The 101st session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 101) was held at the IMO in London, U.K. from 5 to 14 June 2019. Since the minutes, resolutions and circulars of the meeting were recently released from the IMO, a summary of the decisions taken at MSC 101 is provided as below for your information.

1. Adopted mandatory requirements
Mandatory requirements were adopted at MSC 101 as follows:
(1) Amendments to Forms C, E and P in the appendix to SOLAS certificates (See attachment 1)
Amendments to item 8.1 "Details of navigational systems and equipment - Rudder, propeller, thrust, pitch and operational mode indicator" in the appendix to Safety Certificate for Cargo or Passenger Ships (Forms C, P) and in the appendix to Safety Equipment Certificate for Cargo Ships (Form E) were adopted, in order to uniform the indication in case the equipment is not on board.

Applied: on or after 1 January 2024

(2) Amendments to FSS Code (See attachment 2)
Amendments to FSS Code Chapter 15, replacing the wording "forward of" with "downstream of" to avoid misunderstanding on design requirement of inert gas system, were adopted.

Applied: on or after 1 January 2024

(3) Amendments to IGF Code (See attachment 3)
Amendments to regulations on fuel tank locations (paragraph 5.3.4.2 of IGF Code), loading limit for liquefied gas fuel tanks (paragraph 6.8.3), fuel piping (paragraph 9.5.3-9.5.6), internal combustion engines of piston type (paragraph 10.3.1.1.1) and fire protection for fuel storage hold space (paragraph 11.3.3, 11.3.3.1), were adopted.

Applied: on or after 1 January 2024

(To be continued)