The Assembly,
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.959(23) – Format and Guidelines for the Maintenance of the Continuous Synopsis Record (CSR) – (Adopted on 5 December 2003)Amended by Resolution MSC.198(80) - 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,

 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:

  • (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;

  • (b) keep the Format and Guidelines under review and amend them, as appropriate, in the light of experience gained.


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