MSC.546(107)-Amendmentstothe1989MODUCode

MSC107/20/Add.1Annex 23,page 1ANNEX 23RESOLUTION MSC.546(107)(adopted on 8 June 2023)AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE FOR THE CONSTRUCTIONAND EQUIPMENT OF MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS,1989(1989 MODU CODE)THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,RECALLING Article 28(b)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Committee,NOTING that mobile offshore drilling units continue to be moved and operated internationally,RECALLING that the Assembly,when adopting the Code for the Construction and Equipmentof Mobile Offshore Drilling Units in 1989 by resolution A.649(16),authorized the Committee toamend the Code when appropriate,taking into consideration the developing design and safetyfeatures after due consultation with appropriate organizations,RECALLING ALSO that,in accordance with regulation Il-1/3-5 of the International Conventionfor the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS),1974,new installation of materials which containasbestos is prohibited on all ships,which do not include MODUs,RECOGNIZING that the 1989 MODU Code does not contain any requirements for materialscontaining asbestos,HAVING CONSIDERED,at its 107th session,recommend ations made by the Sub-Committeeon Ship Design and Construction,at its ninth session(23 to 27 January 2022),ADOPTS amendments to the 1989 Code the text of which is set out in the annex tothe present resolution;2INVITES all Governments concerned to take appropriate steps to give effect to theannexed amendments to the 1989 MODU Code by 1 January 2024.I:MSC107MSC 107/20/Add.1.docx