1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its 105th session (20 to 29 April 2022), with a
view to providing more specific guidance for the application of the relevant
requirements of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships
Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code), as amended by resolution MSC.370(93),
approved amendments to the Unified interpretations of the IGC Code (as amended by
resolution MSC.370(93)) (MSC.1/Circ.1625), containing unified
interpretations of the term "duct" in paragraphs 5.4.4 and 5.13.2.4 of the IGC Code,
prepared by the Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers, at its seventh
session, as set out in the annex.
2 Member States are invited to use the annexed amendments in conjunction with the
unified interpretations set out in MSC.1/Circ.1625 when applying relevant provisions
of the IGC Code and to bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.