1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-third
session (3 to 12 October 2007), following a proposal by the Sub-Committee
on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety at its fiftieth
session, approved Guidelines for damage control plans and information
to the master, set out in the annex, with the objective to provide
advice on the preparation of damage control plans and to set a minimum
level for the presentation of damage stability information for use
on board passenger and cargo ships to which SOLAS regulation II-1/19,
as amended by resolution MSC.216(82),
applies.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
Guidelines when applying the requirements of SOLAS regulation II-1/19,
as amended by resolution MSC.216(82),
and to bring the aforementioned Guidelines to the attention of all
parties concerned, in particular shipbuilders, shipmasters, shipowners,
ship operators and shipping companies.