The Assembly,
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - International Codes - Intact Stability (IS) Code - Intact Stability for All Types of Ships Covered by IMO Instruments – Resolution A.749(18) - The Assembly,

The Assembly,

 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,

 RECOGNIZING the need for the development of an internationally agreed code on intact stability for all types of ships covered by IMO instruments, which would summarize the work carried out by the Organization so far,

 HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Maritime Safety Committee at its sixty-second session,

  1. ADOPTS the Code on Intact Stability for All Types of Ships Covered by IMO Instruments, set out in the Annex to the present resolution, which supersedes the following recommendations:

  • (a) Recommendation on intact stability for passenger and cargo ships under 100 metres in length (resolution A.167(ES.IV));

  • (b) Amendments to the recommendation on intact stability for passenger and cargo ships under 100 metres in length (resolution A.167(ES.IV)) with respect to ships carrying deck cargoes (resolution A.206(VII));

  • (c) Recommendation on intact stability of fishing vessels (resolution A.168(ES.IV)); and

  • (d) Recommendation on a severe wind and rolling criterion (weather criterion) for the intact stability of passenger and cargo ships of 24 metres in length and over (resolution A.562(14));

  2. INVITES Governments concerned to use the provisions of the Code as a basis for relevant safety standards, unless their national stability requirements provide at least an equivalent degree of safety;

  3. RECOMMENDS Governments concerned to ensure that inclining tests are conducted in accordance with the guidelines specified in the Annex to the present resolution;

  4. AUTHORIZES the Maritime Safety Committee to amend the Code as necessary in the light of further studies and experience gained from the implementation of the provisions contained therein.

Parent topic: Intact Stability (IS) Code - Intact Stability for All Types of Ships Covered by IMO Instruments – Resolution A.749(18)
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