The Maritime Safety Committee,
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.407(96) - Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 2009 (2009 MODU Code) - (Adopted on 19 May 2016) - The Maritime Safety Committee,

The Maritime Safety Committee,

The annex of this document has been consolidated into 2009 MODU Code

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.1023(26) on the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 2009 (2009 MODU Code), authorized the Committee to amend the Code as appropriate, taking into consideration development in the design and technologies, in consultation with appropriate organizations,

RECOGNIZING the need for harmonizing the requirements for helicopter facility foam firefighting appliances,

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-sixth session, the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment, at its second session,

1 ADOPTS amendments to the 2009 MODU Code, set out in the annex to the present resolution;

2 INVITES all Governments concerned to take appropriate steps to give effect to the annexed amendments to the 2009 MODU Code by 1 January 2020.


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