SOLAS amendments

Call for Views of Stakeholders by Consultation

  • This consultation seeks the views of stakeholders on proposals to amend legislation on the entry into enclosed spaces, including extension to fishing vessels.
  • This consultation closes at 11:45pm on 19 July 2021.
  • Please note the list of exemptions to the proposed regulations, contained within the consultation document page 25.

A recent news in the states that Maritime and Coastguard Agency calls for consultation on entry into enclosed space regulations on ships.

Consultation description

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IMO Gives A Nod To the SOLAS Amendments

  • IMO agrees to amendments and changes to SOLAS guidelines on ship systems and equipment.
  • Minor modifications were made to the SOLAS amendments in order to align with the draft guidelines.
  • The guidelines address the testing, operation and maintenance of lifting equipment and in line with the established guidelines.

IMO agrees to amendments and changes to SOLAS guidelines on ship systems and equipment, reads an article on the IIMS website.

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has held the...

http://mfame.guru/imo-gives-a-nod-to-the-solas-amendments/

Key points of the IMO SSE 7 outcome

The 7th session of IMO’s Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE) took place in London on 2-6 March 2020. Highlights of the meeting included agreement of draft new requirements for onboard lifting appliances, and on draft new interim guidelines for safe operation of shore power, as well as progressed work on ventilation of survival craft and on fire safety of ro-ro passenger ships.

Meeting highlights
  • Drafted new SOLAS requirements and guideline for lifting appliances
  • Drafted new...

https://safety4sea.com/key-points-of-the-imo-sse-7-outcome/

IMO Sub-Committee to finalize rule for safe offshore power supply

The IMO Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE) which started on 2 March, is set to finalize the draft guidelines focused on the safety of offshore power supply to vessels’ operations, while is also working on crew safety matters.

Specifically, the 7th SSE Sub-Committee, was opened by the IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim and is being chaired by Mr. Umut Senturk (Turkey).

During the meeting, the IMO will address the need for global standards for the process of providing shoreside...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-sub-committee-to-finalize-rule-for-safe-offshore-power-supply/

SOLAS Containership Fire Regulations ‘Inadequate’! IUMI Calls for Amendments

  • IUMI calls for amendments to SOLAS Chapter 11-2 regulations. 
  • Enhanced provisions for early fire detection and effective control of fires in containerised cargo stowed under and on deck are the amendments called for.
  • The size of the modern ultra-large ships and the complexities of fighting a fire aboard these vessels, the current SOLAS regulations remain inadequate.
  • Between 2000 and 2015, there were 56 reported container fires in vessels, resulting in damage to over 8,000 teu and a total loss...

http://mfame.guru/solas-containership-fire-regulations-inadequate-iumi-calls-for-amendments/

MPA Singapore: Implementing new requirements for life-saving appliances

MPA Singapore issued a circular providing information on the implementation of the requirements on life saving appliances for Singapore registered ships (SRS) as adopted by MSC 96, which will take effect on 1st January 2020 upon entry into force of the associated amendments to Regulations III/3 and III/20 of the SOLAS Convention.

Amendments on life saving appliances were adopted during the 96th session of IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 96) in May 2016, introducing that maintenance,...

https://safety4sea.com/mpa-singapore-implementing-new-requirements-for-life-saving-appliances/

SOLAS 2020 Amendments: An overview

Several amendments of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) agreed in 2016, 2017 and 2018 are entering into force in less than three months, marking reforms to SOLAS and to international codes made mandatory under the SOLAS Convention.

The amendments entering into force from 1st January 2020 are:

-Amendments to requirements on subdivision and damage stability

Adopted: June 2017 (MSC 98)

IMO adopted a set of amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1 relating to subdivision and...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-solas-2020-amendments-an-overview/

What changes made to SOLAS Chapter II-1 on damage stability

2019 is considered a busy year for the shipping industry and the IMO, especially with the upcoming SOLAS amendments. In fact, special consideration should be given to amendments to SOLAS Chapter II-1 on damage stability, which came into force in 2009.

Amendments to SOLAS Chapter II-1 aim to harmonise cargo ship and passenger ship damage stability, as they made probabilistic damage stability the main method for calculating damage stability for passenger ships and general cargo ships.

GET THE...

https://safety4sea.com/what-changes-made-to-solas-chapter-ii-1-on-damage-stability/

Herald of Free Enterprise: A wake-up call for Ro-Ro safety

32 years have passed since the capsizing of Herald of Free Enterprise, only a few minutes after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on the night of 6th March 1987, killing 193 people onboard. To date, the incident is considered, not only as the deadliest casualty involving a UK-registered ship since 1919, but also as a wake-up call for several safety improvements in this type of vessels. In addition, this catastrophic capsizing became the cause in 1987 for the IMO Assembly to develop the...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-herald-of-free-enterprise-a-wake-up-call-for-ro-ro-safety/

IMO SDC6 introduces SOLAS amendment for safer mooring

As part of its work to make ships mooring safer, IMO’s Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC 6), which took place on 4-8 February 2019, introduced new requirements for appropriate and safe-to-use designs of mooring arrangements, a maintenance and inspection regime, as well as proper documentation.

The submissions at the meeting highlighted that mooring operations continue to pose a risk to ships’ crews, but also shore-based mooring personnel.

It is also one of the work situations...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-sdc6-introduces-solas-amendment-for-safer-mooring/

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