IMO: IMO Maritime Safety meeting completes full agenda

IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), which met at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 89th session from 11 to 20 May 2011, completed a packed agenda, including the development of interim guidance on the employment of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships transiting the high-risk piracy area, the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) concerning lifeboat release hooks, an agreement on the way forward with regard to the implementation of the Torremolinos Protocol on fishing vessel safety and the approval of a number of draft resolutions for submission to the IMO Assembly, to be held in November 2011.

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Keywords: INTERIM GUIDANCE ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF PRIVATELY CONTRACTED ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL ON BOARD SHIPS, PIRACY, SOLAS, LIFEBOAT RELEASE HOOKS, TORREMOLINOS PROTOCOL ON FISHING VESSEL, SAFETY

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Related Topics: International Maritime Organization

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