MSC 102 has adopted with MSC.474(102) the Amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1 concerning towing and mooring equipment and watertight integrity.
MSC 102 agreed to additional draft editorial amendments to chapter II-1 of the annex to the Convention identified by the Secretariat, which had been identified while preparing the 2020 SOLAS publication.
Having considered comments by the delegation of Italy on the need for voluntary early implementation of new draft SOLAS regulation II-1/12.6.2 (Peak and machinery space bulkheads, shaft tunnels, etc.) in regard to the type of valves to be used for pipelines passing through collision bulkheads, with a view to ensuring that the new regulation would also be applied to ships built before 1 January 2024, MSC 102 agreed to a MSC circular on voluntary early implementation of the amendments to SOLAS regulation II-1/12.6.2.
Voluntary early implementation should be communicated by a Contracting Government to the Organization for dissemination through GISIS. In addition to the aforementioned communication, a Contracting Government may also consider the use of the existing provisions for equivalent arrangements under SOLAS regulation I/5 to cover the interim period between the date of the voluntary early implementation and the entry-into-force date of the amendments.
