Summary of the Outcomes of MSC 104 Full-text PDF:TEC- 1251 (1987kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:18 Nov 2021 The 104th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 104) was held from 4 to 8 October 2021 by video conference due to the pandemic of COVID-19. Since the minutes, resolutions and circulars of the meeting were recently released from the IMO, a summary of the decisions taken at MSC 104 is provided as below for your information. 1. Adopted mandatory requirements Mandatory requirements were adopted at MSC 104 as follows: (1) Amendments to 1988 LL Protocol and IGC Code (See attachment 1, 2) Amendments to 1988 LL Protocol regulation 27(13)(a) with the relevant parts of IGC Code were adopted, in order to clarify the condition of watertight doors on cargo ships to be considered for stability criteria at any stage of flooding. Applied: on or after 1 J