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The Conference,

 HAVING ADOPTED amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended, concerning the safety of bulk carriers,

 NOTING the adoption by:

  • the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of resolution A.741(18) on the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (International Safety Management (ISM) Code);
  • the 1994 Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, of a new chapter IX on management for the safe operation of ships, by virtue of which the ISM Code is due to become mandatory on 1 July 1998 (the date on which the new chapter will apply to passenger ships, including passenger high-speed craft, oil tankers, chemical tankers, gas carriers, bulk carriers and cargo high-speed craft of 500 gross tonnage and upwards, regardless of their date of construction); and
  • the Assembly of IMO of resolution A.848(20) on the implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code,

 NOTING FURTHER that, according to information received from SOLAS Contracting Governments, a significant number of shipping companies operating bulk carriers have not yet obtained ISM certification, and may not even have applied for it,

  1. DRAWS the attention of SOLAS Contracting Governments and the industry to the fact that regulation IX/2 of the Convention does not provide for any extension of implementation dates for the introduction of the ISM Code;

  2. URGES SOLAS Contracting Governments to make their utmost effort to finalize as soon as possible the ISM Code certification of ships entitled to fly their flags as required by SOLAS regulation IX/2;

  3. URGES Governments with considerable numbers of bulk carriers in their fleets, as well as the recognized organizations and shipping companies concerned, to redouble their efforts to ensure timely and effective implementation of the ISM Code on these ships;

  4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General of IMO to take any such additional measures as may be required aiming at assisting in ensuring the timely and effective implementation of the ISM Code.

Parent topic: Resolution 9 - Implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code – (Adopted on 27 November 1997)
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