The Assembly,
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The Assembly,

 NOTING Article 16(i) of the Convention on the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly,

 NOTING FURTHER that dynamically supported types of craft, such as hydrofoil boats and air-cushion vehicles, are increasingly being introduced in international transport,

 RECOGNIZING that the design criteria for such dynamically supported craft are often quite different from those of conventional ships and by virtue of this the application of international conventions, such as the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960 and the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, is inappropriate in respect of dynamically supported craft,

 HAVING CONSIDERED the Recommendation by the Maritime Safety Committee at its thirty-sixth session,

 ADOPTS the Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft (Dynamically Supported Craft Code), the text of which is set out at Annex to this Resolution, and which supersedes the following Recommendations:

  • Recommendation on Life-saving Appliances for Hydrofoil Boats (Resolution A.I26(V));

  • Recommendation on Life-saving Appliances for Air-Cushion Vehicles (Resolution A.170(ES.IV));

  • Recommendation on Fire Safety Measures for Hydrofoil Boats (Resolution A.183(VI));

  • Safety Radiocommunication Requirements for Novel Types of Craft (Resolution A.218(VIl));

  • Provisional Interim Guidelines on Fire Safety Measures for Air-Cushion Vehicles (adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee at its twenty-second session (MSC/Circ.87)); and

 INVITES all governments concerned:

  • to take appropriate steps to give effect to the Code not later than 31 December 1979;

  • to consider the Code including certification as an equivalent to the above-mentioned Conventions for those dynamically supported craft engaged in international voyages; and

  • to inform the Organization on measures taken in this respect,

 RECOGNIZING ALSO that dynamically supported craft design technology is rapidly evolving and new types of dynamically supported craft may be introduced,

 AUTHORIZES the Maritime Safety Committee to amend the Code as may be necessary.


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