1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-sixth
session (27 May to 5 June 2009), recognizing that unrestricted operation
is not suitable for high-speed craft and that, therefore, operating
limitations are necessary, approved the Guidelines for uniform operating
limitations of high-speed craft, prepared by the Sub-Committee on
Ship Design and Equipment at its fifty-second session, as set out
in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to utilize the
annexed Guidelines when applying the Permit to Operate High-Speed
Craft provisions of the 2000 HSC Code and
to bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.