MSC.1-Circ.1668-UnifiedinterpretationsoftheIGCCode

INTERNATIONALEMARITIMEORGANIZATION4 ALBERT EMBANKMENTLONDON SE1 7SRTelephone:+44(0)2077357611Fax:+44(0)2075873210MSC.1/Circ.166827June2023UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF BUNKERING MANIFOLD ARRANGEMENTSFITTED ON LNG BUNKERING SHIPS IN THE IGC CODE1The Maritime Safety Committee,at its 107th session(31 May to 9 June 2023),with aview to providing more specific guidance for the application of the relevant requirements of theIntemational Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases inBulk(IGC Code),as amended by resolution MSC.370(93),approved a unified interpretation ofthe IGC Code,prepared by the Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers,at itseighth session,as set out in the annex.2Member States are invited to use the annexed unified interpretation as guidance whenapplying the relevant provisions of the IGC Code and to bring them to the attention of all partiesconcerned.I:CIRCMSC1MSC.1-Circ.1668.docxMARPOL AT 50OUR COMMITMENT GOES ON