1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-ninth
session (11 to 20 May 2011), and the Marine Environment Protection
Committee, at its sixty-second session (11 to 15 July 2011), approved
the Unified interpretations on the application of SOLAS, MARPOL and
Load Lines requirements to conversions of single-hull oil tankers
to double-hull oil tankers or bulk carriers, as set out in the annex
to this circular. For interpretations on requirements not specified
in unified interpretations approved by the Organization, the Administration
concerned should be consulted.
2 Member Governments are invited to apply the
annexed Unified interpretations, in accordance with paragraph 2 (Application)
of the annex, in relation to conversions occurring on or after 1 December
2011, and bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.