RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization regarding the functions of the Assembly in relation
to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
RECALLING ALSO its adoption, by resolution
A.715(17), of the Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying
Timber Deck Cargoes, 1991,
RECOGNIZING the need to improve the provisions contained
in the Code in the light of experience gained,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its eighty-ninth session,
1 ADOPTS the Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying
Timber Deck Cargoes, 2011 (2011 TDC Code),
as set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 RECOMMENDS Governments to use the provisions
of the 2011 TDC Code as a basis for relevant
safety standards;
3 AUTHORIZES the Maritime Safety Committee to
amend the Code as necessary in the light of further studies and experience
gained from the implementation of the provisions contained therein;