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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - International Conferences - SOLAS/CONF.3 - Resolutions of the Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 – (November 1995) - Resolution 2 - Fire-extinguishing arrangements in machinery spaces of passenger ships – (Adopted on 29 November 1995) - The Conference,

The Conference,

 HAVING ADOPTED amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, concerning the safety of ro-ro passenger ships,

 BEING OF THE OPINION that the safety of passenger ships would be improved if their machinery spaces were equipped with automatic local extinguishing systems in areas presenting high fire risk, in addition to the installed main fire-extinguishing system,

 NOTING that the issue is already in the work programme of the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO),

  1. URGES the Maritime Safety Committee of IMO to expedite its work relating to automatic local extinguishing systems;

  2. INVITES Contracting Governments to encourage the installation of such automatic local extinguishing systems in machinery spaces of passenger ships in areas presenting high fire risk, in addition to the installed main fire-extinguishing system, pending adoption by IMO of the relevant amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention.

Parent topic: Resolution 2 - Fire-extinguishing arrangements in machinery spaces of passenger ships – (Adopted on 29 November 1995)
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