RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.268(85) by
which it adopted the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code
(hereinafter referred to as "the IMSBC Code"), which has become mandatory
under chapters VI and VII of the International Convention for
the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as
"the Convention"),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-ninth session, amendments
to the IMSBC Code, proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the Convention,
.1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention,
amendments to the IMSBC Code, the text of which is set out in the
Annex to the present resolution;
.2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the
Convention, that the said amendments shall be deemed to have been
accepted on 1 July 2012, unless, prior to that date, more than one
third of the Contracting Governments to the Convention or Contracting
Governments the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less
than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, have
notified their objections to the amendments;
.3 INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention
to note that, in accordance with article
VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter
into force on 1 January 2013 upon their acceptance in accordance with
paragraph 2 above;
.4 AGREES that Contracting Governments to the
Convention may apply the aforementioned amendments in whole or in
part on a voluntary basis as from 1 January 2012;
.5 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with article VIII(b)(v) of
the Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution
and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex to all Contracting
Governments to the Convention;
.6 FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and its Annex to Members of the Organization
which are not Contracting Governments to the Convention.