1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-first
session (10 to 19 May 2006), approved Interim Guidelines for alternative
assessment of the weather criterion, aiming at providing the industry
with alternative means (in particular, model experiments) for the
assessment of severe wind and rolling criterion (weather criterion),
as contained in the Code on Intact Stability for All
Types of Ships covered by IMO Instruments (resolution A.749(18)). The Interim Guidelines
should be applied when the wind heeling lever and/or the angle of
roll (as defined in paragraphs 3.2.2.1.1 and
3.2.2.1.2 of the Code) need to be determined by means of model
experiments.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
Interim Guidelines to the attention of interested parties as they
deem appropriate.