RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
RECALLING ALSO that it adopted by resolution A.209(VII)
the Recommendation on Information to be Included in the Manoeuvring
Booklets in order to ensure uniformity of such information on board
ship,
NOTING the importance attached to further enhancement of
the safety of navigation,
RECOGNIZING the need to achieve a uniform format and content
of the pilot card and the wheelhouse poster, and to establish a framework
for the manoeuvring booklet which provides navigators with more detailed
information on the manoeuvring characteristics of the ship,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its fifty-third session:
1. ADOPTS the Recommendation on the Provision
and Display of Manoeuvring Information on Board Ships, as set out
in the Annex to the present resolution, which supersedes the Recommendation
adopted by resolution A.209(VII);
2. INVITES all Governments concerned to take steps
to give effect to the Recommendation as soon as possible;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to keep
the Recommendation under review for the purpose of improvement based
on new developments in techniques and in the light of experience gained
in its application.