1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-third
session (16 to 25 May 1994), approved Guidelines to Minimize Leakages
from Flammable Liquid Systems, set out at annex to the present circular,
as prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship design and Equipment at its
thirty-seventh session.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
Guidelines and the measures that should be taken to reduce fires originating
from machinery space flammable oil systems to the attention of designers,
shipyard personnel, engine-room personnel, owners, operators and maintenance
personnel.