RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime
Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution
MSC.134(76), by which it, at its seventy-sixth session, adopted amendments to
chapter XII of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
(SOLAS), 1974, inter alia introducing new regulation 12
requiring the installation of water level detectors for hold, ballast and dry
spaces,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution
MSC.194(80), by which it, at its eightieth session, adopted amendments to
chapter II-1 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, introducing new regulation 23-3
requiring the installation of water level detectors on single hold cargo ships other
than bulk carriers,
RECALLING resolution
MSC.482(103), by which it, at its 103rd session, adopted amendments to chapter
II-1 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, introducing new regulation 25-1 requiring
the installation of water level detectors on multiple hold cargo ships other than bulk
carriers and tankers, which is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2024,
RECOGNIZING that performance standards against which the operation and efficiency of
water level detectors can be measured should be made available in good time before the
above entry-into-force date,
RECOGNIZING ALSO the need to ensure that the required water level detectors operate
reliably and that, to that extent, they are appropriately tested and installed,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its 105th session, the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee
on Ship Design and Construction, at its eighth session,
1 ADOPTS the Revised performance standards for water level detectors on
ships subject to SOLAS regulations II-1/25,
II-1/25-1 and XII/12 and the appended Guidelines on installation and testing of
water level detection systems for ships subject to SOLAS regulations II-1/25,
II-1/25-1 and XII/12, as set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 URGES Governments to ensure that the annexed Revised performance standards and
appended Guidelines are applied when water level detectors are installed on ships flying
their flags, in compliance with SOLAS regulations II-1/25,
II-1/25-1 and XII/12, as appropriate;
3 RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that water level detectors:
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.1 if installed on or after 1 January 2024, conform to performance standards not
inferior to those specified in the annex to the present resolution;
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.2 if installed before 1 January 2024, conform to performance standards not
inferior to those specified in the annex to resolution MSC.188(79);
4 DETERMINES that the present resolution supersedes resolution MSC.188(79).