1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-seventh
session (12 to 21 May 2010), having considered the proposal by the
Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fifty-fourth session, approved
the Interim Clarifications of SOLAS chapter
II-2 requirements regarding interrelation between the central
control station, navigation bridge and safety centre, set out in the
annex, to provide additional guidance for the uniform implementation
of SOLAS regulation II-2/23 which
was adopted by resolution MSC.216(82) and are due to enter into force
on 1 July 2010.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
annexed Interim Clarifications to the attention of passenger ship
owners, shipbuilders, ship designers and other parties concerned.