RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety
and the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,
RECALLING FURTHER that by MSC/Circ.389 the Maritime Safety
Committee approved interim guidelines for estimating manoeuvring performance
in ship design, whereby Member Governments were invited to apply the
guidelines on a trial basis so that they may be assessed in the light
of practical experience gained with a view to their possible further
development,
RECALLING ALSO resolutions A.160(ES.IV), A.209(VII) and A.601(15) concerning information on ship
manoeuvring,
RECOGNIZING the manoeuvring capability of ships to be an
important contribution to the safety of navigation,
BELIEVING that the development and implementation of standards
for ship manoeuvrability, particularly to large ships and ships carrying
dangerous goods in bulk, will improve maritime safety and enhance
marine environment protection,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its sixty-second session,
1 ADOPTS the Interim Standards for Ship Manoeuvrability,
set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 RECOMMENDS Governments to encourage those responsible
for the design, construction, repair and operation of ships to apply
the Standards;
3 INVITES Governments to collect data obtained
by the application of the Standards and report them to the Organization;
4 REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to keep
the Standards under review on the basis of the information and data
collected;
5 AUTHORIZES the Maritime Safety Committee to
amend the Standards as necessary.