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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-ninth session (11 to 20 May 1998), being concerned about the safety of pusher tug-barge combinations, approved the Guidelines for the application of safety standards to pusher tug-barge combinations, set out in the annex to the present circular.

  2 Member Governments are invited to bring the Guidelines to the attention of shipowners, ship operators, shipmasters, skippers and all others involved in pusher tug-barge combination units and relevant operations and urge them to apply the Guidelines as appropriate.

Parent topic: MSC/Circular.866 – Guidelines for the Application of Safety Standards to Pusher Tug-Barge Combinations – (Adopted on 1 June 1998)
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