Passenger ship safety changes a step closer

摘要

Revolutionary changes in passenger ship safety are in the pipeline, with a package of draft amendments to the SOLAS Convention ready for adoption at the IMO's Marine Safety Committee (MSC) session at the end of next month. With an emphasis on improved survivability, the amendments have been laboriously negotiated under the auspices of the so-called Working Group on Passenger Ship Safety, in a process dating back to 2000 when the IMO, often criticised as being too reactive, launched its first proactive initiative.