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Summary of major developments
New approvals or adoptions
- Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code (Amendment 43-26)
- Amendments to the IP Code - mass of personnel to be used in stability calculation
- Amendments to SOLAS chapter V to introduce the VHF Data Exchange System (VDES)
- 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
- 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)
- Amendment to the 1988 Load Line Protocol, regulation 25 - protection of the crew - setting of guard rails on the deck structure
- Amendments to the ESP Code - Remote Inspection Techniques (RIT)
- Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, Appendix VII, on the designation of an Emissions Control Area for both NOx and SOx in the North-East Atlantic
- Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI regulation 27 on DCS data access
- Amendments to Appendix IX to MARPOL Annex VI to include reporting of the portion of the year for which data is submitted, and removal of 'oil' in oil- fired boilers
- Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI and the NOx Technical Code on the use of multiple engine operational profiles for a marine diesel engine
- Draft amendments to the IGC Code - 2028 version
- Draft amendments to SOLAS II-1 and the IGF Code to clarify the application of the IGF Code to Gas Carriers under the "one ship, one code" policy
- Draft amendments to SOLAS II-1 in relation to the application of the IGF Code to confirm gaseous fuels
- Draft amendments to IGF Code on its application to the use of gaseous fuels
- Draft amendments to MSC.133(76) - Technical Provisions for Means of Access for Inspections
- Draft amendments to SOLAS regulation V/19-1 (Long-range identification and tracking of ships - LRIT)
- Draft amendments to MARPOL Annex I on integrated bilge water treatment systems
- Draft amendments to the NOx Technical Code 2008 on certification of engines that operate on non-carbon-containing fuel or mixtures of carbon-containing and non-carbon-containing fuels
- Draft amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, regulation 15 and the supplement to the IAPP certificate (Appendix I)
- Review of the Ballast Water Management Convention
Significant new items being considered or milestones in ongoing development
- Draft amendment to paragraph 2.1.2.5 of chapter 5 of the FSS Code on construction requirements for gaskets
- Draft amendments to SOLAS Chapter VIII - Nuclear ships and the related Code of Safety for Nuclear Merchant Ships (A.491(XII)) (Nuclear Code)
- Proposed amendments to FSS Code - chapter 15 on enclosed spaces containing a nitrogen receiver or a buffer tank of nitrogen generator systems
- Draft amendments to SOLAS regulation II-1/41 to allow for batteries to be used as the main source of electrical power and lighting systems
- Proposed amendments to the NOx Technical Code 2008 to address low load engine operation
- Development of a legally binding framework for biofouling
- Proposed development of provisions prohibiting the use of fire-fighting foams containing fluorinated substances, in addition to PFOS, for fire-fighting onboard ships
- Proposed amendments to the FSS Code for firefighting systems to extinguish methyl/ethyl fuel fires
- Proposed amendments to SOLAS chapter II-2, part B related to Fischer-Tropsch diesel