1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-seventh
session (12 to 21 May 2010), having considered the proposal by the
Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers, at
its fourteenth session (21 to 25 September 2009), approved amendments
to the Elements to be taken into account when considering the safe
stowage and securing of cargo units and vehicles in ships (resolution A.533(13)), set out in the
annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to apply the
annexed amendments to the Elements (resolution
A.533(13)) and bring them to the attention of shipowners, ship
operators, shipmasters and crews and all other parties concerned.
3 Member Governments are invited to bring these
amendments to the attention of all parties concerned, with the aim
of applying them in a consistent manner, and to implement them for
containerships, the keels of which were laid or which are at a similar
stage of construction on or after 1 January 2015.