The Maritime Safety Committee,
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.37(63) - Adoption of Amendments to the Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft - (Adopted on 19 May 1994) - The Maritime Safety Committee,

The Maritime Safety Committee,

 RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

 RECALLING ALSO that the Assembly, when adopting resolution A.373(X) on the Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft (DSC Code) for craft such as hydrofoil boats and air-cushion vehicles which were increasingly being introduced in international transport, authorized the Committee to amend the Code as may be necessary,

 NOTING that dynamically supported craft continue to be constructed and operated internationally,

 RECOGNIZING that the SOLAS Conference to be held on 17 and 24 May 1994 will be invited to adopt amendments which, inter alia, include a new chapter X on safety measures for high speed craft, to make the provisions of the International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft (HSC Code) mandatory under the 1974 SOLAS Convention, for craft constructed on or after 1 January 1996,

 RECOGNIZING FURTHER the need to incorporate improvements to maritime safety standards made since the adoption of the DSC Code in the provisions of the current DSC Code for craft constructed before the HSC Code enters into force,

 HAVING CONSIDERED at its sixty-third session the text of the proposed amendments to the DSC Code, which were developed while preparing the HSC Code by a thorough revision of the DSC Code,

  1. ADOPTS amendments to the DSC Code, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution:

  2. RECOMMENDS Governments to apply the amended DSC Code to craft constructed before 1 January 1996.


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