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1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-eighth session (7 to 16 June 2017), with a view to improving the damage control information on board passenger ships and to positively impacting survivability of those ships in the event of flooding, approved amendments to the Guidelines for damage control plans and information to the master (MSC.1/Circ.1245), as prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction at its fourth session (13 to 17 February 2017), as set out in the annex.

2 Member States are invited to use MSC.1/Circ.1245 in conjunction with the annexed amendments when applying the requirements of SOLAS regulation II-1/19 to passenger ships built on or after 9 June 2017 and to passenger ships which undergo significant alterations on or after 9 June 2017, that necessitate amending the damage control information, and to bring these amendments to the attention of all parties concerned.

Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1570 - Amendments to Section 3 of the Guidelines for Damage Control Plans and Information to the Master (MSC.1/Circ.1245) – (9 June 2017)
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