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,
RECALLING ALSO Resolution MSC.32(63) on adoption of amendments
to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships
Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code),
RECALLING ARTICLE paragraph 8.2.18 of
the revised IGC Code which provides that the adequacy of the vent
system fitted on tanks is to be demonstrated by using the guidelines
developed by the Organization,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its sixty-fifth session,
1 ADOPTS the Guidelines for the Evaluation of
the Adequacy of Type C Tank Vent Systems set out in the Annex to the
present resolution;
2 INVITES Governments to apply the Guidelines
when establishing the adequacy of the vent systems fitted on tanks
in accordance with the relevant provisions of the IGC Code;
3 REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to keep
the Guidelines under review and to amend them as necessary.