RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
RECALLING ALSO that, by resolution A.649(16), it adopted
the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling
Units, 1989 (1989 MODU Code) to promote the international operation
of mobile offshore drilling units,
NOTING that mobile offshore drilling units continue to be
moved and operated internationally,
RECOGNIZING that chapter 3 of the 1989 MODU Code allows
for alternative damage stability criteria to be considered by Administrations,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its fifty-seventh session,
1. ADOPTS an example of alternative stability
criteria for a range of positive stability after damage or flooding
for column-stabilized semisubmersible units, 1989, as set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2. RECOMMENDS that Governments concerned accept
the application of this example as being an equivalent to the provisions
of paragraphs 3.4.3.3 and 3.4.4.3 of the 1989 MODU Code;
3. INVITES all Governments concerned to consider
putting this alternative into effect and to evaluate its use;
4. FURTHER INVITES all Governments concerned,
through the Organization, to exchange experience gained as a result
of the application of this alternative;
5. AUTHORIZES the Maritime Safety Committee to
amend the alternative, as necessary, after consultations with appropriate
organizations.