RECALLING Article 16(i) of the Convention on the Inter-Governmental
Maritime Consultative Organization,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.343(IX) by which it adopted
the Recommendation on Methods of Measuring Noise Levels at Listening
Posts,
NOTING that high noise levels on board ships could affect
seafarers' health and impair the safety of the ship,
HAVING DECIDED to specify acceptable noise levels on board
ships to safeguard seafarers' health and ensure the safe operation
of the ship which would complement the review of resolution A.343(IX)
aiming at limiting interference of shipborne noise with external audible
navigational signals,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its forty-fourth session,
1. ADOPTS the Code on Noise Levels on Board Ships,
the text of which is set out in the Annex to this resolution;
2. INVITES all Governments concerned:
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(a) To take appropriate steps to implement the
provisions of the Code as soon as possible;
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(b) To inform IMCO of measures taken in this respect
and of any experience gained from the application of the Code, together
with any information requested by resolution A.343(IX).