RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime
Organization concerning the function of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO that, by resolution MSC.216(82), it adopted the regulations on
subdivision and damage stability as contained in SOLAS chapter II-1 which are based on the probabilistic concept,
using the probability of survival after collision as a measure of ships' safety in a
damaged condition,
NOTING that, at the eighty-second session, it approved Interim explanatory
notes to the SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage
stability regulations (MSC.1/Circ.1226), to assist Administrations in the uniform
interpretation and application of the aforementioned subdivision and damage stability
regulations,
NOTING ALSO that, at the eighty-fifth session, it adopted the Explanatory
notes to the SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage
stability regulations (resolution MSC.281(85)),
NOTING FURTHER that, by resolution MSC.421(98), it adopted amendments to regulations on
subdivision and damage stability, as contained in SOLAS chapter II-1,
RECOGNIZING that the Revised Explanatory Notes should be adopted in
conjunction with the adoption of the aforementioned amendments to subdivision and damage
stability regulations (resolution MSC.421(98)),
RECOGNIZING ALSO that the appropriate application of the Revised Explanatory
Notes is essential for ensuring the uniform application of the SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability
regulations,
RECALLING that, having considered, at its ninety-eighth session (7 to 16 June
2017), the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction at
its fourth session, it adopted, by resolution MSC.429(98), the Revised explanatory notes to the
SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage
stability regulations,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its 102nd session, minor amendments to paragraph 4 of
the Explanatory Note to SOLAS regulation 17 (Internal watertight integrity of passenger
ships above the bulkhead deck),
1 ADOPTS the Revised explanatory notes to the SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability
regulations set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 URGES Contracting Governments and all parties concerned to utilize the Revised
Explanatory Notes when applying the SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations
adopted by resolution MSC.216(82), as amended;
3 INVITES Contracting Governments to note that these Revised Explanatory Notes take
effect on ships as defined in SOLAS regulation II-1/1.1.1, as adopted by resolution MSC.421(98).
4 REVOKES resolution MSC.429(98).