UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF PARAGRAPH 13.3.5 OF THE IGC CODE
(AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION MSC.370(93))
1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-ninth session (16 to 25 May 2018),
with a view to providing more specific guidance on the expression "each dry-docking"
in the context of testing of high-level alarms on liquefied gas tankers, approved
the following unified interpretation of paragraph 13.3.5 of the International Code
of the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC
Code) (as amended by resolution MSC.370(93)), prepared by the Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and
Containers, at its fourth session:
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF PARAGRAPH 13.3.5 OF THE IGC CODE
(AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION MSC.370(93))
Testing of high-level alarms
The expression "each dry-docking" is considered to be the survey of the outside of
the ship's bottom required for the renewal of the Cargo Ship Safety Construction
Certificate and/or the Cargo Ship Safety Certificate.
2 Member States are invited to use the above unified interpretation as guidance when
applying the relevant provision of the IGC Code and to bring it to the attention of
all parties concerned.