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Amendments To ESP Code

The document proposes amendments to the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011. It was considered at the 103rd session of the Maritime Safety Committee. The amendments include revising the minimum thickness measurement requirements for renewal surveys of double-hull oil tankers by modifying the requirements for Renewal Survey No. 1. The amendments will enter into force on January 1, 2023 provided not more than one third of contracting governments object by July 1, 2022.

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Amendments To ESP Code

The document proposes amendments to the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011. It was considered at the 103rd session of the Maritime Safety Committee. The amendments include revising the minimum thickness measurement requirements for renewal surveys of double-hull oil tankers by modifying the requirements for Renewal Survey No. 1. The amendments will enter into force on January 1, 2023 provided not more than one third of contracting governments object by July 1, 2022.

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MSC 103/WP.

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Annex 2, page 1

ANNEX 2

DRAFT RESOLUTION MSC.[...](103)


(adopted on […])

AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE ON THE ENHANCED PROGRAMME


OF INSPECTIONS DURING SURVEYS OF BULK CARRIERS
AND OIL TANKERS, 2011

THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,

RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization


concerning the functions of the Committee,

RECALLING ALSO resolution A.1049(27), by which the Assembly adopted the


International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk
Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 ("2011 ESP Code"), which has become mandatory under
chapter XI-1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974
("the Convention"),

RECALLING FURTHER Article VIII(b) and regulation XI-1/2 of the Convention concerning the
procedure for amending the 2011 ESP Code,

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its [103rd] session, amendments to the 2011 ESP Code proposed
and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the Convention,

1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to


the 2011 ESP Code, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;

2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the Convention, that the


said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on [1 July 2022] unless, prior to
that date, more than one third of the Contracting Governments to the Convention, or
Contracting Governments the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50%
of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, have notified the Secretary-General of their
objections to the amendments;

3 INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention to note that, in accordance


with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force
on [1 January 2023] upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes of article VIII(b)(v) of


the Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of
the amendments contained in the annex to all Contracting Governments to the Convention;

5 REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and


its annex to Members of the Organization which are not Contracting Governments to
the Convention.

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MSC 103/WP.5
Annex 2, page 2

ANNEX

AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE ON THE ENHANCED


PROGRAMME OF INSPECTIONS DURING SURVEYS OF BULK
CARRIERS AND OIL TANKERS, 2011 (2011 ESP CODE) *

ANNEX B

CODE ON THE ENHANCED PROGRAMME OF INSPECTIONS DURING


SURVEYS OF OIL TANKERS

Part A

CODE ON THE ENHANCED PROGRAMME OF INSPECTIONS DURING


SURVEYS OF DOUBLE-HULL OIL TANKERS

ANNEX 2

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THICKNESS MEASUREMENTS AT RENEWAL


SURVEYS OF DOUBLE-HULL OIL TANKERS

1 In the table for "Minimum requirements for thickness measurements at renewal


surveys of double-hull oil tankers", the column for "Renewal Survey No.1" is amended as
follows:

"1 One section of deck plating for the full beam of the ship within the cargo area

2 Measurements, for general assessment and recording of corrosion pattern,


of those structural members subject to close-up survey according to annex 1

3 Suspect areas"

***

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Deleted text is shown in strikethrough and grey shading.

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