Resolution MSC.37(63)

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF SAFETY FOR DYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED CRAFT

(adopted on 19 May 1994)

 

 

THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,

 

RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee.

 

RECALLING ALSO that the Assembly, when adopting resolution A.373(X) on the Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft (DSC Code) for craft such as hydrofoil boats and air-cushion vehicles which were increasingly being introduced in international transport, authorized the Committee to amend the Code as may be necessary,

 

NOTING that dynamically supported craft continue to be constructed and operated internationally,

 

RECOGNIZING that the SOLAS Conference to be held on 17 and 24 May 1994 will be invited to adopt amendments which, inter alia, include a new chapter X on safety measures for high speed craft, to make the provisions of the International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft (HSC Code) mandatory under the 1974 SOLAS Convention, for craft constructed on or after 1 January 1996,

 

RECOGNIZING FURTHER the need to incorporate improvements to maritime safety standards made since the adoption of the DSC Code in the provisions of the current DSC Code for craft constructed before the HSC Code enters into force.

 

HAVING CONSIDERED at its sixty-third session the text of the proposed amendments to the DSC Code, which were developed while preparing the HSC Code by a thorough revision of the DSC Code.

 

1. ADOPTS amendments to the DSC Code, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

 

2. RECOMMENDS Governments to apply the amended DSC Code to craft constructed before 1 January 1996.

 

Annex.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF SAFETY FOR DYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED CRAFT

 

CHAPTER 1.
GENERAL

 

1.3 Scope of application

 

Add a new paragraph to read:

 

"1.3.3 This Code does not apply to any craft the keel of which is laid, or which is subjected to repairs, alterations or modifications of a major character, on or after 1 January 1996".

 

Add an new section 1.10 to read:

 

"1.10 Interpretations

 

For craft constructed following the adoption of the International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft (HSC Code) by resolution MSC.36(63), and in the continued operation of craft certified under the present Code, guidance in the interpretations of this Code may be obtained from the HSC Code".

 

CHAPTER 8.
LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES

 

8.2 Survival craft

 

Paragraphs 8.2.3 and 8.2.4 are replaced by a new paragraph 8.2.3 as follows:

 

"8.2.3 Craft should be provided with the radio life-saving appliances in accordance with regulations III/6.2.1 and III/6.2.2 of the Safety Convention".

 

Paragraphs 8.2.5 to 8.2.9 are renumbered as paragraphs 8.2.4 to 8.2.8.

 

CHAPTER 13.
RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT

 

Sections 13.1, 13.2 and 13.3 are replaced by a new section 13.1 as follows:

 

"13.1 Radiocommunications

 

Craft should have a capability of distress and safety communications in accordance with the provisions of chapter IV of the Safety Convention".

 

Sections 13.4 to 13.11 are renumbered as sections 13.2 to 13.9.