Draft Polar Code approved at busy Maritime Safety Committee session

摘要

The IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has approved in principle the draft Polar Code and related amendments to make the code mandatory under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (Solas), with a view to formal adoption at its next session in November. The MSC met at the organisation's London headquarters for its 93rd session on 14-23 May 2014. The MSC approved for consideration with a view to adoption at its November 2014 session (MSC 94) the draft new Solas chapter XIV 'Safety measures for ships operating in polar waters,' which would make mandatory the Introduction and part I-A of the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the Polar Code).