It is already mandatorily applicable to Norwegian passenger vessels capable of carrying more than 100 passengers.ġst July 1998 Plenty of time for most of us, no need for us to think about it yet This will apply only to Ro-Ro ferries irrespective of their flag operating on a regular service to or from parts of EU member states.
#Imo standards and guidelines code
However, as regards Ro-Ro passenger vessels, the Council for the European Union has brought forward the date for the implementation of the code by a Regulation having direct applicability to member states as from 1st July 1996. For other cargo ships and mobile offshore units of 500 gt and upwards, it becomes compulsorily applicable on 1st July 2002. The ISM Code will be compulsorily applicable to passenger ships, oil tankers, chemical tankers, gas carriers, bulk carriers and cargo high speed craft of 500 gt and upwards on 1st July 1998. Ok, so we now know what it is but why the panic? The IMO is currently in the process of trying to raise awareness of the Code. The ISM Code does not introduce any new liability compensation schemes nor technical requirements as to operating standards and procedures. The emphasis is upon the implementation by a shipowner of safe operating systems and procedures both ashore and on board. The purpose of the Code is to ensure safe practices in ship operation and to improve shipmanagement and thereby, hopefully, improve safety on board. It is the work of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and was created with a view to providing an international standard or benchmark, for the safe management and operation of ships and for the prevention of pollution. So, what exactly is the International Safety Management Code (The ISM Code) that everyone is talking about? We regret we too are going to jump onto that bandwagon for very soon the ISM Code will be something a shipowner can ignore only at his peril. Hardly a day goes by without another article appearing on the subject. One only has to read Lloyds List or any of the array of shipping journals published today to note the interest (or should we perhaps classify it as panic?) being generated by the pending compulsory application of the ISM Code. What does it mean for shipowners and how can the Club assist?
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