1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninetieth
session (16 to May 2012), with a view to providing guidance for tenders
used for transferring more than 12 passengers from a stationary passenger
ship to shore and back, and following a recommendation made by the
Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment, at its fifty-fifth session,
and the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fifty-fifth session,
approved the annexed Guidelines for passenger ship tenders.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
Guidelines from 21 May 2012 when applying the relevant SOLAS regulations
for passenger ship tenders and to bring them to the attention of all
parties concerned.