft MSC 75/10/2 Sweden Unified interpretation to the revised SOLAS chapter II-2 MSC 75/10/3 IACS SOLAS regulations II-2/4.2.3.1 and II-2/4.2.2.4 (2000 amendments): required location for termination of lubricating oil tank air pipes I:\MSC\75\24-ADD.1.DOC MSC 75/24/Add.1 ANNEX 1 Page 5 MSC 75/WP.9 Chairman of the Preamble of the Interim Guidelines for FP Sub-Committee a simplified evacuation analysis of passenger ships 11 Radiocommunications and search and rescue MSC 75/11 Secretariat Report of the 6th session COMSAR 6/22 Sub-Committee Report of the 6th session MSC 75/11/1 France Review of safety measures and procedures for the treatment of persons rescued at sea MSC 75/11/2 Germany Matters concerning search and rescue, including those related to the 1979 SAR Conference and the introduction of the GMDSS MSC 75/11/3 France, Germany Matters concerning search and rescue and Sweden including those related to the 1979 SAR Conference and the introduction of the GMDSS (cid:150) Development of guidance for the use of a medical first-aid kit for certain passenger ships other than ro-ro passenger ships meeting comparative criteria MSC 75/11/4 IMSO Proposed amendments to the Convention on the International Mobile Satellite Organization MSC 75/11/5 Germany Additional codes for nature of distress in the Inmarsat-E System MSC 75/11/6 Secretariat Draft COMSAR circular on Guidance for the voluntary use of standardized questionnaires and formats for reporting false alerts in collecting data on false alerts MSC 75/WP.14 Drafting group Review of safety measures and procedures for the treatment of persons rescued at sea 12 Ship design and equipment MSC 75/12 Secretariat Report of the 44th session MSC 75/12/Add.1 Secretariat Urgent matters emanating from the 45th session DE 44/19 Sub-Committee Report of the 44th session DE 45/27 Sub-Committee Report of the 45th session MSC 75/12/1 Secretariat Draft MSC resolution on adoption of amendments to the Guidelines for emergency towing arrangements on tankers MSC 75/12/2 Australia Proposed amendments to update the DSC Code and the 1994 HSC Code I:\MSC\75\24-ADD.1.DOC MSC 75/24/Add.1 ANNEX 1 Page 6 MSC 75/12/3 INTERTANKO Matters relating to draft revised SOLAS regulation II-1/12-2 and Technical provisions for means of access for inspections, regarding resolution A.744(18) MSC 75/12/4 Secretariat Recycling of ships: outcome of MEPC 47 MSC 75/WP.16 Informal group Draft MSC Circular on Proposed amendments to update the DSC Code and the 1994 HSC Code 13 Flag State implementation MSC 75/13 Secretariat Urgent matters emanating from the 10th session FSI 10/17 Sub-Committee Report of the 10th session MSC 75/13/1 Norway Proposed amendments to MSC/Circ.1013 relating to resolution A.746(18) on Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification MSC 75/13/2 Bahamas Proposed change of name MSC 75/WP.15 Informal group Procedures concerning observed ISM Code major non-conformities 14 Technical assistance subprogramme in maritime safety MSC 75/14 Secretariat Developments concerning safety- related technical co-operation activities supported by the Maritime Safety Division MSC 75/14/1 Secretariat Periodical report on model courses 15 Role of the human element MSC 75/15 Secretariat Information on the Committee’s activities relating to human element MSC 75/15/1 Denmark Review of the status of the organization’s human element activities MSC 75/15/2 United States Fatigue training MSC 75/INF.11 INTERCARGO ISM Code (E only) MSC 75/INF.12 Netherlands Conclusions of the Mare Forum (E only) Conference (cid:147)Corporate governance in shipping: the Human factor(cid:148) MSC 75/INF.13 Netherlands Brochure on the underlying causes of (E only) unsafe behaviour: (cid:147)The Human Factor and a Safe Freight Transport: a Framework for Policy(cid:148) MSC 75/WP.10 Working group Report of the working group I:\MSC\75\24-ADD.1.DOC