RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
BEING DESIROUS that the Organization should play a larger
role in determining the structural standards to which new ships are
built,
RECALLING ALSO that among the strategic directions of the
Organization relating to developing and maintaining a comprehensive
framework for safe, secure, efficient and environmentally sound shipping
is the establishment of goal-based standards for the design and construction
of ships,
CONSIDERING that ships should be designed and constructed
for a specified design life to be safe and environmentally friendly,
so that, if properly operated and maintained under specified operating
and environmental conditions, they can remain safe throughout their
service life,
NOTING regulations II-1/2.28 and II-1/3-10 of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended
(hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), adopted by resolution MSC.290(87), concerning goal-based ship
construction standards for bulk carriers and oil tankers,
NOTING ALSO that the aforementioned regulation II-1/3-10
requires that bulk carriers and oil tankers as defined therein satisfy
the applicable structural requirements of a recognized organization,
or national standards of an Administration, conforming to the functional
requirements of the goal-based ship construction standards for bulk
carriers and oil tankers,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-seventh session, the proposed
International Goal-based Ship Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers
and Oil Tankers,
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1. ADOPTS the International Goal-based Ship Construction
Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, the text of which is
set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
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2. INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention
to note that the International Goal-based Ship Construction Standards
for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers will take effect on 1 January 2012
upon entry into force of regulation II-1/3-10 of the Convention;
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3. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
certified copies of this resolution and the text of the International
Goal-based Ship Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers,
contained in the Annex, to all Contracting Governments to the Convention;
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4. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and the Annex to all Members of the Organization
which are not Contracting Governments to the Convention.