1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-sixth
session (2 to 13 December 2002), adopted resolution MSC.137(76) on Standards for ship manoeuvrability.
In adopting the Standards, the Committee recognized the necessity
of appropriate explanatory notes for the uniform interpretation, application
and consistent evaluation of the manoeuvring performance of ships.
2 To this end, the Maritime Safety Committee,
at its seventy-sixth session (2 to 13 December 2002), approved the
Explanatory Notes to the Standards for ship manoeuvrability (resolution MSC.137(76)), set out in the annex to the
present circular, as prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design
and Equipment at its forty-fifth session.
3 The Explanatory Notes are intended to provide
Administrations with specific guidance to assist in the uniform interpretation
and application of the Standards for ship manoeuvrability and to provide
the information necessary to assist those responsible for the design,
construction, repair and operation of ships to evaluate the manoeuvrability
of such ships.
4 Member Governments are invited to:
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.1 use the Explanatory Notes when applying the
Standards contained in resolution MSC.137(76);
and
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.2 use the form contained in appendix 5 of the annex to the present
circular if submitting manoeuvring data to the Organization for consideration,
as appropriate.
5 This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.644