1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
at its sixty-sixth session (31 March to 4 April 2014), with a view
to providing guidance on the reduction of underwater noise from commercial
shipping, and following a recommendation made by the Sub-Committee
on Ship Design and Equipment, at its fifty-seventh session, approved
the annexed Guidelines for the reduction of underwater noise
from commercial shipping to address adverse impacts on marine life.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
Guidelines from 7 April 2014 and to bring them to the attention of
all parties concerned.