Conventions Changes in 2024

2024 Table 1 : International conventions and mandatory codes

Convention Resolution No. Applicable Date Description
SOLAS MSC.456(101) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
SOLAS MSC.457(101) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Code for Fire Safety Systems(FSS Code)
SOLAS MSC.458(101) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases Or Other Low-Flashpoint Fuels(IGF Code)
SOLAS MSC.459(101) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Life-Saving Appliance Code(LSA Code)
SOLAS MSC.474(102) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
SOLAS MSC.475(102) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases Or Other Low-Flashpoint Fuels(IGF Code)
SOLAS MSC.476(102) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code)
SOLAS MSC.482(103) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
SOLAS MSC.484(103) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Code for Fire Safety Systems (FSS Code)
SOLAS MSC.485(103) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Life-Saving Appliance Code(LSA Code)
Load Line MSC.491(104) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Protocol of 1988 Relating to The International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (1988 Load Lines Protocol)
SOLAS MSC.492(104) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code)
SOLAS MSC.496(105) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974
SOLAS MSC.497(105) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Protocol of 1988 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of
Life at Sea, 1974
SOLAS MSC.498(105) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 1994 (1994 HSC Code)
SOLAS MSC.499(105) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000 (2000 HSC Code)
SOLAS MSC.501(105) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code
MARPOL MEPC.343(78) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Annex of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973, as Modified by the Protocol of 1978 Relating Thereto Amendments to MARPOL
Annex I
MARPOL MEPC.359(79) 2024/05/01 Amendments to MARPOL Annexes I, II And IV
MARPOL MEPC.360(79) 2024/05/01 Amendments to MARPOL Annex V
MARPOL MEPC.361(79) 2024/05/01 Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI
MARPOL MEPC.362(79) 2024/05/01 Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI
MARPOL MEPC.345(78) 2024/07/01 Amendments to the International Code for The Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code)
SOLAS MSC.521(106) 2024/07/01 Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974
SOLAS MSC.525(106) 2024/07/01 Amendments to the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections During
Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011
SOLAS MSC.526(106) 2024/07/01 Amendments to the International Code for The Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying
Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code)
SOLAS MSC.527(106) 2024/07/01 International Code of Safety for Ships Carrying Industrial Personnel (IP Code)
MLC ILC(110th), 2022 2024/12/23 Amendments of 2022 to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006

2024 Table 2 : Technical provisions and documents that are commonly used

Convention Resolution No. Applicable Date Description
SOLAS MSC.466(101) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Performance Standards for the Presentation of Navigation-Related
Information on Shipborne Navigational Displays(radar equipment, ECDIS and integrated
navigation systems )
SOLAS MSC.429(98)/Rev.2 2024/01/01 Revised Explanatory Notes to the SOLAS Chapter II-1 Subdivision and Damage Stability
Regulations
SOLAS MSC.480(102) 2024/01/01 Performance Standards for Shipborne Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) Receiver Equipment
SOLAS MSC.1/Circ.1175/Rev.1 2024/01/01 Revised Guidance on Shipboard Towing and Mooring Equipment
SOLAS MSC.1/Circ.1619 2024/01/01 Guidelines on the Design of Mooring Arrangements and the Selection of Appropriate Mooring Equipment and Fittings for Safe Mooring
SOLAS MSC.502(105) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships, 1983 (1983 SPS Code)
SOLAS MSC.503(105) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships, 2008 (2008 SPS Code)
SOLAS MSC.504(105) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 1979 (1979 MODU Code)
SOLAS MSC.505(105) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Code for the Construction And Equipment Of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 1989 (1989 MODU Code)
SOLAS MSC.506(105) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 2009 (2009 MODU Code)
SOLAS MSC.507(105) 2024/01/01 System Performance Standard for the Promulgation and Coordination of Maritime Safety Information Using High-Frequency Narrow-Band Direct-Printing
SOLAS MSC.508(105) 2024/01/01 Performance Standards for the Reception of Maritime Safety Information and Search and
Rescue Related Information by MF (NAVTEX) And HF
SOLAS MSC.510(105) 2024/01/01 Performance Standards for Search and Rescue Radar Transponders
SOLAS MSC.511(105) 2024/01/01 Performance Standards for Shipborne VHF Radio Installations Capable of Voice Communication and Digital Selective Calling
SOLAS MSC.512(105) 2024/01/01 Performance Standards for Shipborne MF and MF/HF Radio Installations Capable of Voice
Communication, Digital Selective Calling and Reception of Maritime Safety Information
and Search and Rescue Related Information
SOLAS MSC.513(105) 2024/01/01 Performance Standards for Inmarsat-C Ship Earth Stations Capable of Transmitting and
Receiving Direct-Printing Communications
SOLAS MSC.514(105) 2024/01/01 Guidelines for the Avoidance of False Distress Alerts
SOLAS MSC.515(105) 2024/01/01 Performance Standards for Survival Craft Portable Two-Way VHF Radiotelephone Apparatus
SOLAS MSC.516(105) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Performance Standards for Radiocommunication Equipment
(Resolution MSC.80(70))
SOLAS MSC.517(105) 2024/01/01 Performance Standards for a Shipborne Integrated Communication System (ICS) When Used in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
SOLAS MSC.188(79)/REV.1 2024/01/01 Revised Performance Standards for Water Level Detectors on Ships Subject to SOLAS
Regulations II-1/25, II-1/25-1 and XII/12
SOLAS MSC.545(107) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 1979 (1979 MODU Code)
SOLAS MSC.546(107) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 1989 (1989 MODU Code)
SOLAS MSC.547(107) 2024/01/01 Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 2009 (2009 MODU Code)
SOLAS MSC.188(79)/Rev.2 2024/01/01 Revised Performance Standards for Water Level Detectors on Ships Subject to SOLAS Regulations II-1/25, II-1/25-1 And XII/12
N/A A.1185(33) 2024/01/01 Procedures for Port State Control, 2023
MARPOL MEPC.386(81) N/A 2024 Guidelines as Required by Regulation 13.2.2 of MARPOL Annex VI in Respect of
Non-Identical Replacement Engines not Required to Meet the Tier III Limit
MARPOL MEPC.388(81) N/A Amendments to the 2022 Guidelines for the Development of a Ship Energy Efficiency
Management Plan (SEEMP) (Resolution MEPC.346(78))
MARPOL MEPC.389(81) N/A Amendments to the 2022 Guidelines for Administration Verification of Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Data and Operational Carbon Intensity (Resolution MEPC.348(78))
MARPOL MEPC.390(81) N/A Amendments to the 2021 Guidelines on the Shaft / Engine Power Limitation System to Comply
with the EEXI Requirements and Use of a Power Reserve (Resolution MEPC.335(76)),
as Amended by Resolution MEPC.375(80))
MARPOL MEPC.391(81) N/A 2024 Guidelines on Life Cycle GHG Intensity of Marine Fuels (2024 LCA Guidelines)
SOLAS MSC.563(108) N/A Amendments to the Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances
(Resolution MSC.81(70))
SOLAS MSC.565(108) N/A Revised Interim Recommendations for Carriage of Liquefied Hydrogen in Bulk
N/A MEPC.393(82) N/A Guidance on Best Practice on Recommendatory Goal-Based Control Measures to Reduce the Impact on the Arctic of Black Carbon Emissions from International Shipping
N/A MEPC.394(82) N/A Guidelines on Recommendatory Black Carbon Emission Measurement, Monitoring
and Reporting
MARPOL MEPC.395(82) N/A 2024 Guidelines for the Development of a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP)
N/A MEPC.396(82) N/A Designation of the Nusa Penida Islands and Gili Matra Islands in Lombok Strait as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area