1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at seventieth session (24
to 28 October 2016), and the Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-seventh
session (21 to 25 November 2016), approved the Guidelines for port State control
officers on the International Safety Management (ISM) Code after
consideration of the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee on Implementation of
IMO Instruments and the Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping,
at their respective second session.
2 Member States and regional port State control regimes are invited to
apply the Guidelines for port State control officers on the ISM Code, as
appropriate, and to bring them to the attention of officials exercising port State
actions, and other parties, as appropriate.