The annex of this document has been consolidated into 2008 IS Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MSC.267(85) by which it adopted the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008
("2008 IS Code"),
NOTING the provisions regarding the procedure for amendments to part B of the
2008 IS Code, stipulated in regulation II-1/2.27.2 of the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 ("the SOLAS
Convention"), as amended by resolution MSC.269(85), and in paragraph (16).2 of regulation I/3 of the Protocol of 1988
relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 ("1988 Load Lines Protocol"),
as amended by resolution MSC.270(85),
RECOGNIZING the need to include provisions regarding ships engaged in anchor handling,
lifting and towing operations, including escort towing, in the 2008
IS Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-seventh session, the proposed amendments to part B of the
2008 IS Code, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction, at
its second session,
1 ADOPTS amendments to part B of the 2008
IS Code, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 RECOMMENDS Governments concerned to use the amendments to part B of the 2008
IS Code as a basis for relevant safety standards, unless their national stability
requirements provide at least an equivalent degree of safety;
3 INVITES Contracting Governments to the SOLAS
Convention and Parties to the 1988 Load Lines Protocol to note that the above
amendments to the 2008 IS Code will take effect on 1 January 2020.