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Guidelines for the Development of Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plans
These Guidelines contain information for the preparation of shipboard marine emergency plans.
The main objectives of these Guidelines are:
- to assist shipowners in preparing shipboard marine emergency plans in conformity with the cited regulations
- to assist Governments in developing and enacting domestic laws which give force to and implement the cited regulations
In the interest of uniformity Governments are requested to refer to these Guidelines when preparing appropriate national regulations.
Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Offshore Supply Vessels 2006
The Guidelines for the design and construction of offshore supply vessels were adopted by the Assembly of the Organization in 1981 by resolution A.469(XII).
These Guidelines included guidance on intact stability that was later incorporated into the Code on Intact Stability for all types of ships covered by IMO instruments. To take account of the adoption of this Code and amendments to the SOLAS Convention that have entered into force after 1981 new Guidelines for the design and construction of offshore supply vessels were adopted in 2006. These new Guidelines also include a form of Document of Compliance for Offshore supply vessels.
Guidelines for Ensuring the Adequacy of Port Waste Reception Facilities
The Marine environment protection Committee at its forty-fourth session (March 2000) adopted by resolution MEPC.83(44) Guidelines for Ensuring the Adequacy of Port Waste Reception Facilities.
The intention of these Guidelines is to provide guidance on the determination of adequacy of reception facilities for ship-generated waste as part of the implementation of MARPOL. Widespread use of the Guidelines will assist States to overcome the problem of determining the need for reception facilities.
Guidelines for the Provisional Assessment of Liquids Transported in Bulk
These Guidelines were approved in conjunction with the extension of the unified interpretation of regulation 3(4) of Annex II of MARPOL which made it possible for Administrations to authorize manufacturers to carry out provisional assessments on IMO’s behalf. The Guidelines also provide step- by-step procedures for ascertaining the carriage requirements of all liquids offered for bulk carriage.