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,
RECALLING ALSO that the 2002 Conference of Contracting Governments
to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended, in considering special
measures to enhance maritime safety and security on board ships and
at port facilities, adopted, inter alia, SOLAS regulation XI-1/5 entitled “Continuous
Synopsis Record”,
HAVING NOTED the discussion at the seventy-seventh session
of the Maritime Safety Committee concerning the format, guidelines
and issues pertaining to the Continuous Synopsis Record,
RECOGNIZING the urgent need for a format and guidelines
to facilitate the implementation of SOLAS regulation
XI-1/5 by 1 July 2004,
1. ADOPTS the Format and Guidelines for the Maintenance
of the Continuous Synopsis Record (CSR) set out in the annex to the
present resolution;
2. URGES Governments to use the attached Format
and Guidelines for the Maintenance of the Continuous Synopsis Record
(CSR) in implementing SOLAS regulation
XI-1/5 and to report to the Organization on any experience
gained from their use;
3. EMPHASIZES the need for Administrations to
start issuing CSR documents as soon as possible, but not later than
1 July 2004;
4. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to:
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(a) consider the wording of SOLAS regulation XI-1/5.5.2 with a view to
incorporating the practice recommended in resolution A.911(22) regarding
uniform wording in referencing to IMO instruments;
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(b) keep the Format and Guidelines under review
and amend them, as appropriate, in the light of experience gained.