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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixtieth session (6 to 10 April 1992), adopted, by resolution MSC.26(60), an amendment to chapter II-1 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention introducing retroactive regulations in respect of residual stability standards for existing ro-ro passenger ships.

  2 To ensure that this upgrading procedure would proceed in a logical and orderly manner, a calculation method was agreed whereby a ratio, A/Amax, was to be used to establish a ranking order for the upgrading process. The annex to MSC/Circular.574 gives details of this calculation method, which is a simplified version of the probabilistic parts of resolution A.265(VIII).

  3 Recognizing the need for consistent guidance, the Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-third session (16 to 25 May 1994), approved interpretations of the provisions of resolution MSC.26(60) and MSC/Circular.574 developed by the Sub-Committee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety as set out in the annex.

  4 Member Governments are invited to use these interpretations when applying amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention, adopted by resolution MSC.26(60), and the calculation procedure for assessing the survivability characteristics of existing ro-ro passenger ships set out in MSC/Circular.574.

Parent topic: MSC/Circular.649 – International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended – (Adopted on 8 June 1994)
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