The annex of this document has been consolidated into IMSBC Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.268(85) by which it adopted the International
Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code ("the IMSBC Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter
VI of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974,
as amended ("the Convention"),
NOTING ALSO article VIII(b) and regulation VI/1-1.1 of the Convention concerning the
procedure for amending the IMSBC Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-eighth session, amendments to the IMSBC
Code, proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the
Convention,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the
IMSBC Code, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the Convention, that said
amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2018 unless, prior to that
date, more than one third of the Contracting Governments to the Convention or
Contracting Governments the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than
50% of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, have notified the
Secretary-General of their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention to note that, in accordance with
article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 1
January 2019 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 AGREES that Contracting Governments to the Convention may apply the aforementioned
amendments in whole or in part on a voluntary basis as from 1 January 2018;
5 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purpose of article VIII(b)(v) of the
Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the
amendments contained in the annex to all Contracting Governments to the Convention; and
6 FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and its
annex to Members of the Organization which are not Contracting Governments to the
Convention.