RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization regarding the functions of the Assembly in relation
to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
NOTING the provisions of regulation
V/23 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its eighty-seventh session,
1 ADOPTS the "Recommendation on Pilot Transfer
Arrangements", as set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2 INVITES Governments to draw the attention of
all concerned to this recommendation;
3 FURTHER INVITES Governments to ensure that mechanical
pilot hoists are not used;
4 REQUESTS Governments to ensure that pilot ladders
and their arrangements, use and maintenance conform to standards not
inferior to those set out in the annex to the present resolution;