Future IMO & ILO Legislation Autumn 2025

Additional documents for specific ship types

Summary of major developments

New approvals or adoptions

• Amendments to paragraph 8.3.5 and annex 1 of the 1994 and 2000 HSC Codes with regard to lifejacket carriage requirements of SOLAS chapter III
• Amendments to SOLAS regulation V/23, MSC resolution on performance standards and consequential amendments to the 1994 and 2000 HSC Codes, to improve the safety of pilot transfer arrangements
• Amendments to the IMSBC Code (Amendment 08-25)
• Draft amendment to SOLAS regulation IV/5 (Provision of Radiocommunication Services), SOLAS regulation V/4 (Navigation Warnings) and SOLAS regulations V/5 (meteorological services and warnings)
• Draft amendments to SOLAS chapter V to introduce the VHF Data Exchange System (VDES)
• Draft amendments to the LSA code - development of design and prototype test requirements for the arrangements used in the operational testing of free fall lifeboat release systems without launching the lifeboat
• Draft amendment to the 1988 Load Line Protocol, regulation 25 - protection of the crew - setting of guard rails on the deck structure
• Draft amendments to the ESP Code - Remote Inspection Techniques
• Draft amendments to the IP Code - mass of personnel to be used in stability calculation

Significant new items being considered or milestones in ongoing development

• Review of the Ballast Water Management Convention
• Review of the Short-Term Reduction Measure (CII and EEXI)
• Development of a safety regulatory framework to support the reduction of GHG emissions from ships using new technologies and alternative fuels
• The comprehensive review of the STCW Convention
• Development of a goal-based instrument for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)
• Evaluation of adequacy of fire protection, detection and extinction arrangements in vehicle, special category and ro-ro spaces in order to reduce the fire risk of ships carrying new energy vehicles