Jun. 28 2017 Home Class & statutory MSC 98 - major outcomes of the 98th session of the IMO Maritime safety Committee (MSC) LinkedIn Twitter Facebook share Convention 1988 LL PROTOCOL Load Lines COLREG HSC Code IACS UR IACS UI IBC Code IGC Code MODU Code OSV Chemical Code POLAR Code International code of safety for ships operating in polar waters SOLAS CH II-1 Machinery, Electricity, Stability SOLAS CH II-2 Fire SOLAS CH III Life-Saving Appliances SOLAS CH IV Radiocommunications SOLAS CH IX ISM Code SOLAS CH V Safety of Navigation SOLAS CH VI Cargoes SOLAS CH VII Dangerous Goods SPS Code Special Purpose Ships STCW Crew & Watchkeeping Flag ALL FLAGS Ship typeAll Sea going Ship types The ninety-eighth session of the Maritime Safety Committee was held at the IMO Headquarters from 7 to 16 June 2017. Many amendments to mandatory instruments have been adopted. Related consequential amendments to non-mandatory instruments were approved and also numerous circulars MSC 98 - 7 to 16 June 2017 insight of the major outcomes of the 98th session of the IMO Maritime safety Committee (MSC) Summary The ninety-eighth session of the Maritime Safety Committee was held at the IMO Headquarters from 7 to 16 June 2017. Many amendments to mandatory instruments have been adopted. : SOLAS chapter II-1, chapter II-2, chapter III ; IGF code chapter 11 ; 1994 HSC code and 2000 HSC code chapters 8 ; LSA Code chapter VI ; IMSBC code. Related consequential amendments to non-mandatory instruments were approved. Among the numerous circulars approved by MSC 98, some deserve particular attention : important steps for enhancing maritime cybersecurity have been reached through the approval of MSC-FAL.1/Circ.3 Guidelines on maritime cyber risk management and Resolution MSC.428(98) on maritime cyber risk management in Safety Management Systems ; MSC.1/Circ.1574 on Interim guidelines for use of Fibre Reinforced Plastic (FRP) elements within ship structures. MSC 98 has also approved draft Assembly resolution on the code for the transport and handling of hazardous and noxious liquid substances in bulk on offshore support vessels (OSV chemical code), for submission to Assembly 30 (November 2017), with a view to adoption. Agenda item 3 - Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments 3.1. Mandatory instruments MSC 98 was invited to consider, for adoption, draft amendments to chapters II-1, II-2, III and Appendix of SOLAS, 1974, as amended and to the IGF, 1994 HSC, 2000 HSC, LSA and IMSBC Codes. The following amendment should be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2019 and enter into force on 1 January 2020. Resolution MSC.421(98) Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended: Chapter II-1 - Construction – structure, subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations Regulation 2 – Definitions Draught, trim, bulkhead deck Regulation 4 – General Regulation 5 – Intact stability Inclining test, lightweight survey, Regulation 5-1 – Stability information to be supplied to the master Curves or tables of minimum operational metacentric height (GM) and maximum permissible trim versus draught, corresponding curves or tables of the maximum allowable vertical centre of gravity (KG), maximum permissible trim versus draught Regulation 6 – Required subdivision index R For the carriage of less than 400 persons on board, R is constant at 0.722. For the carriage of 400 to 1,350 persons on board, R increases linearly to