ISSUE 6 July 2011Witherby Seamanship International STCW 2011 What are the changes? Lifeboat Release HooksVirtual ArrivalEU Insurance Directive SHIPPING REGULATIONSand Guidance A PERIODICAL FOCUS ON Interim Guidance For the use of Armed Security Personnel On Board Ship Fixed and Portable Gas Detectors 17 Shipping Regulations and Guidance December 2010 Shipping Regulations and Guidance July 2011 17 Entry into force dates Regulations Coming into Force RegulationReference Document Ship TypeEnters in to force Summary of Regulation International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments 2004 ("BWM Convention") MEPC.188(60)Ships conducting BWM in accordance with Regulation D-2 On entry into forceThe BWM Convention will require ships to install ballast water management systems, which meet the D-2 standard stipulated therein. Amendments to the Guidelines for the Application of Plastic Pipes on Ships (Resolution A.753(18)) MSC.313(88)All ShipsAmendment to RESOLUTION A.753(18), adopted on 4 November 1993 Governments are invited to apply the annexed amendments when considering the use of plastic piping on board ships ?ying the ?ag of their State. Revised NOX Technical Code (Tier I Standard) MEPC.177(58)All Ships01/07/2011Desiel engines (>130 kW) installed on ships are to meet the Tier II Nox emission standard (14.0 g/ kWh when rpm < 130; 44n(-0.2) g/kWh when 130 n < 2000 rpm; 7.7 g/kWh rpm 2000) SOLAS AppendixMSC.282(86)Passenger and Cargo Ships 01/07/2011Amendment to Passenger Ship Safety Certi?cate and cargo Ship Safety certi?cate to re?ect Bridge navigational watch alarm system (BNWAS) Amendments to the Existing Mandatory Ship Reporting System "In the Torres Strait Region and the Inner Route of the Great Barrier Reef" (REEFREP) MSC.315(88)All Ships01/07/2011Amendments to the Existing Mandatory Ship Reporting System "In the Torres Strait Region and the Inner Route of the Great Barrier Reef" (REEFREP) Amendments to the Existing Mandatory Ship Reporting System "Off the South and South- West Coast Of Iceland" (Transrep) MSC.316(88)The addition of the following classes of ships. Those ships < 20,000 gt that do not carry dangerous goods nor noxious materials in bulk or cargo tanks and all passenger ships. 01/07/2011Amendments to the Existing Mandatory Ship Reporting System "Off the South and South-West Coast Of Iceland" (Transrep) International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 MEPC.189(60)All Ships 01/08/2011 (unless, prior to 01/02/2011, not less than 1/3 of the Parties or Parties the combined merchant ?eets of which constitute not less than 50% of the gt of the world's merchant ?eet, have communicated their objections to the Organization) MARPOL Annex I on Special requirements for the use or carriage of oils in the Antarctic area. Addition of a new chapter 9 with a new regulation 43, which would prohibit the carriage in bulk as cargo, or carriage and use as fuel, of: crude oils having a density at 15°C higher than 900 kg/m3; oils, other than crude oils, having a density at 15°C higher than 900 kg/m3 or a kinematic viscosity at 50°C higher than 180 mm2/s; or bitumen, tar and their emulsions. Shipping Regulations and Guidance July 2011 www.shippingregs.org Download this in Excel format from: 33 Shipping Regulations and Guidance December 2010 NAME OF MEETINGSESSION NO. DATE HELD Council2617-18 November Assembly2721-30 November Council1071 December INTERSESSIONAL MEETINGS** Joint Working Group on the member on the member State Audit Scheme (JWGMSA 4)428 February – 2 March Working Group on GHG Emissions from Ships (GHG-WG 3)328 March – 1 April DSC Editorial and Technical (E&T) Group1511-15 April Council Risk Review, Management and Reporting Working Group (CWGRM) – 5th session528-29 April OPRC/HNS Technical Group4-8 July Joint IMO/ITU Experts Group on Maritime Radiocommunication Matters712-16 September DSC Editorial and Technical (E&T) Group1626-30 September Ad Hoc Council Working Group on the Organization’s Strategic Plan (CWGSP) 123-7 October meeting of the ICAO/IMO Joint Working Group on SAR183-7 October INTERSESSIONAL MEETINGS CONVENED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LONDON CONVENTION AND PROTOCOL** LC Scienti?c Group Scienti?c Group 34 511-15 April Working Group on Ocean Fertilization1st half of June [Precise dates to be con?rmed] LP Compliance Group417-19 October Shipping Regulations and Guidance July 2011 33 Shipping Regulations and Guidance July 2011 Shipping Regulations and Guidance July 2011 38 Shipping Regulations and Guidance July 2011 Future work to implement goal-based standards to be considered The MSC was updated on progress made with the implementation of the International Goal-based Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, which were adopted at its 87th session, along with the associated amendments to SOLAS Chapter II-1 making their application mandatory, as well as veri?cation guidelines and the ship construction ?le. The MSC approved Generic guidelines for developing goal- based standards and agreed how the work on GBS should be progressed. The Committee also discussed its future work in the matter, including developing the safety level approach (SLA) in goal-based standards. LRIT status updated The MSC was updated on developments in relation to the establishment and testing of LRIT Data Centres (DCs) and the operation of the LRIT system since its last session, including the results of the ?rst modi?cation testing phase and the operation of an Information Distribution Facility (IDF) for the provision of ?ag State LRIT information to security forces operating in waters off the Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean. The MSC agreed that the transfer of operations of the International LRIT Data Exchange (IDE) from the temporary facility in the United States to the facility at the European Maritime Safety Agency in Lisbon, Portugal, should be conducted before 31 December 2011. The MSC also reviewed the performance review and audit reports of the IDE and DCs submitted by the International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO), as the LRIT coordinator, together with its ?ndings and recommendations; and issues concerning the long-term operational and ?nancial viability of the LRIT system. Implementation of mandatory IMO audit scheme Following signi?cant progress made by the Sub-Committee on Flag State Implementation (FSI) towards making the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme mandatory, the MSC approved the proposed draft IMO Instruments Implementation Code (IIIC), which would be the proposed new title for the mandatory version of the current Code for the implementation of mandatory IMO instruments, 2011. The draft IMO Instruments Implementation Code will also be forwarded for consideration and approval by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), and then to the Assembly, for adoption at an appropriate future session. Draft Assembly resolutions approved The MSC approved, for submission to the IMO Assembly in November 2011: ? The draft Revised Recommendations for entering enclosed spaces aboard ships; ? the new draft International Code on Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code); ? draft amendments to the International Convention on Load Lines (LL), 1966, to shift the Winter Seasonal Zone off the southern tip of Africa further southward by 50 miles; ? the draft Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes, 2011 (2011 TDC Code), revising and updating the original code adopted in 1973; ? the draft IMO/World Metereological Organization (WMO) Worldwide Met-ocean information and warning service guidance document; ? the draft Revised procedures for Port State Control, 2011; ? the draft revised Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certi?cation, 2011, which include references to relevant amendments to statutory instruments entering into force up to and including 31 December 2011; and ? the draft revised and updated (non-mandatory) Code for the implementation of mandatory IMO instruments, 2011, to include the requirements deriving from amendments to relevant IMO mandatory instruments that will enter into force up to and including 1 July 2012. Other issues In connection with other issues arising from the reports of IMO Sub-Committees and other bodies, the MSC: ? Adopted amendments to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC), to revise individual schedules for a number of cargoes; ? Adopted amendments to Part B of the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code) relating to application of the 2009 MODU Code for Mobile offshore drilling units (MODU Code); ? Approved Guidelines on tank entry for tankers using nitrogen as an inerting medium; ? Approved the IMO User Guide to SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code; and ? Approved amendments to update the IMO/International Labour Organization (ILO)/ United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Guidelines for packing of cargo transport units (CTUs), to be forwarded to ILO and the UNECE for concurrent endorsement