RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO regulation
V/11 of the International Convention for the Safety
of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS Convention), in relation to the adoption
of ship reporting systems by the Organization,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution A.858(20) resolving that the
function of adopting ship reporting systems shall be performed
by the Committee on behalf of the Organization,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the guidelines and criteria for ship
reporting systems adopted by resolution MSC.43(64), as amended
by resolutions MSC.111(73) and MSC.189(79),
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations of the Sub-Committee
on Safety of Navigation at its fifty-third session,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/11, the new mandatory ship
reporting system "Off the southwest coast of Iceland";
2 DECIDES that the ship reporting system,
"Off the southwest coast of Iceland (TRANSREP)", will enter
into force at 0000 hours UTC on 1 July 2008; and
3 REQUESTS the Secretary-General to bring this
resolution and its Annex to the attention of the Member Governments
and SOLAS Contracting Governments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention.