RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organisation concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety.
RECALLING ALSO Resolution A.596(15) concerning safety of
ro-ro ships,
NOTING STCW Regulation V/2 on additional training and qualification
requirements for masters, officers, ratings and other personnel of
ro-ro passenger ships,
NOTING ALSO Resolution A.741(18) on the International Management
Code of the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (International
Safety Management (ISM) Code,
BEING AWARE that the aforementioned instruments do not provide
for bridge-based monitoring of sensor signals or standards for the
layout and organisation of a decision support system for masters on
passenger ships to be used in emergency situations,
HAVING CONSIDERED the Recommendations made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its sixty-fifth session,
1. ADOPTS the Recommendations on a Decision Support
System for Masters on Passenger Ships set out in the Annex to the
present resolution;
2. INVITES Governments to implement the said Recommendations
as soon as possible for all passenger ships;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to consider
the development of respective amendments to the International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea(SOLAS), 1974on
the basis of the provisions of these Recommendations, as appropriate;
4. INVITES ALSO Governments to submit to the Organisation
information on the development and use of the computer-based decision
support system.