1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-third
session (3 to 12 October 2007), approved a unified interpretation
of the term "unforeseen delay in the delivery of ships", as set out
in the annex, with a view to harmonizing the interpretation of the
provisions for the application scheme in SOLAS regulation II-1/3-2 (Corrosion
prevention of seawater ballast tanks in oil tankers and bulk carriers),
as amended by resolution MSC.216(82),
with the unified interpretation to regulation
1.28 of Annex I to the MARPOL Convention.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
interpretation when applying the relevant provisions of SOLAS regulation II-1/3-2, and to bring
it to the attention of all parties concerned.