1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-second
session (12 to 21 June 2013), approved a unified interpretation of
SOLAS regulation II-1/26.3,
regarding the arrangement of fuel pumps to provide sufficient capacity
for normal operation of propulsion machinery, even if one pump becomes
inoperable, while using marine fuels with a sulphur content not exceeding
0.1 per cent/m/m and minimum viscosity of 2 cSt, as required in Emission
Control Areas from 1 January 2015, following the recommendations made
by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment, at its fifty-seventh
session.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
unified interpretation when applying the requirements of SOLAS regulation
II-1/26.3 and bring it to the attention of all parties concerned.