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
and the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,
RECOGNIZING that maritime pilots play an important role
in promoting maritime safety and protecting the marine environment,
BELIEVING that maintaining a proper working relationship
between the pilot, the master and, as appropriate, the officer in
charge of a navigational watch is important in ensuring the safety
of shipping,
NOTING that, since each pilotage area needs highly specialized
experience and local knowledge on the part of the pilot, IMO does
not intend to become involved with either the certification or the
licensing of pilots or with the systems of pilotage practised in various
States,
RECOGNIZING ALSO the high standards of pilotage services
already established in many States and the need for these standards
to be maintained,
CONSIDERING that in those States that are developing pilotage
services, the establishment of practical minimum training standards,
certification requirements and operational procedures to provide effective
co-ordination between pilots and ship personnel, taking due account
of ship bridge procedures and ship equipment, would contribute to
maritime safety,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its seventy-fifth session,
1. ADOPTS:
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(a) the Recommendation on Training and Certification
of Maritime Pilots other than Deep-sea Pilots set out in Annex 1 to the present resolution;
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(b) the Recommendation on Operational Procedures
for Maritime Pilots other than Deep-sea Pilots set out in Annex 2 to the present resolution;
2. URGES Governments to give effect to these Recommendations
as soon as possible;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to keep
the Recommendations under review and to amend them as necessary in
the light of experience gained from their implementation;
4. REVOKES resolution A.485(XII).