1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-sixth
session (27 May to 5 June 2009), approved Guidelines for the
fitting and use of fall preventer devices (FPDs) (MSC.1/Circ.1327) following the recommendations
made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment, at its fifty-second
session.
2 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-ninth
session (11 to 20 May 2011), approved Guidelines for evaluation
and replacement of lifeboat release and retrieval systems (MSC.1/Circ.1392), as per SOLAS regulation III/1.5, following the recommendations
made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment, at its fifty-fifth
session, and the Ad Hoc Working Group on Lifeboat Release Hooks (16
to 18 March 2011).
3 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-second
session (12 to 21 June 2013), approved a unified interpretation on
fall preventer devices (MSC.1/Circ.1392 and MSC.1/Circ.1327), providing guidance on
the requirements for the strength and testing standards to be applied
to FPDs, following the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee on
Ship Design and Equipment, at its fifty-seventh session.
4 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
unified interpretation when applying the provisions of MSC.1/Circ.1392 and MSC.1/Circ.1327 and bring it to the attention of all parties concerned.