The Amendments to SOLAS are as follows:
1 July 2014: Entry into force of November 2012
SOLAS amendments
1) New SOLAS regulation
II-1/3-12 to require new ships to be constructed to reduce on-board noise
and to protect personnel from noise, in accordance with the revised Code on
noise levels on board ships, also adopted, which sets out mandatory maximum
noise level limits for machinery spaces, control rooms, workshops,
accommodation and other spaces on board ships.
2) Amendments to SOLAS
regulation III/17-1 to require ships to have plans and procedures to recover
persons from the water, as well as related Guidelines for development of
plans and procedures for recovery of persons from the water. Also, a related
MSC resolution on Implementation of SOLAS regulation III/17-1 to ships to which
SOLAS chapter III does not apply;
3) Amendments to
SOLAS regulation II-2/10 on fire fighting to require a minimum of duplicate
two-way portable radiotelephone apparatus for each fire party for fire
fighters communication to be carried; amendments to regulation II-2/15
on instructions, on-board training and drills, to require an on-board means of
recharging breathing apparatus cylinders used during drills, or a suitable
number of spare cylinders; and amendments to regulation II-2/20 on protection
of vehicle, special category and RO-RO spaces related to fixed
fire-extinguishing systems.
4) Amendments to the
appendix to the annex to the SOLAS Convention replacing all forms of
certificates and records of equipment, including its 1988 Protocol, and
amendments to the forms of the Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate and
Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate of its 1978 Protocol.
1 July 2014: CSC Amendments
Amendments to the International Convention for Safe Containers
(CSC), 1972, to incorporate amendments to the CSC Convention adopted in 1993 by
resolution A.737(18), including amendments relating to the safety approval
plate and to the approval of existing and new containers.
1 January 2015: Code for Recognized Organizations
Code for recognized organizations (RO Code) becomes mandatory
under SOLAS, MARPOL and Protocol of 1988 relating to the International
Convention on Load Lines, 1966.
1 January 2015: Entry into force of 2013 May SOLAS amendments
1) SOLAS regulation III/19 to
require musters of newly embarked passengers prior to or immediately
upon departure.
2) SOLAS regulation III/19, on
emergency training and drills, to mandate enclosed-space entry and rescue
drills, which will require crew members with enclosed-space entry or rescue
responsibilities to participate in an enclosed-space entry and rescue drill
at least once every two months. Related amendments also to the
International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (HSC Code), the Code for the
Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU Code) and
the Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft (DSC Code).
Source: www.imo.org
