1 The Maritime Safety Committee (the Committee),
at its eighty-third session (3 to 12 October 2007), approved
the Guidelines on the control of ships in an emergency for Member
Governments, shipmasters, companies, salvors and others engaged
in a maritime emergency, with a view to providing them
with a framework of authority within which they would be expected
to operate.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
Guidelines to the attention of shipmasters, companies, salvors and
other interested parties in the shipping industry as they deem appropriate.
3 The Committee also decided to review the annexed
Guidelines in the future, with a view to improving them on the
basis of new technical developments and in the light of
experience gained from their application.