List of MSC.1 Circulars

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Title
Maritime Know ledge Centre
NUMERICAL LIST OF CIRCULARS ISSUED

BY THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE
MSC.1/
The full text of circulars issued from circa 2003 in English, French and Spanish can be downloaded
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MSC.1/Circ.1468
24 June 2013
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF PARAGRAPH 1.1.4 OF THE LSA CODE
MSC.1/Circ.1467
24 June 2013
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATION II-1/26.3
MSC.1/Circ.1466
24 June 2013
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION ON FALL PREVENTER DEVICES

(MSC.1/CIRC.1392 AND MSC.1/CIRC.1327)
MSC.1/Circ.1465
24 June 2013
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD

FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS FOR DEDICATED SEAWATER
BALLAST TANKS IN ALL TYPES OF SHIPS AND DOUBLE-SIDE SKIN
SPACES OF BULK CARRIERS (RESOLUTION MSC.215(82))
MSC.1/Circ.1464
24 June 2013
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS CHAPTERS II-1 AND XII, OF

THE TECHNICAL PROVISIONS FOR MEANS OF ACCESS FOR
INSPECTIONS (RESOLUTION MSC.158(78)) AND OF THE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR WATER LEVEL DETECTORS
ON BULK CARRIERS (RESOLUTION MSC.145(77))
This circular supersedes circulars MSC.1/Circ.1176 and MSC.1/Circ.1197.
MSC.1/Circ.1463
1 July 2013
APPLICATION OF SOLAS REGULATIONS XII/3, XII/7 AND XII/11
MSC.1/Circ.1462
1 July 2013
LIST OF CERTIFICATES AND DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE

CARRIED ON BOARD SHIPS, 2013
MSC.1/Circ.1461
8 July 2013
GUIDELINES FOR VERIFICATION OF DAMAGE STABILITY

REQUIREMENTS FOR TANKERS
MSC.1/Circ.1460
24 June 2013
GUIDANCE ON THE VALIDITY OF RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS

EQUIPMENT INSTALLED AND USED ON SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1459
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE SOLAS CONVENTION AND
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Circ. No.
Title
8 July 2013
THE IBC AND IGC CODES
MSC.1/Circ.1458
24 June 2013
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE

APPROVAL OF EQUIVALENT WATER-BASED FIRE-EXTINGUISHING
SYSTEMS FOR MACHINERY SPACES AND CARGO PUMP-ROOMS
(MSC/CIRC.1165)
MSC.1/Circ.1457
24 June 2013
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF THE 2000 HSC CODE, AS AMENDED

BY RESOLUTIONS MSC.175(79) AND MSC.222(82)
MSC.1/Circ.1456
24 June 2013
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS CHAPTER II-2 AND

THE FSS AND FTP CODES
MSC.1/Circ.1455
24 June 2013
GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF ALTERNATIVES AND

EQUIVALENTS AS PROVIDED FOR IN VARIOUS IMO INSTRUMENTS
MSC.1/Circ.1454
9 July 2013
GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING AND APPROVING PROCEDURES

FOR SAMPLING, TESTING AND CONTROLLING THE MOISTURE
CONTENT FOR SOLID BULK CARGOES WHICH MAY LIQUEFY
MSC.1/Circ.1453
9 July 2013
GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION AND

COMPLETION OF THE FORMAT FOR THE PROPERTIES OF CARGOES
NOT LISTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SOLID BULK
CARGOES (IMSBC) CODE AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF CARRIAGE
MSC.1/Circ.1452
9 July 2013
EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDMENT 02-13 TO THE

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SOLID BULK CARGOES (IMSBC) CODE
MSC.1/Circ.1451
3 May 2013
CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS THE INTERNATIONAL

MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS (IMDG) CODE
Contact information for the designated national competent authority
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1410.
MSC.1/Circ.1450
24 January 2013
GUIDANCE ON ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN PARTIES TO ALLOW

FOR RECOGNITION OF CERTIFICATES UNDER REGULATION I/10
OF THE STCW CONVENTION
This guidance supersedes MSC/Circ.950 on "Guidance on arrangements
between Parties to allow for recognition of certificates under STCW regulation
I/10".
MSC.1/Circ.1449
14 January 2013
GUIDANCE ON THE PREPARATION, REPORTING AND REVIEW OF

INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS AND STEPS TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT
MANDATORY AMENDMENTS REQUIRED BY REGULATION I/7
OF THE STCW CONVENTION
This circular revokes MSC/Circ.997.
MSC.1/Circ.1448
14 January 2013
PROCEDURES REGARDING THE CONSIDERATION OF

INFORMATION COMMUNICATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE
IV AND REGULATION I/7 OF THE STCW CONVENTION AND
SECTION A-I/7 OF THE STCW CODE
This circular revokes MSC/Circ.796/Rev.1.
MSC.1/Circ.1447
GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS AND ROCEDURES
Circ. No.
Title
14 December 2012
FOR RECOVERY OF PERSONS FROM THE WATER
MSC.1/Circ.1446/Rev.1 RECOMMENDED INTERIM MEASURES FOR PASSENGER SHIP

22 January 2013
COMPANIES TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF PASSENGER SHIPS
The present circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1446.
MSC.1/Circ.1446
1 June 2012
RECOMMENDED INTERIM MEASURES FOR PASSENGER SHIP

COMPANIES TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF PASSENGER SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1445
15 June 2012
CLARIFICATION OF THE TERM "FIRST SCHEDULED DRY-DOCKING"

AS CONTAINED IN SOLAS REGULATION III/1.5, AS AMENDED BY
RESOLUTION MSC.317(89)
MSC.1/Circ.1444
25 May 2012
INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR FLAG STATES ON MEASURES TO

PREVENT AND MITIGATE SOMALIA-BASED PIRACY
MSC.1/Circ.1443
25 May 2012
INTERIM GUIDANCE TO PRIVATE MARITIME SECURITY OMPANIES

PROVIDING PRIVATELY CONTRACTED ARMED SECURITY
PERSONNEL ON BOARD SHIPS IN THE HIGH RISK AREA
MSC.1/Circ.1442
1 June 2012
INSPECTION PROGRAMMES FOR CARGO TRANSPORT UNITS

CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS
This circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1202.
MSC.1/Circ.1441
1 June 2012
INTERIM MEASURES FOR EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

DRAFT AMENDMENTS (02-13) TO THE IMSBC CODE EXPECTED TO
BE ADOPTED AT MSC 92
MSC.1/Circ.1440
1 June 2012
ILLUSTRATIONS OF SEGREGATION OF CARGO TRANSPORT UNITS

ON BOARD CONTAINERSHIPS AND RO-RO SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1439
1 June 2012
CONVERSION TABLE (RECORD OF AMENDMENTS) FOR PART 7

REQUIREMENTS OF THE IMDG CODE CONCERNING TRANSPORT
OPERATIONS
MSC.1/Circ.1438
25 May 2012
CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS INTERNATIONAL MARITIME

DANGEROUS GOODS (IMDG) CODE ANNEXES AND SUPPLEMENTS
Amendments to the Emergency Response Procedures for Ships Carrying
Dangerous Goods (EmS Guide)
MSC.1/Circ.1437
31 May 2012
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS REGULATION II-2/21.4
MSC.1/Circ.1436
31 May 2012
AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS

CHAPTER II-2, THE FSS CODE, THE FTP CODE AND RELATED FIRE
TEST PROCEDURES (MSC/Circ.1120)
MSC.1/Circ.1435
1 June 2012
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE FTP CODE
MSC.1/Circ.1434
31 May 2012
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS CHAPTER II-2
Circ. No.
Title
MSC.1/Circ.1433
31 May 2012
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS REGULATION II-2/10.6.4 AND

CHAPTER 9 OF THE FSS CODE
MSC.1/Circ.1432
31 May 2012
REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION

OF FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND APPLIANCES
This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.850.
MSC.1/Circ.1431
31 May 2012
GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF HELICOPTER FACILITY

FOAM FIRE-FIGHTING APPLIANCES
MSC.1/Circ.1430
31 May 2012
REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN AND APPROVAL OF FIXED

WATER-BASED FIRE-FIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR RO-RO SPACES AND
SPECIAL CATEGORY SPACES
This circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1272, except that fire and component
tests previously conducted in accordance with MSC.1/Circ.1272, remain valid
for the approval of new systems. Existing fixed fire-extinguishing systems for
special category spaces approved and installed based on resolution A.123(V)
and MSC.1/Circ.1272 should be permitted to remain in service as long as they
are serviceable.
MSC.1/Circ.1429
28 May 2012
CLARIFICATION OF SOLAS REGULATIONS V/19.2.3.4 AND V/19.2.9.2
MSC.1/Circ.1428
28 May 2012
PILOT TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS

Required boarding arrangements for pilots
MSC.1/Circ.1427
28 May 2012
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF COLREG 1972, AS AMENDED
MSC.1/Circ.1426
13 June 2012
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATION II-1/3-5
MSC.1/Circ.1425
13 June 2012
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATIONS II-1/29.3 AND

29.4
MSC.1/Circ.1424
13 June 2012
MSC.1/Circ.1423
13 June 2012
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF PARAGRAPH 1.2.2.6 OF THE LSA

CODE CONCERNING LIFEBOAT EXTERIOR COLOUR
MSC.1/Circ.1422
13 June 2012
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CODE OF SAFETY FOR

SPECIAL PURPOSE SHIPS, 2008 (2008 SPS CODE)
MSC.1/Circ.1421
13 June 2012
GUIDELINES ON EXEMPTIONS FOR CRUDE OIL TANKERS SOLELY

ENGAGED IN THE CARRIAGE OF CARGOES AND CARGO HANDLING
OPERATIONS NOT CAUSING CORROSION
MSC.1/Circ.1420
13 June 2012
AWARENESS OF COUNTERFEIT AND SUBSTANDARD LIFE-SAVING

APPLIANCES
MSC.1/Circ.1419
13 June 2012
GUIDELINES FOR THE STANDARDIZATION OF LIFEBOAT CONTROL

ARRANGEMENTS
Circ. No.
Title
MSC.1/Circ.1418
13 June 2012
GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF A VISIBLE

ELEMENT TO THE GENERAL EMERGENCY ALARM ON PASSENGER
SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1417
13 June 2012
GUIDELINES FOR PASSENGER SHIP TENDERS
MSC.1/Circ.1416
13 June 2012
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATIONS II-1/28 AND II1/29
MSC.1/Circ.1415
25 May 2012
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTICAL

AND MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE (IAMSAR) MANUAL
MSC.1/Circ.1414
25 May 2012
GUIDANCE TO PROSPECTIVE GMDSS SATELLITE SERVICE

PROVIDERS
MSC.1/Circ.1413
25 May 2012
BASIC SAFETY GUIDANCE FOR YACHT RACES OR OCEANIC

VOYAGES BY NON-REGULATED CRAFT
This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.1174 and MSC.1/Circ.1366.
MSC.1/Circ.1412
28 May 2012
PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES RELATING TO THE REVIEW AND

AUDIT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF LRIT DATA CENTRES AND OF
THE INTERNATIONAL LRIT DATA EXCHANGE
MSC.1/Circ.1411
29 June 2012
EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS

REGULATION III/20.11.2
MSC.1/Circ.1410
29 March 2012

MSC.1/Circ.1409
Not Ready
MSC.1/Circ.1408
Rev.1
25 May 2012
REVISED INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PORT AND COASTAL

STATES REGARDING THE USE OF PRIVATELY CONTRACTED
ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL ON BOARD SHIPS IN THE HIGH
RISK AREA
MSC.1/Circ.1408
16 September 2011
INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PORT AND COASTAL STATES

REGARDING THE USE OF PRIVATELY CONTRACTED ARMED
SECURITY PERSONNEL ON BOARD SHIPS IN THE HIGH RISK AREA
MSC.1/Circ.1407
2 June 2011
GUIDANCE FOR APPLICATION OF SOLAS REGULATION II-2/19.3
MSC.1/Circ.1406/Rev.2 REVISED INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FLAG STATES

25 May 2012
MSC.1/Circ.1406/Rev.1 is hereby revoked.
MSC.1/Circ.1406/Rev.1 REVISED INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FLAG STATES
Circ. No.
Title
16 September 2011

MSC.1/Circ.1406 is hereby revoked.
MSC.1/Circ.1406
23 May 2011
INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FLAG STATES REGARDING THE

USE OF PRIVATELY CONTRACTED ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL
ON BOARD SHIPS IN THE HIGH RISK AREA
MSC.1/Circ.1405/Rev.2 REVISED INTERIM GUIDANCE TO SHIPOWNERS, SHIP OPERATORS

25 May 2012
AND SHIPMASTERS ON THE USE OF PRIVATELY CONTRACTED
RISK AREA
MSC.1/Circ.1405/Rev.1 is hereby revoked.
MSC.1/Circ.1405/Rev.1 REVISED INTERIM GUIDANCE TO SHIPOWNERS, SHIP OPERATORS,
16 September 2011
AND SHIPMASTERS ON THE USE OF PRIVATELY CONTRACTED
RISK AREA
MSC.1/Circ.1405
23 May 2011
INTERIM GUIDANCE TO SHIPOWNERS, SHIP OPERATORS, AND

SHIPMASTERS ON THE USE OF PRIVATELY CONTRACTED ARMED
MSC.1/Circ.1404
23 May 2011
GUIDELINES TO ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE CRIMES OF

PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1403
23 May 2011
MSC CIRCULAR REVISED NAVTEX MANUAL

This circular supersedes documents COMSAR/Circ.7, COMSAR/Circ.28 and
COMSAR/Circ.34, and replaces the existing text of the NAVTEX Manual.
MSC.1/Circ.1402
14 June 2011
SAFETY OF PILOT TRANSFER ARRANGMENTS
MSC.1/Circ.1401
9 June 2011
GUIDELINES ON TANK ENTRY FOR TANKERS USING NITROGEN

AS AN INERTING MEDIUM
MSC.1/Circ.1400
May 2011
GUIDELINES ON OPERATIONAL INFORMATION FOR MASTERS OF 27

PASSENGER SHIPS FOR SAFE RETURN TO PORT BY OWN POWER
OR UNDER TOW
MSC.1/Circ.1399
10 June 2011
GUIDELINES ON PROCEDURES FOR IN-SERVICE MAINTENANCE

AND REPAIR OF COATING SYSTEMS FOR CARGO OIL TANKS OF
CRUDE OIL TANKERS
MSC.1/Circ.1398
10 June 2011
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATION II-1/29
MSC.1/Circ.1397
10 June 2011
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATION III/15.1

STOWAGE OF MARINE EVACUATION SYSTEMS
MSC.1/Circ.1396
AMENDMENT TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SAFE USE OF

PESTICIDES IN SHIPS APPLICABLE TO THE FUMIGATION OF CARGO
Circ. No.
Title
HOLDS (MSC.1/CIRC.1264)
16 June 2011
MSC.1/Circ.1395
15 June 2011
LISTS OF SOLID BULK CARGOES FOR WHICH A FIXED

GAS FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM MAY BE EXEMPTED OR FOR
WHICH A FIXED GAS FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM IS
INEFFECTIVE
MSC.1/Circ.1394
14 June 2011
GENERIC GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING IMO

GOAL-BASED STANDARDS
MSC.1/Circ.1393
27 May 2011
EARLY APPLICATION OF NEW SOLAS REGULATION III/1.5
MSC.1/Circ.1392
27 May 2011
GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATION AND REPLACEMENT OF

LIFEBOAT RELEASE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS
MSC.1/Circ.1391
7 December 2010
OPERATING ANOMALIES IDENTIFIED WITHIN ECDIS
MSC.1/Circ.1390
9 December 2010
GUIDANCE FOR COMPANY SECURITY OFFICERS (CSOs)

PREPARATION OF A COMPANY AND CREW FOR THE
CONTINGENCY OF HIJACK BY PIRATES IN THE WESTERN INDIAN
OCEAN AND THE GULF OF ADEN
MSC.1/Circ.1389
7 December 2010
GUIDANCE ON PROCEDURES FOR UPDATING SHIPBORNE

NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
MSC.1/Circ.1388
10 December 2010
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER 12 OF THE

INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS
MSC.1/Circ.1387
10 December 2010
REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF FIXED WATERBASED LOCAL APPLICATION FIRE-FIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR USE IN
CATEGORY A MACHINERY SPACES (MSC/CIRC.913)
This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.913, except that fire and component tests
previously conducted in accordance with MSC/Circ.913 remain valid for the
approval of new systems. Existing fixed water-based local application firefighting systems approved and installed based on MSC/Circ.913 should be
permitted to remain in service as long as they are serviceable.
MSC.1/Circ.1386
10 December 2010
AMENDMENTS TO THE REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL

OF EQUIVALENT WATER-BASED FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS
FOR MACHINERY SPACES AND CARGO PUMP-ROOMS
(MSC/CIRC.1165)
MSC.1/Circ.1385
10 December 2010
SCIENTIFIC METHODS ON SCALING OF TEST VOLUME FOR FIRE

TEST ON WATER-MIST FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS
MSC.1/Circ.1384
10 December 2010
GUIDELINES FOR THE TESTING AND APPROVAL OF FIXED HIGHEXPANSION FOAM SYSTEMS
This circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1271, except that fire and component
tests previously conducted in accordance with MSC.1/Circ.1271 remain valid
for the approval of new systems.
Circ. No.
Title
MSC.1/Circ.1383
3 December 2010
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE OF

SAFETY FOR HIGH-SPEED CRAFT, 1994 (1994 HSC CODE)
MSC.1/Circ.1382/Rev.1 REVISED QUESTIONNAIRE ON SHORE-BASED FACILITIES FOR THE

25 May 2012
GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS)
This questionnaire supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1382.
MSC.1/Circ.1382
3 December 2010
QUESTIONNAIRE ON SHORE-BASED FACILITIES FOR THE GLOBAL

MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS)
This questionnaire supersedes MSC/Circ.684.
MSC.1/Circ.1381
10 December 2010
MODIFICATIONS TO FOOTNOTES IN THE COATING PERFORMANCE

STANDARDS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTIONS MSC.215(82) AND
MSC.288(87)
MSC.1/Circ.1380
10 December 2010
GUIDANCE FOR WATERTIGHT DOORS ON PASSENGER SHIPS

WHICH MAY BE OPENED DURING NAVIGATION
MSC.1/Circ.1379
8 December 2010
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATION II-1/3-5
MSC.1/Circ.1378
8 December 2010
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD

FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS FOR DEDICATED SEAWATER
BALLAST TANKS IN ALL TYPES OF SHIPS AND DOUBLE-SIDE SKIN
SPACES OF BULK CARRIERS (RESOLUTION MSC.215(82))
MSC.1/Circ.1377/Rev.8 LIST OF APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS AUTHORIZED TO

17 September 2012
CONDUCT CONFORMANCE TESTS AND ISSUE LRIT CONFORMANCE
TEST REPORTS ON BEHALF OF ADMINISTRATIONS
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1377/Rev.7 issued on 9 July 2012. Any
reference to MSC.1/Circ.1377/Rev.7 or any of its previous versions should be
read as reference to the present circular.
9 July 2012
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1377/Rev.6 issued on 17 May 2012. Any
17 May 2012
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1377/Rev.5 issued on 19 January 2012. Any
19 January 2012
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1377/Rev.4 issued on 1 August 2011. Any
Circ. No.
Title

1 August 2011
TEST REPORTS ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1377/Rev.3 issued on 2 June 2011. Any
2 June 2011
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1377/Rev.2 issued on 22 March 2011. Any
22 March 2011
TEST REPO RTS ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1377/Rev.1 issued on 16 February 2011 and
any reference to MSC.1/Circ.1377 or MSC.1/Circ.1377/Rev.1 should be read
as reference to the present circular.
16 February 2011
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1377 issued on 6 December 2010 and any
reference to MSC.1/Circ.1377 should be read as reference to the present
circular.
MSC.1/Circ.1377
6 December 2010
LIST OF APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS AUTHORIZED TO

CONDUCT CONFORMANCE TESTS AND ISSUE LRIT
CONFORMANCE TEST REPORTS ON BEHALF OF THE
ADMINISTRATIONS
MSC.1/Circ.1376/Rev.1 CONTINUITY OF SERVICE PLAN FOR THE LRIT SYSTEM

28 May 2012
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1376 issued on 3 December 2010. Any
reference to MSC.1/Circ.1376 should henceforth be read as reference to this
circular.
MSC.1/Circ.1376
3 December 2010
CONTINUITY OF SERVICE PLAN FOR THE LRIT SYSTEM

This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1344 on Interim continuity of service plan
for the LRIT system, for the period between MSC 87 and MSC 88, issued on
13 May 2010, and any reference to MSC.1/Circ.1344 should be read as
reference to the present circular.
MSC.1/Circ.1375/Rev.1 UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATION V/23

28 May 2012
MSC.1/Circ.1375
7 December 2010
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATION V/23
MSC.1/Circ.1374
INFORMATION ON PROHIBITING THE USE OF ASBESTOS ON BOARD
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Circ. No.
Title
3 December 2010
SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1373
1 June 2010
MEMBERSHIP OF THE IHO
MSC.1/Circ.1372
24 May 2010
GUIDANCE FOR APPLICATION OF SOLAS REGULATION II-1/41.6
MSC.1/Circ.1371/Add.2 AMENDMENTS TO THE LIST OF CODES, RECOMMENDATIONS,

15 August 2012
GUIDELINES AND OTHER SAFETY- AND SECURITY-RELATED
NON-MANDATORY INSTRUMENTS
MSC.1/Circ.1371/Add.1 AMENDMENTS TO LIST OF CODES, RECOMMENDATIONS,
30 August 2011
GUIDELINES AND OTHER SAFETY- AND SECURITY-RELATED NONMANDATORY INSTRUMENTS
MSC.1/Circ.1371
30 July 2010
LIST OF CODES, RECOMMENDATIONS, GUIDELINES AND OTHER

SAFETY- AND SECURITY-RELATED NON-MANDATORY
INSTRUMENTS
MSC.1/Circ.1370
22 June 2010
GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF

FIXED HYDROCARBON GAS DETECTION SYSTEMS
MSC.1/Circ.1369/Add.1 INTERIM EXPLANATORY NOTES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF

4 December 2012
PASSENGER SHIP SYSTEMS' CAPABILITIES AFTER A FIRE OR
FLOODING CASUALTY REVISIONS TO INTERPRETATIONS NOS. 22
AND 27 OF APPENDIX 1 OF MSC.1/CIRC.1369
MSC.1/Circ.1369
2010
INTERIM EXPLANATORY NOTES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF 22 June

PASSENGER SHIP SYSTEMS' CAPABILITIES AFTER A FIRE OR
FLOODING CASUALTY
This circular revokes circular MSC.1/Circ.1214.
MSC.1/Circ.1368
22 June 2010
INTERIM CLARIFICATIONS OF SOLAS CHAPTER II-2

REQUIREMENTS REGARDING INTERRELATION BETWEEN THE
CENTRAL CONTROL STATION, NAVIGATION BRIDGE AND SAFETY
CENTRE
MSC.1/Circ.1367
24 May 2010
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTICAL

AND MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE (IAMSAR) MANUAL
MSC.1/Circ.1366
24 May 2010
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AT SEA YACHT RACING
MSC.1/Circ.1365
24 May 2010
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE LOCATING, TRACKING

AND EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION DEVICES
MSC.1/Circ.1364
24 May 2010
REVISED INTERNATIONAL SAFETYNET MANUAL
MSC.1/Circ.1363
30 June 2010
INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT

OF SHIPS CARRYING NATURAL GAS HYDRATE PELLETS (NGHP) IN
BULK
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Circ. No.
Title
MSC.1/Circ.1362
26 May 2010
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS CHAPTER II-1
MSC.1/Circ.1361
27 May 2010
REVISED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SAFE USE OF PESTICIDES

IN SHIPS APPLICABLE TO THE FUMIGATION OF CARGO
TRANSPORT UNITS
The present circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1265.
MSC.1/Circ.1360
27 May 2010

Amendments to the Emergency Response Procedures for
Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods (EmS Guide)
MSC.1/Circ.1359
17 June 2010
INFORMATION ON LOCAL REGULATIONS
MSC.1/Circ.1358
30 June 2010
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SAFE USE OF PESTICIDES IN SHIPS

The present circular supersedes MSC/Circ.612, as amended by MSC/Circ.689
and MSC/Circ.746.
MSC.1/Circ.1357
19 June 2010
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE SAFE LOADING OF BULK

CARRIERS
MSC.1/Circ.1356
30 June 2010
AMENDMENTS TO THE MANUAL ON LOADING AND UNLOADING

OF SOLID BULK CARGOES FOR TERMINAL REPRESENTATIVES
MSC.1/Circ.1355
30 June 2010
AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES FOR SECURING

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRANSPORT OF ROAD VEHICLES ON
RO-RO SHIPS (RESOLUTION A.581(14))
MSC.1/Circ.1354
30 June 2010
AMENDMENTS TO THE ELEMENTS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT

WHEN CONSIDERING THE SAFE STOWAGE AND SECURING OF
CARGO UNITS AND VEHICLES IN SHIPS (RESOLUTION A.533(13))
MSC.1/Circ.1353
June 2010
REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE CARGO 30

SECURING MANUAL
MSC.1/Circ.1352
30 June 2010
AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF SAFE PRACTICE FOR CARGO

STOWAGE AND SECURING (CSS CODE)
MSC.1/Circ.1351
15 June 2010
INTERPRETATION OF STOWAGE AND SEGREGATION

REQUIREMENTS FOR BROWN COAL BRIQUETTES AND COAL
RELATED TO "HOT AREAS" IN THE IMSBC CODE
MSC.1/Circ.1350
1 June 2010
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS CHAPTER V
MSC.1/Circ.1349
1 June 2010
HIGH-SPEED CRAFT (HSC) COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF

SOLAS REGULATIONS V/18 TO V/20 AND CHAPTER 13 OF THE 2000
HIGH-SPEED CRAFT CODE
12
Circ. No.
Title
MSC.1/Circ.1348
2 June 2010
GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL PROVISIONS

FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF AN IN-WATER SURVEY IN LIEU OF
BOTTOM INSPECTION IN DRY-DOCK TO PERMIT ONE DRY-DOCK
EXAMINATION IN ANY FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FOR PASSENGER SHIPS
OTHER THAN RO-RO PASSENGER SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1347
2 June 2010
DETERMINATION OF THE REQUIRED SAFE WORKING LOAD OF

LIFERAFT LAUNCHING APPLIANCES ON PASSENGER SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1346
2 June 2010
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE 2000 HSC CODE
MSC.1/Circ.1345
2 June 2010
MSC.1/Circ.1344
13 May 2010
INTERIM CONTINUITY OF SERVICE PLAN FOR THE LRIT SYSTEM,

FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN MSC 87 AND MSC 88
MSC.1/Circ.1343
2 June 2010
GUIDELINES FOR THE INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN A

SHIP CONSTRUCTION FILE
MSC.1/Circ.1342
27 May 2010
REMINDER IN CONNECTION WITH SHORE LEAVE AND ACCESS TO

SHIPS
The Committee revoked MSC/Circ.1112 and resolved that any reference
to MSC/Circ.1112 should be read as a reference to this circular.
MSC.1/Circ.1341
27 May 2010
GUIDELINES ON SECURITY-RELATED TRAINING AND

FAMILIARIZATION FOR PORT FACILITY PERSONNEL
MSC.1/Circ.1340
Not Ready
MSC.1/Circ.1339
14 September 2011
PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS IN WATERS OFF

THE COAST OF SOMALIA
Best Management Practices for Protection against Somalia Based Piracy
MSC.1/Circ.1338
1 March 2011
GUIDANCE TO SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICES IN RELATION

TO REQUESTING AND RECEIVING LRIT INFORMATION
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1308 and any reference to MSC.1/Circ.1308
should be read as reference to the present circular.
MSC.1/Circ.1337
4 August 2010

Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy off the Coast of Somalia and in
the Arabian Sea Area developed by the industry
MSC.1/Circ.1336
4 June 2010

13
Circ. No.
Title
MSC.1/Circ.1335
29 September 2009

THE COAST OF SOMALIA Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy in the
Gulf of Aden and off the Coast of Somalia developed by the industry
MSC.1/Circ.1334
23 June 2009

Guidance to shipowners and ship operators, shipmasters and crews on
preventing and suppressing acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships
MSC.1/Circ.1333
26 June 2009

Recommendations to Governments for preventing and suppressing piracy
and armed robbery against ships
MSC.1/Circ.1332
16 June 2009

MSC.1/Circ.1331
11 June 2009
GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE

AND INSPECTION/SURVEY OF MEANS OF EMBARKATION AND
DISEMBARKATION
MSC.1/Circ.1330
11 June 2009
GUIDELINES FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF PROTECTIVE

COATINGS
MSC.1/Circ.1329
11 June 2009
GUIDELINES FOR UNIFORM OPERATING LIMITATIONS OF HIGHSPEED CRAFT
MSC.1/Circ.1328
11 June 2009
GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF INFLATABLE LIFERAFTS

SUBJECT TO EXTENDED SERVICE INTERVALS NOT EXCEEDING 30
MONTHS
MSC.1/Circ.1327
11 June 2009
GUIDELINES FOR THE FITTING AND USE OF FALL PREVENTER

DEVICES (FPDs)
MSC.1/Circ.1326
11 June 2009
CLARIFICATION OF SOLAS REGULATION III/19
MSC.1/Circ.1325
10 June 2009
MISSING INFORMATION ON APPARATUS GROUPS IN COLUMN i OF

CHAPTER 17 OF THE IBC CODE
MSC.1/Circ.1324
10 June 2009
AMENDMENTS TO THE REVISED STANDARDS FOR THE DESIGN,

TESTING AND LOCATION OF DEVICES TO PREVENT THE PASSAGE
OF FLAME INTO CARGO TANKS IN TANKERS (MSC/CIRC.677, AS
AMENDED BY MSC/CIRC.1009)
MSC.1/Circ.1323
10 June 2009
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE IBC CODE
MSC.1/Circ.1322
11 June 2009
MSC.1/Circ.1321
GUIDELINES FOR MEASURES TO PREVENT FIRES IN ENGINE-ROOMS
14
Circ. No.
Title
11 June 2009
AND CARGO PUMP-ROOMS
MSC.1/Circ.1320
11 June 2009
GUIDELINES FOR THE DRAINAGE OF FIRE-FIGHTING WATER FROM

CLOSED VEHICLE AND RO-RO SPACES AND SPECIAL CATEGORY
SPACES OF PASSENGER AND CARGO SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1319
11 June 2009
RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EVALUATION OF FIRE

PERFORMANCE AND APPROVAL OF LARGE FIRE DOORS
MSC.1/Circ.1318
11 June 2009
GUIDELINES FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTIONS OF

FIXED CARBON DIOXIDE FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS
MSC.1/Circ.1317
11 June 2009
APPLICATION FOR EXISTING APPROVALS ACCORDING TO THE

REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF EQUIVALENT FIXED
GAS FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS, AS REFERRED TO IN SOLAS
74, FOR MACHINERY SPACES AND CARGO PUMP-ROOMS
(MSC/CIRC.848)
MSC.1/Circ.1316
10 June 2009
GUIDELINES ON DETERMINING THE NO OBSERVED ADVERSE

EFFECT LEVEL (NOAEL) AND LOWEST OBSERVED ADVERSE
EFFECT LEVEL (LOAEL) VALUES FOR HALOCARBON FIREEXTINGUISHING AGENTS
MSC.1/Circ.1315
10 June 2009
GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF FIXED DRY CHEMICAL

POWDER FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS FOR THE PROTECTION OF
SHIPS CARRYING LIQUEFIED GASES IN BULK
MSC.1/Circ.1314
10 June 2009
APPLICATION OF SOLAS REGULATION II-2/10 AND CHAPTER 12 OF

THE FSS CODE RELATED TO EMERGENCY FIRE PUMP CAPACITY
MSC.1/Circ.1313
10 June 2009
GUIDANCE FOR APPLICATION OF CHAPTERS 4 TO 7 AND 9 OF THE

FSS CODE, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS MSC.206(81) AND
MSC.217(82)
MSC.1/Circ.1312
10 June 2009
REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE PERFORMANCE AND TESTING

CRITERIA, AND SURVEYS OF FOAM CONCENTRATES FOR
FIXED FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS
This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.582 and Corr.1, and MSC/Circ.799. Type
approvals conducted in accordance with the aforementioned Guidelines should
remain valid until 1 July 2012.
MSC.1/Circ.1311
8 June 2009
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL

AERONAUTICAL AND MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE (IAMSAR)
MANUAL
MSC.1/Circ.1310
9 June 2009
INFORMATION COMMUNICATED TO THE ORGANIZATION IN

RELATION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LRIT DATA CENTRES AND
THEIR POSITION IN RELATION TO DEVELOPMENTAL TESTING AND
THE PRODUCTION LRIT SYSTEM
This circular supersedes COMSAR/Circ.15.
MSC.1/Circ.1309
9 June 2009
INFORMATION COMMUNICATED TO THE ORGANIZATION IN

RELATION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LRIT DATA CENTRES AND
15
Circ. No.
Title
THEIR POSITION IN RELATION TO DEVELOPMENTAL TESTING AND

THE PRODUCTION LRIT SYSTEM
As from 1 October 2009, this circular should be considered as having been
revoked.
MSC.1/Circ.1308
9 June 2009
GUIDANCE TO SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICES IN RELATION TO

REQUESTING AND RECEIVING LRIT INFORMATION
The circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1297 and any reference to MSC.1/Circ.1297
MSC.1/Circ.1307
9 June 2009
GUIDANCE ON THE SURVEY AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE

OF SHIPS WITH THE REQUIREMENT TO TRANSMIT LRIT
INFORMATION
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1296 and any reference to MSC.1/Circ.1296
MSC.1/Circ.1306
10 June 2009
GUIDELINES ON DETERMINING THE NO OBSERVED ADVERSE

EFFECT LEVEL (NOAEL) AND LOWEST OBSERVED ADVERSE
EFFECT LEVEL (LOAEL) VALUES FOR HALOCARBON FIREEXTINGUISHING AGENTS
MSC.1/Circ.1305
9 June 2009
REVISED GUIDANCE TO MASTERS, COMPANIES AND DULY

AUTHORIZED OFFICERS ON THE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO
THE SUBMISSION OF SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION
PRIOR TO THE ENTRY OF A SHIP INTO PORT
MSC.1/Circ.1304
10 June 2009
GUIDANCE FOR APPLICATION OF SOLAS REGULATION III/7, AS

AMENDED BY RESOLUTION MSC.201(81)
MSC.1/Circ.1303
10 June 2009
GUIDANCE ON THE PROVISION FOR MATERIAL SAFETY DATA

SHEETS WHEN CARRYING OIL OR OIL FUEL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SOLAS REGULATION VI/5-1
MSC.1/Circ.1302
16 April 2009

IN WATERS OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA
MSC.1/Circ.1301
9 February 2009

ARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS (IMDG) CODE
MSC.1/Circ.1300
9 January 2009
IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION A.747(18) ON

PPLICATION OF TONNAGE MEASUREMENT OF SEGREGATED
BALLAST TANKS IN OIL TANKERS
MSC.1/Circ.1299
8 December 2008
TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND MEASURES FOR

ACCELERATING THE COMPLETION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE LRIT SYSTEM
MSC.1/Circ.1298
8 December 2008
GUIDANCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LRIT SYSTEM

The circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1256.
MSC.1/Circ.1297
GUIDANCE TO SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICES IN RELATION TO
16
Circ. No.
Title
8 December 2008
REQUESTING AND RECEIVING LRIT INFORMATION

The circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1258.
MSC.1/Circ.1296
8 December 2008

INFORMATION
MSC.1/Circ.1295
8 December 2008
GUIDANCE IN RELATION TO CERTAIN TYPES OF SHIPS WHICH ARE

REQUIRED TO TRANSMIT LRIT INFORMATION ON EXEMPTIONS
AND EQUIVALENTS AND ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL MATTERS
MSC.1/Circ.1294/Rev.3 LONG-RANGE IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM

28 May 2012
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION (PART II)
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1294/Rev.2 issued on 15 February 2011. Any
15 February 2011
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1294/Rev.1 issued on 13 May 2010 and any
reference to MSC.1/Circ.1294 or MSC.1/Circ.1294/Rev.1 should be read as
reference to the present
circular.
13 May 2010
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1294 issued on 8 December 2008 and any
reference to MSC.1/Circ.1294 should be read as reference to the present
circular.
MSC.1/Circ.1294
8 December 2008
LONG-RANGE IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM

MSC.1/Circ.1293
10 December 2008
PARTICIPATION IN THE WMO VOLUNTARY OBSERVING SHIPS

(VOS) SCHEME
This circular revokes MSC/Circ.1017.
MSC.1/Circ.1292
9 December 2008
EARLY APPLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE ON INTACT

STABILITY, 2008
MSC.1/Circ.1291
9 December 2008
GUIDELINES FOR FLOODING DETECTION SYSTEMS ON PASSENGER

SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1290
16 December 2008
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM FIRST SURVEY

REFERRED TO IN SOLAS REGULATIONS
MSC.1/Circ.1289
9 December 2008

MANUAL
MSC.1/Circ.1288
AMENDMENTS TO RESOLUTION A.706(17). WORLD-WIDE
17
Circ. No.
9 December 2008
Title
NAVIGATIONAL WARNING SERVICE

This circular revokes MSC/Circ.685, MSC/Circ.750 and MSC/Circ.957.
MSC.1/Circ.1287
9 December 2008
AMENDMENTS TO RESOLUTION A.705(17) PROMULGATION OF

MARITIME SAFETY INFORMATION
MSC.1/Circ.1286
10 December 2008
MSC.1/Circ.1285
11 December 2008
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATION III/16.1
MSC.1/Circ.1284
11 December 2008
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS REGULATIONS II-1/1.3 AND

II-1/3-6
MSC/1/Circ.1283
22 December 2008
NON-MANDATORY GUIDELINES ON SECURITY ASPECTS OF THE

OPERATION OF VESSELS WHICH DO NOT FALL WITHIN THE SCOPE
OF SOLAS CHAPTER XI-2 AND THE ISPS CODE
MSC.1/Circ.1282
9 December 2008
APPLICATION OF THE AMENDED SOLAS REGULATIONS II-2/3,

XII/12 AND XII/13
MSC.1/Circ.1281
9 December 2008
EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE

ON INTACT STABILITY, 2008
MSC.1/Circ.1280
19 May 2008
NIGHT-TIME LOOKOUT PHOTOCHROMIC LENSES AND DARK

ADAPTATION
MSC.1/Circ.1279
23 May 2008
GUIDELINES FOR CORROSION PROTECTION OF PERMANENT

MEANS OF ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS
MSC.1/Circ.1278
23 May 2008
GUIDANCE ON WEARING IMMERSION SUITS IN

TOTALLY ENCLOSED LIFEBOATS
MSC.1/Circ.1277
23 May 2008
INTERIM RECOMMENDATION ON CONDITIONS FOR

AUTHORIZATION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR LIFEBOATS,
LAUNCHING APPLIANCES AND ON-LOAD RELEASE GEAR
MSC.1/Circ.1276
30 May 2008
MSC.1/Circ.1275
3 June 2008
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS CHAPTER II-2 ON THE

NUMBER AND ARRANGEMENT OF PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
ON BOARD SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1274
3 June 2008
GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATION OF FIRE RISK OF EXTERNAL AREAS

ON PASSENGER SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1273
30 May 2008
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR

APPLICATION OF FIRE TEST PROCEDURES (FTP CODE)
MSC.1/Circ.1272
4 June 2008
GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF FIXED WATER-BASED FIREFIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR RO-RO SPACES AND SPECIAL CATEGORY
18
Circ. No.
Title
SPACES EQUIVALENT TO THAT REFERRED TO IN RESOLUTION

A.123(V)
MSC.1/Circ.1271
4 June 2008
GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF HIGH-EXPANSION FOAM

SYSTEMS USING INSIDE AIR FOR THE PROTECTION OF MACHINERY
SPACES AND CARGO PUMP-ROOMS
MSC.1/Circ.1270
4 June 2008
REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF FIXED AEROSOL

FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS EQUIVALENT TO FIXED GAS
FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS, AS REFERRED TO IN SOLAS 74,
FOR MACHINERY SPACES
This circular supersedes circular MSC/Circ.1007.
MSC.1/Circ.1269
3 June 2008

(MSC/CIRC.1165)
MSC.1/Circ.1268
30 May 2008
GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF FIXED PRESSURE WATERSPRAYING AND WATER-BASED FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS
FOR CABIN BALCONIES
MSC.1/Circ.1267
4 June 2008
AMENDMENTS TO REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL

OF EQUIVALENT FIXED GAS FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS,
AS REFERRED TO IN SOLAS 74, FOR MACHINERY SPACES
AND CARGO PUMP-ROOMS (MSC/CIRC.848)
MSC.1/Circ.1266
18 December 2008
CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS

Document of compliance with the special requirements for ships carrying
dangerous goods under the provisions of regulation II-2/19 of the 1974 SOLAS
Convention, as amended, and of paragraph 7.17 of the 2000 HSC Code, as
amended
This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.1027 and MSC/Circ.1148.
MSC.1/Circ.1265
9 June 2008

APPLICABLE TO THE FUMIGATION OF CARGO TRANSPORT UNITS
and MSC/Circ.746 with regard to the fumigation of cargo transport units.
MSC.1/Circ.1264
27 May 2008

APPLICABLE TO THE FUMIGATION OF CARGO HOLDS
and MSC/Circ.746 with regard to the fumigation of cargo holds.
MSC.1/Circ.1263
9 June 2008
REVISED RECOMMENDATION ON SAFETY OF PERSONNEL DURING

CONTAINER SECURING OPERATIONS
This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.886 on Recommendation on safety of
personnel during container securing operations.
MSC.1/Circ.1262
27 May 2008

Amendments to the Revised Emergency Response Procedures for Ships
19
Circ. No.
Title
Carrying Dangerous Goods (EmS Guide)

MSC.1/Circ.1261
22 May 2008
PREVENTION OF MARITIME ACCIDENTS DUE TO DRIFTWOOD AND

OTHER FLOATING OBSTACLES
MSC.1/Circ.1260
22 May 2008
UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF COLREG 1972, AS AMENDED

28 May 2012
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION (PART I)
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1259/Rev.4 issued on 15 February 2011. Any
15 February 2011
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION (PART I) INTERIM REVISED
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE LRIT SYSTEM
(Version 5)
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1259/Rev.3 issued on 21 May 2010 and any
reference to MSC.1/Circ.1259, MSC.1/Circ.1259/Rev.1, SC.1/Circ.1259/Rev.2
or MSC.1/Circ.1259/Rev.3 should be read as reference to the present circular.
21 May 2010
(Version 4)
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1259/Rev.2 issued on 30 June 2009 and any
reference to MSC.1/Circ.1259, MSC.1/Circ.1259/Rev.1 or
MSC.1/Circ.1259/Rev.2 should be read as reference to the present circular.
30 June 2009
(Version 3)
This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1259/Rev.1 issued on 15 April 2009 and any
reference to MSC.1/Circ.1259 or MSC.1/Circ.1259/Rev.1 should be read as
reference to the present circular.
MSC.1/Circ.1258
5 June 2008
GUIDANCE TO SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICES IN RELATION

TO REQUESTING AND RECEIVING LRIT INFORMATION
MSC.1/Circ.1257
5 June 2008

INFORMATION
MSC.1/Circ.1256
5 June 2008
GUIDANCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LRIT SYSTEM
MSC.1/Circ.1255
27 May 2008
GUIDELINES FOR OWNERS/OPERATORS ON PREPARING

EMERGENCY TOWING PROCEDURES
MSC.1/Circ.1254
19 February 2008

20
Circ. No.
Title

MSC.1/Circ.1253
26 October 2007
SHIPBOARD TECHNICAL OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE

MANUALS
MSC.1/Circ.1252
22 October 2007
GUIDELINES ON ANNUAL TESTING OF THE AUTOMATIC

IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS)
MSC.1/Circ.1251
19 October 2007
GUIDELINES ON THE CONTROL OF SHIPS IN AN EMERGENCY
MSC.1/Circ.1250
19 October 2007
SAFETY MARGIN TO PROTECT RADAR SYSTEMS
MSC.1/Circ.1249
16 October 2007
MSC.1/Circ.1248
16 October 2007

MANUAL
MINIMIZING DELAYS IN SEARCH AND RESCUE RESPONSE
TO DISTRESS ALERTS
MSC.1/Circ.1247
6 November 2007
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF UNFORESEEN DELAY IN DELIVERY

OF SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1246
29 October 2007
INTERPRETATION OF ALTERATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS

OF A MAJOR CHARACTER
MSC.1/Circ.1245
29 October 2007
GUIDELINES FOR DAMAGE CONTROL PLANS AND

INFORMATION TO THE MASTER
MSC.1/Circ.1244
29 October 2007
SYMBOL OF INFANT LIFEJACKET
MSC.1/Circ.1243
29 October 2007
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS CHAPTER III
MSC.1/Circ.1242
30 October 2007
GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF FIXED FIRE DETECTION

AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS FOR CABIN BALCONIES
MSC.1/Circ.1241
30 October 2007
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BULK

CHEMICALS (IBC) CODE
MSC.1/Circ.1240
30 October 2007
UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR

FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS (FSS CODE)
MSC.1/Circ.1239
30 October 2007
MSC.1/Circ.1238
30 October 2007
GUIDELINES FOR EVACUATION ANALYSIS FOR NEW AND EXISTING

PASSENGER SHIPS
21
Circ. No.
Title
MSC.1/Circ.1237
30 October 2007

(MSC/CIRC.1165)
MSC/1/Circ.1236
4 June 2010

MSC.1/Circ.1235
21 October 2007
GUIDELINES ON SECURITY-RELATED TRAINING AND

FAMILIARIZATION FOR SHIPBOARD PERSONNEL
MSC.1/Circ.1234
31 October 2007
DRAINAGE OF FIRE-FIGHTING WATER FROM ENCLOSED VEHICLE

AND RO-RO SPACES AND SPECIAL CATEGORY SPACES FOR
PASSENGER AND CARGO SHIPS
MSC.1/Circ.1233
15 June 2007

MSC.1/Circ.1232
7 February 2007

MSC.1/Circ.1231
11 December 2006
Interim scheme for the compliance of certain cargo ships and special purpose
ships with the management for the safe operations of ships
MSC.1/Circ.1230
5 February 2007
Amendments to the manual on loading and unloading of solid bulk cargoes for
terminal representatives
MSC.1/Circ.1229
11 January 2007
Guidelines for the approval of stability instruments
MSC.1/Circ.1228
11 January 2007
Revised guidance to the master for avoiding dangerous situations in adverse

weather and sea conditions
This Revised Guidance supersedes the Guidance to the master for avoiding
dangerous situations in following and quartering seas (MSC/Circ.707).
MSC.1/Circ.1227
11 January 2007
Explanatory notes to the interim guidelines for alternative assessment of the

weather criterion
MSC.1/Circ.1226
15 January 2007
Interim explanatory notes to the SOLAS Chapter II-1 subdivision and damage
stability regulations
MSC.1/Circ.1225
11 December 2006
Navigational warnings concerning operations endangering the safety of

navigation
MSC.1/Circ.1224
11 December 2006
Unified interpretations of SOLAS Chapter V
MSC.1/Circ.1223
11 December 2006
Guidelines for pre-planning of surveys in dry dock of ships which are not
subject to the enhanced programme of inspections
22
Circ. No.
Title
MSC.1/Circ.1222
11 December 2006
Guidelines on annual testing of voyage data recorders (VDR) and simplified

voyage data recorders (S-VDR)
MSC.1/Circ.1221
11 December 2006
Validity of type approval certification for marine products
MSC.1/Circ.1220
12 December 2006
Voluntary structural guidelines for new ships carrying liquids in bulk containing
benzene
MSC.1/Circ.1219
15 December 2006
Interim LRIT technical specifications and other matters
MSC.1/Circ.1218
15 December 2006
Guidance on exchange of medical information between telemedical assistance

services (TMAS) involved in international SAR operations
MSC.1/Circ.1217
14 December 2006
Interim guidance on voluntary self-assessment by companies and company

security officers (CSOs) for ship security
MSC.1/Circ.1216
26 February 2007
Revised recommendations on the safe transport of dangerous cargoes and

related activities in port areas
This circular revokes the aforementioned MSC/Circ.675.
MSC.1/Circ.1215
15 December 2006
Early implementation of amendments to SOLAS Chapter III and the

international life-saving appliance (LSA) Code
MSC.1/Circ.1214
15 December 2006
Performance standards for the systems and services to remain operational on

passenger ships for safe return to port and orderly evacuation and abandonment
after a casualty
MSC.1/Circ.1213
15 December 2006
Interpretation and application of the IGC Code

for ships carrying liquefied carbon dioxide in bulk
MSC.1/Circ.1212
15 December 2006
Guidelines on alternative design and arrangements

for SOLAS Chapters II-1 and III
MSC.1/Circ.1211
25 May 2006
Unified interpretations to SOLAS Regulation II-1/10 and Regulation 12 of the

revised SOLAS chapter II-1 regarding bow doors and the extension of the
collision bulkhead
MSC.1/Circ.1210
11 July 2006
COSPAS-SARSAT International 406 Mhz Beacon Registration Database
MSC.1/Circ.1209
22 May 2006
Information on simulators available for use in maritime training
MSC.1/Circ.1208
22 May 2006
Promoting and verifying continued familiarization of GMDSS operators on

board ships
MSC.1/Circ.1207
26 May 2006
Early implementation of draft SOLAS Regulation III/19.3.3.4
MSC.1/Circ.1206/Rev.1 Measures to prevent accidents with lifeboats

11 June 2009
This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.1049, MSC/Circ.1093, MSC/Circ.1136,
23
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1137 and MSC.1/Circ.1206.

MSC.1/Circ.1206
26 May 2006
Measures to prevent accidents with lifeboats

This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.1049, MSC/Circ.1093, MSC/Circ.1136 and
MSC/Circ.1137.
MSC.1/Circ.1205
26 May 2006
Guidelines for developing operation and maintenance

manuals for lifeboat systems
MSC.1/Circ.1204
26 May 2006
Early application of amendment to SOLAS chapter II-2
MSC.1/Circ.1203
26 May 2006
Unified interpretations of SOLAS chapter II-2 and fire test procedures referred
to in the FTP code
MSC.1/Circ.1202
14 June 2006
Inspection programmes for cargo transport units (CTUS)

carrying dangerous goods
MSC.1/Circ.1201
5 June 2006
Carriage of dangerous goods the international maritime dangerous goods

(IMDG) Code
MSC.1/Circ.1200
24 May 2006
Interim guidelines for alternative assessment of the weather criterion
MSC.1/Circ.1199
31 May 2006
Interim guidance on compliance of ships carrying dry cargoes in bulk with

requirements of SOLAS Chapters II-1, III, IX, XI-1 and XII
MSC.1/Circ.1198
2 June 2006
Application of SOLAS regulation XII/6.3 on corrosion prevention

of dedicated seawater ballast tanks in all types of ships and double-side skin
spaces of bulk carriers and application of the performance standard for
protective coatings for dedicated seawater ballast tanks in all types of ships and
double-side skin spaces of bulk carriers
MSC.1/Circ.1197
6 June 2006
Amendments to the unified interpretations to SOLAS Chapters II-1

and XII approved by MSC/Circ.1176
MSC.1/Circ.1196
6 June 2006
Means of embarkation on and disembarkation from ships
MSC.1/Circ.1195
2 June 2006
Guidelines for the conduct of high-speed craft model tests

This circular supersedes the Interim Guidelines for the conduct of high-speed
craft model tests (MSC/Circ.1029).
MSC.1/Circ.1194
30 May 2006
Effective implementation of SOLAS chapter xi-2 and the ISPS code
MSC.1/Circ.1193
30 May 2006
Guidance on voluntary self-assessment by administrations and for ship security
MSC.1/Circ.1192
30 May 2006
Guidance on voluntary self-assessment by SOLAS contracting governments and

by port facilities
24
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1131 on Interim Guidance on voluntary self-assessment by SOLAS

Contracting Governments and by port facilities is revoked as from the date of
issue of the present circular.
MSC.1/Circ.1191
30 May 2006
Further reminder of the obligation to notify flag states when exercising control
and compliance measures
MSC/Circ.1133 on Reminder of the obligation to notify flag States when
exercising control and compliance measures is revoked as from the date of issue
of the present circular.
MSC.1/Circ.1190
30 May 2006
Guidance on the provision of information for identifying ships when

transmitting ship security alerts
MSC.1/Circ.1189
30 May 2006
Interim scheme for the compliance of special purpose ships

with the special measures to enhance maritime security
MSC.1/Circ.1188
22 May 2006
Guidelines on training and certification for port facility security officers
MSC.1/Circ.1187
23 May 2006
Interim operational recommendations for passenger ships with cabin balconies
MSC.1/Circ.1186
1 June 2006
Guidelines on the training of sar service personnel working in major incidents
MSC.1/Circ.1185/Rev.1 Guide for cold water survival

30 November 2012
This circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1185.
MSC.1/Circ.1185
31 May 2006
Guide for cold water survival
MSC.1/Circ.1184
31 May 2006
Enhanced contingency planning guidance for passenger ships operating in areas

remote from SAR facilities
MSC.1/Circ.1183
31 May 2006
Guidelines on the provision of external support as an aid to incident

containment for SAR authorities and others concerned
MSC.1/Circ.1182
31 May 2006
Guide to recovery techniques
MSC/Circ.1181
11 July 2006
Adoption of Amendments to The International

Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual
MSC/Circ.1180
MEPC/Circ.474
25 August 2005
Amendments to the guidelines for formal safety assessment (FSA)

for use in the IMO rule-making process (MSC/Circ.1023 - MEPC/Circ.392)
MSC/Circ.1179
24 May 2005
Deficiencies in Hydrographic Surveying and Nautical Charting Worldwide and

their impact on safety of navigation in and protection of the marine
environment
MSC/Circ.1178
25 May 2005
Unified interpretations of SOLAS regulations XII/4.2 and XII/5.2
25
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1177
25 May 2005
Unified Interpretation of the 2000 HSC Code
MSC/Circ.1176
25 May 2005
Unified interpretations to SOLAS Chapters II-1 and XII and to

the technical provisions for means of access for inspections
MSC/Circ.1175
24 May 2005
Guidance on shipboard towing and mooring equipment
MSC/Circ.1174
20 May 2005
Basic safety guidance for oceanic voyages by non-regulated craft
MSC/Circ.1173
23 May 2005
Adoption of Amendments to the International Aeronautical and Maritime

Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual
MSC/Circ.1172
23 May 2005
Identification of Passenger Ships, other than R-Ro Passenger ships, which

should benefit from being equipped with the emergency medical kit//bag
(EMK)
MSC/Circ.1171
23 May 2005
Closure of INMARSAT-E Services by INMARSAT Ltd
MSC/Circ.1170
15 June 2005
Application of SOLAS regulation II-2/15 for lubricating oil and other

flammable oil arrangements for ships built before 1 July 1998
MSC/Circ.1169
1 June 2005
Unified interpretations of SOLAS Chapter II-2
MSC/Circ.1168
1 June 2005
Interim guidelines for the testing, approval and maintenance of evacuation

guidance systems used as an alternative to low-location lighting systems
MSC/Circ.1167
1 June 2005
Functional requirements and performance standards for the assessment of

evacuation guidance systems
MSC/Circ.1166
27 June 2005
Guidelines for a simplified evacuation analysis for high-speed passenger craft

MSC/Circ.1165
10 June 2005
Revised guidelines for the approval of equivalent water-based

fire-extinguishing systems for machinery spaces and cargo pump-rooms
MSC/Circ.1164
20 May 2005
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and

Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978, as amended
MSC/Circ.1163
20 May 2005
International convention on standards of training, certification and

watchkeeping for seafarers (STCW), 1978, as amended
MSC/Circ.1162
20 May 2005
General principles and recommendations for knowledge, skills and training for
officers on wing-in-ground (WIG) craft operating in both displacement and
ground effect modes
MSC/Circ.1161
20 May 2005
Guidance on Training Fast Rescue Boats launch and recovery teams and boat
crews
26
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1160
16 May 2005
Manual on loading and unloading of solid bulk cargoes for terminal

representatives
MSC/Circ.1159
24 May 2005
Guidelines on the provision of stability-related information for bulk carriers
MSC/Circ.1158
24 May 2005
Unified Interpretation of SOLAS Chapter II-1
MSC/Circ.1157
23 May 2005
Interim Scheme for the Compliance of Certain Cargo Ships with the special
measures to enhance Maritime Security
MSC/Circ.1156
23 May 2005
Guidance on the Access of Public Authorities, Emergency Response services

and pilots on board ships to which SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code
apply
MSC/Circ.1155
23 May 2005
Guidance on the message priority and the testing of ship security alert systems
MSC/Circ.1154
23 May 2005
Guidelines on Training and Certification for Company Security Officers
MSC/Circ.1153
31 December 2004
National Contact Points for Safety and Pollution Prevention
MSC/Circ.1152
15 December 2004
Helicopter facilities on board ships - amendments to Annex 14 (Aerodromes),

Volume II (Heliports), to the convention on International Civil Aviation
MSC/Circ.1151
17 December 2004
Revised list of certificates and documents required to be carried on board ships
MSC/Circ.1150
23 January 2005
Provision of information on the implementation of codes, recommendations

guidelines and other non-mandatory instruments
MSC/Circ.1149
15 December 2004
Accidents involving bulk cargoes not specifically listed in the Code of Safe
Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes (BC Code)
MSC/Circ.1148
15 December 2004
Carriage of dangerous goods

(Issuing and renewal of document of compliance with the special requirements
applicable to ships carrying dangerous goods)
MSC/Circ.1147
15 December 2004
Questionnaire on inspections of containers/vehicles carrying packaged

dangerous goods
MSC/Circ.1146
15 December 2004
Lists of solid bulk cargoes for which a fixed gas fire-extinguishing system may
be exempted or for which a fixed gas fire-extinguishing system is ineffective
MSC/Circ.1145
13 December 2004
Precautionary advice to masters when undertaking ballast water exchange

operations
MSC/Circ.1144
Additional guidance for the uniform application of rule 1(e) of the International
27
Circ. No.
Title
13 December 2004
Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, as amended
MSC/Circ.1143
13 December 2004
Guidelines on early assessment of hull damage and possible need for

abandonment of bulk carriers
MSC/Circ.1142
20 December 2004
Marking the ships plans, manuals and other documents with the IMO Ship
Identification Number
MSC/Circ.1141
21 December 2004
Unified interpretation of the term first survey referred to in SOLAS

Regulations II-2/1.2.2.2, V/19.1.2.2, V/19.2.4.2.2 and V/20.1.2
MSC/Circ.1140
20 December 2004
Transfer of ships between states
MSC/Circ.1139
15 December 2004
Conditions applicable to propulsion control automation systems of ships built

after 1 July 1986, but before 1 July 2004 (SOLAS Regulation II-1/31)
MSC/Circ.1138
16 December 2004
Interpretation to the guidelines for design, construction and operation of

passenger submersible craft
MSC/Circ.1137
15 December 2004
Guidelines for simulated launching of free-fall lifeboats
MSC/Circ.1136
15 December 2004
Guidance on Safety During Abandon Ship Drills using Lifeboats
MSC/Circ.1135
15 December 2004
As-built construction drawings to be maintained on board the ship and ashore
MSC/Circ.1134
10 December 2004

MSC/Circ.1133
14 December 2004
Reminder of the obligation to notify flag states when exercising control and
compliance measures
MSC/Circ.1132
14 December 2004
Guidance relating to the implementation of SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the ISPS
Code
MSC/Circ.1131
14 December 2004
Interim guidance on voluntary self-assessment by SOLAS contracting

governments and by port facilities
MSC/Circ.1130
14 December 2004
Guidance to masters, companies and duly authorized officers on the

requirements relating to the submission of security-related information prior to
the entry of a ship into port
MSC/Circ.1129
15 December 2004
Guidance on the establishment of medical and sanitation related programmes

for passenger ships
MSC/Circ.1128
13 December 2004
List of products that have been omitted from either Chapter 17 or 18 of the IBC
Code due to missing safety data, pollution data or both
MSC/Circ.1127
15 December 2004
Early Implementation of Amendment to SOLAS Regulation III/19.3.3.3

adopted by Resolution MSC.152(78)
28
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1126
6 January 2005
Amendments to the Interim Guidelines for Wing-in-Ground (WIG) Craft
MSC/Circ.1125
6 January 2005
Amendments to the Guidelines for the Design, Construction and Operation of

Passenger Submersible Craft
MSC/Circ.1124
28 July 2004
Adoption of Amendments to the International Aeronautical and Maritime

Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual
MSC/Circ.1123
26 May 2004
Guidelines on annual testing of L-band satellite EPIRBs
MSC/Circ.1122
24 May 2004
Adoption of the revised Navtex manual
MSC/Circ.1121
20 May 2004

(Parties to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification
and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978, as amended, confirmed by the
Maritime Safety Committee to have communicated information which
demonstrates that full and complete effect is given to the relevant provisions
of the Convention)
MSC/Circ.1120
2 June 2004
Unified interpretations of SOLAS Chapter II-2, the FSS Code, the FTP Code
and related Fire Test Procedures
MSC/Circ.1119
10 June 1004
Ship/terminal interface improvement for bulk carriers
MSC/Circ.1118
27 May 2004
Implementation of SOLAS Regulation V/9 Hydrographic Services
MSC/Circ.1117
24 June 2004
Guidance for checking the structure of bulk carriers
MSC/Circ.1116
2 June 2004
Unified interpretations of the IBC and IGC Codes
MSC/Circ.1115
25 May 2004
Prevention of accidents in high free-fall launching of lifeboats
MSC/Circ.1114
25 May 2004
Guidelines for periodic testing of immersion suit and anti-exposure suit seams
and closures
MSC/Circ.1113
7 June 2004
Guidance to port state control officers on the non-security related elements of

the 2002 SOLAS amendments
MSC/Circ.1112
7 June 2004
Shore leave and access to ships under the ISPS Code
MSC/Circ.1111
7 June 2004
Code
29
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1110
7 June 2004
Matters related to SOLAS Regulations XI-2/6 and XI-2/7
MSC/Circ.1109/Rev.1 False security alerts and distress/security double alerts

14 December 2004
MSC/Circ.1109
7 June 2004
False security alerts and distress/security double alerts
MSC/Circ.1108
25 May 2004
Guidelines for assessing the longitudinal strength of bulk carriers during

loading, unloading and ballast water exchange
MSC/Circ.1107
25 May 2004
Application of SOLAS Regulation II-1/3-6 on access to and within spaces in,

and forward of, the cargo area of oil tankers and bulk carriers and application of
the technical provisions for means of access for inspections
MSC/Circ.1106
29 March 2004
Implementation of SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code to port facilities
MSC/Circ.1105
25 February 2004
Guidance on responsibility and liability issues related to the use of the

emergency medical kit/bag and evaluation of its use in emergency incidents
MSC/Circ.1104
15 January 2004
Implementation of SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code
MSC/Circ.1103
MEPC.6/Circ.9
31 December 2003
MSC/Circ.1102
15 September 2003
Interpretations of the 2000 HSC Code and SOLAS Chapter X
MSC/Circ.1101
MEPC/Circ.409
FAL/Circ.100
8 September 2003
Ship/Port Interface. Availability of tug assistance
MSC/Circ.1100/
MEPC/Circ.407
27 August 2003
Recommendation for the use of a Standard Format for the Cargo Information
Required by Chapter 16 of the IBC Code
MSC/Circ.1099/
MEPC/Circ.405
2 September 2003
Guidelines of the Organization and Method of Work of the Maritime Safety

Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee and their
subsidiary bodies, as amended
MSC/Circ.1098/
FAL/Circ.99
23 June 2003
Ship/Port Interface
Development of Guidelines on minimum training and education for shore-side
mooring personnel
MSC/Circ.1097
6 June 2003
Code
30
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1096
June 2003
Guidelines on the prevention and management of severe acute respiratory 16

syndrome (SARS)
MSC/Circ.1095
18 June 2003
Revised Minimum Safety Standards for Ships Carrying Liquids in Bulk

Containing Benzene
MSC/Circ.1094
17 June 2003
Application of SOLAS regulation III/26 concerning fast rescue boat systems on

ro-ro passenger ships
MSC/Circ.1093
June 2003
Guidelines for periodic servicing and maintenance of lifeboats, launching 17

appliances and on-load release gear
MSC/Circ.1092
5 June 2003

MSC/Circ.1091
6 June 2003
Issues to be considered when introducing new technology on board ship
MSC/Circ.1090
6 June 2003
Guidance for administrations, companies, masters and manning agents in

detecting and preventing unlawful practices
MSC/Circ.1089
6 June 2003
Guidance on recommended anti-fraud measures and forgery prevention features

for seafarers certificates
MSC/Circ.1088
June 2003
Questionnaire on national database standards, recorded systems and anti-fraud 6

measures
MSC/Circ.1087
18 June 1003
Guidelines for partially weathertight watchway covers on board containerships
MSC/Circ.1086
18 June 2003
Code of Practice for atmospheric oil mist detectors
MSC/Circ.1085
13 June 2003
Use of Smoke Helmet-type Breathing Apparatus
MSC/Circ.1084
13 June 2003
Principles for hot work on board all types of ships
MSC/Circ.1083
13 June 2003
Unified interpretation of SOLAS regulation II-2/15.2.11, in force before

1 July 2002
MSC/Circ.1082
13 June 2003
Unified interpretations of the guidelines for the approval of fixed water-based

local application fire-fighting systems (MSC/Circ.913)
MSC/Circ.1081
13 June 2003
Unified interpretation of the revised SOLAS Chapter II-2
MSC/Circ.1080
6 June 2003
Adoption of amendments to the international aeronautical and maritime search

and rescue (IAMSAR) manual
MSC/Circ.1079
10 July 2003
Guidelines for Preparing Plans for Co-operation between search and rescue
services and passenger ships
31
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1078
6 June 2003
Guidelines to Administrations on Reporting False Alerts
MSC/Circ.1077
6 June 2003
Procedure for evaluation and possible recognition of mobile-satellite systems

notified for use in the GMDSS
MSC/Circ.1076
6 June 2003
Future withdrawal of INMARSAT-A services by INMARSAT Ltd
MSC/Circ.1075
May 2003
Granting Exemptions from the Provisions of the International Maritime

Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code
MSC/Circ.1074
10 June 2003
Measures to Enhance Maritime Security

Interim guidelines for the authorization of recognized security organizations
acting on behalf of the administration and/or designated authority of a
contracting government
MSC/Circ.1073
10 June 2003
Measures to Enhance Maritime Security
MSC/Circ.1072
26 June 2003
Guidance on Provision of Ship Security Alert Systems
MSC/Circ.1071
13 June 2003
Guidelines for Bulk Carrier Hatch Cover Surveys and Owners Inspections and
Maintenance
MSC/Circ.1070
12 June 2003
Ship Design, Construction, repair and maintenance
MSC/Circ.1069
12 June 2003
Interpretation of SOLAS Regulation XII/13
MSC/Circ.1068
6 May 2003
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
MSC/Circ.1067
28 February 2003
Early Implementation of the Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Security
MSC/Circ.1066
13 December 2002

Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STC3), 1978, as amended
MSC/Circ.1065
13 December 2002
IALA Standards for Training and Certification of vessel traffic service (VTS)
personnel
MSC/Circ.1064/Add.1 Amendments to the International Safetynet Manual

6 June 2003
MSC/Circ.1064
17 December 2002
Amendments to the International Safetynet Manual
MSC/Circ.1063
19 December 2002
Participation of Ships in Weather Routeing Services
32
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1062
16 December 2002
Maintenance and Administration of AIS Binary Messages
MSC/Circ.1061
6 January 2003
Guidance for the Operational use of Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS)
MSC/Circ.1060
6 January 2003
Guidance note on the Preparation of Proposals on Ships Routeing Systems and

Ship Reporting Systems for Submission to the Sub-Committee on Safety of
Navigation
MSC/Circ.1059
16 December 2002
Procedures Concerning Observed ISM Code Major non-conformities
MSC/Circ.1058
16 December 2002
Interim Guidelines to Assist Flag States and other Substantially Interested

States to Establish and Maintain an Effective Framework for Consultation and
Co-operation in Marine Casualty Investigations
MSC/Circ.1057
23 December 2002
Proposed Amendments to Update the DSC Code and the 1994 HSC Code
MSC/Circ.1056
23 December 2002
Guidelines for Ships Operating in Arctic ice-covered Waters
MSC/Circ.1055
23 December 2003
Guidelines on the Sampling Method of Thickness measurements for

longitudinal strength evaluation and repair methods in accordance with annex
12 to annex B to Resolution A.744(18), as amended
MSC/Circ.1054
16 December 2002
Interim Guidelines for Wing-in-ground (WIG) Craft
MSC/Circ.1053
16 December 2002
Explanatory Notes to the Standards for Ship Manoeuvrability
MSC/Circ.1052
31 December 2002
MSC/Circ.1051
19 July 2002
Interim Application of Paragraphs 4.6.1.1, 4.6.2.2 and 15.7 of the Survey

Guidelines under the Harmonised System of Survey and Certification (Resolution
A.746(18)
MSC/Circ.1050
28 May 2002
Shipboard plans for fire protection appliances, life-saving appliances and means
of escape
MSC/Circ.1049
18 May 2002
Accidents with lifeboats
MSC/Circ.1048
28 May 2002
Performance standards and performance tests for manually powered reverse

osmosis desalinators
MSC/Circ.1047
28 May 2002
Guidelines for monthly shipboard inspection of immersion suits and antiexposure suits by ships crews
33
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1046
28 May 2002
Guidelines for the assessment of thermal protection
MSC/Circ.1045
28 May 2002
Guidelines for maintenance and monitoring of on-board materials containing

asbestos
MSC/Circ.1044
5 June 2002
Adoption of Amendments to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search

and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual
MSC/Circ.1043
31 May 2002
Guidance on ships daily reporting of their positions to their companies
MSC/Circ.1042
28 May 2002
List of contents of the Emergency Medical Kit/Bag and medical consideration

for its use on Ro-Ro passenger ships not normally carrying a medical doctor
MSC/Circ.1041
28 May 2002
Guidelines for ship operators and search and rescue (SAR) services on minimum
requirements for SAR data providers holding SAR co-operation plans in
accordance with SOLAS Regulation V/7.3 and MSC/Circ.1000 and the provision
of up-to-date plans at all times
MSC/Circ.1040
28 May 2002
Guidelines on Annual Testing of 406 Mhz Satellite EPIRBs
MSC/Circ.1039
28 May 2002
Guidelines for shore-based maintenance of satellite EPIRBs
MSC/Circ.1038
28 May 2002
Guidelines for General Radiocommunications
MSC/Circ.1037
28 May 2002
Unified interpretations of the revised SOLAS Chapter II-2
MSC/Circ.1036
28 May 2002
Unified Interpretations of the International Code for Application of Fire Test

Procedures (FTP Code) and Fire test Procedures Referred to in the Code
MSC/Circ.1035
28 May 2002
Guidelines for the use and installation of detectors equivalent to smoke detectors
MSC/Circ.1034
28 May 2002
Guidelines for smoke control and ventilation systems for internal assembly
stations and atriums on new passenger ships
MSC/Circ.1033
6 June 2002
Interim Guidelines for Evacuation Analyses for new and existing passenger ships
MSC/Circ.1032
23 May 2002
International Convention of Standards of Training, Certification and

Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCS), 1978, as amended
MSC/Circ.1031
23 May 2002
International convention on standards of training, certification and watchkeeping

for seafarers (STCW), 1978, as amended
MSC/Circ.1030
29 May 2002
International convention on standards of training, certification and watchkeeping

for seafarers (STCW), 1978, as amended
34
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1029
20 June 2002
Interim Guidelines for the conduct of high-speed craft model tests
MSC/Circ.1028
20 June 2002
Application of the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 and the 1988
Protocol Relating thereto, to high-speed craft
MSC/Circ.1027
6 June 2002
Carriage of Dangerous Goods
MSC/Circ.1026
27 May 2002
Amendments to the code of safe practice for cargo stowage and securing (CSS
Code)
MSC/Circ.1025
17 July 2002
Carriage of Dangerous goods, International maritime dangerous goods (IMDG)

Code
MSC/Circ.1024
29 May 2002
Guidelines on voyage data recorder (VDR) ownership and recovery
MSC/Circ.1023
5 April 2002
Guidelines for Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) for use in the IMO Rule-Making
Process
MSC/Circ.1022
16 May 2002
Guidance on the use of Human Element Analysing Process (HEAP) and Formal
Safety Assessment (FSA) in the IMO Rule Making Process
MSC/Circ.1021
20 May 2004

MSC/Circ.1020
3 January 2002
Implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code by 1 July

2002.
MSC/Circ.1019
1 December 2001
MSC/Circ.1018
19 November 2001

(Parties to the International Convention on Standards of
STCW, 1978, as amended, confirmed by the MSC to
have communicated information which demonstrates
that full and complete effect is given to the relevant
provisions of the Convention)
MSC/Circ.1017
11.06.01
Participation in the World Meteorological Organization

Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS) Scheme
MSC/Circ.1016
26.06.01
Application of SOLAS regulation III/26 concerning

fast rescue boats and means of rescue systems on
ro-ro passenger ships
MSC/Circ.1015
12.06.01
Reporting near misses
MSC/Circ.1014
12.06.01
Guidance on fatigue mitigation and management
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Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.1013
23.07.01
Interim application of paragraphs 4.6.1.1,

4.6.2.2 and 15.7 of the Survey Guidelines
under the Harmonized System of Survey and
Certification (resolution A.746(18))
MSC/Circ.1012
MEPC/Circ.384
26.06.01
Endorsement of certificates with the date of

completion of the survey on which they are based
MSC/Circ.1011
MEPC/Circ.383
26.06.01
Measures to improve port State control

procedures
MSC/Circ.1010
MEPC/Circ.382
10.07.01
Communication of information on authorization

of recognized organizations (ROs)
MSC/Circ.1009
8.06.01
Amendments to the Revised Standards for the design,

testing and locating of devices to prevent the passage
of flame into cargo tanks in tankers (MSC/Circ.677)
MSC/Circ.1008
8.06.01
Revisions to interpretations of the International

Code for Application of Fire Test Procedures
(FTP Code) and fire test procedures referred to in the
Code (MSC/Circ.916)
MSC/Circ.1007
26.06.01
Guidelines for the approval of fixed aerosol fireextinguishing systems equivalent to fixed gas
fire-extinguishing systems, as referred to in
SOLAS 74, for machinery spaces
MSC/Circ.1006
18.06.01
Guidelines on fire test procedures for acceptance of

fire-retardant materials for the construction of lifeboats
MSC/Circ.1005
8.06.01
Unified interpretations of vague expressions and other

vague wording of SOLAS chapter II-2
MSC/Circ.1004
14.06.01
Unified interpretations of the International Code for

Application of Fire Test Procedures (FTP Code) and
fire test procedures referred to in the Code
MSC/Circ.1003
8.06.01
Guidelines on a simplified calculation for the total

amount of combustible materials per unit area in
accommodation and service spaces
MSC/Circ1002
26.06.01
Guidelines on alternative design and arrangements

for fire safety
MSC/Circ.1001
26.06.01
Interim Guidelines for a simplified evaluation analysis of high-speed passenger

craft
MSC/Circ.1000
Guidelines for the preparation of plans for co-operation between search and rescue
36
Circ. No.
Title
11.06.01
services and passenger ships
MSC/Circ.999
11.06.01
Amendments to the IAMSAR Manual
MSC/Circ.998
25.07.01
IACS Unified Interpretation regarding timber deck cargo in the context of damage
stability requirements
MSC/Circ.997
11.06.01
Guidance on preparation and review of independent evaluations required by

STCW regulation I/8 and section A-I/7 of the STCW Code
MSC/Circ.996
8.06.01
Parties to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification

and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978, as amended, confirmed by the
Maritime Safety Committee to have communicated information which
demonstrates that full and complete effect is given to the relevant provisions of
the Convention
MSC/Circ.995
11.06.01
Advice on the dangers of flooding of forward compartments
MSC/Circ.994
1 May 2001
The Beneficial Impact of the ISM Code and its Role as an Indicator of Safe
Operation and Environmental Protection
MSC/Circ.993
31.03.01
Reports of piracy and armed robbery against ships First quarterly report
(January to March 2001)
MSC/Circ.992
31.03.01
Reports of piracy and armed robbery against

ships Issued monthly Acts reported during
March 2001
MSC/Circ.991
31.03.01

ships Annual report 2000
MSC/Circ.990
28.02.01

February 2001
MSC/Circ.989
31.01.01

robbery against ships Acts reported during
January 2001
MSC/Circ.988
15.01.01
Registration of research and development

projects Summary table of projects (10)
MSC/Circ.987
20.12.00
Transport of Dangerous Good Code International Maritime Dangerous Goods

Code (IMDG Code) Amendment No.3-2000
(Amendment 30-00)
MSC/Circ.986
01.01.01
Reports on acts of piracy and armed robbery

against ships Fourth quarterly report
(October to December 2000)
37
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.985
31.12.00

against ships Issued monthly Acts reported
during December 2000
MSC/Circ.984
20.12.00
Draft code of practice for the investigation

of the crimes of piracy and armed robbery
against ships
MSC/Circ.983
20.12.00
Amendments to the International Code of Signals
MSC/Circ.982
20 December 2000
Guidelines on Ergonomic Criteria for Bridge Equipment and Layout
MSC/Circ.981
29.01.01
Guidelines for the design, construction and operation of passenger submersible

craft
MSC/Circ.980/Add.2 Standardized life-saving appliance evaluation and test report forms

13.02.01
MSC/Circ.980/Add.1 Standardized life-saving appliance evaluation and test report forms
13.02.01
MSC/Circ.980
13.02.01
Standardized life-saving appliance evaluation and test report forms
MSC/Circ.979
8.12.00
International Convention on Standard of

Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
for Seafarers (STCW), 1978, as amended
MSC/Circ.978
6.12.00
International Convention on Standard of

Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
for Seafarers (STCW), 1978, as amended
MSC/Circ.977
30.11.00

against ships Issued monthly Acts reported
during November 2000
MSC/Circ.976
31.10.00

Against ships Acts reported during October 2000
MSC/Circ.975
01.10.00

Against ships Third quarterly report
(July to September 2000)
MSC/Circ.974
30.09.00

Against ships Issued monthly
Acts reported during September 2000
MSC/Circ.973
31.08.00

Acts reported during August 2000
38
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.972
31.07.00

Acts reported during July 2000
MSC/Circ.971
MEPC.6/Circ.6
1.12.00
National contact points for safety and pollution

prevention
MSC/Circ.970
1.7.2000

Against ships Second quarterly report
(April to June 2000)
MSC/Circ.969
31 May 1998
Reports on Acts of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships
MSC/Circ.968
31.05.2000
Piracy and armed robbery against ships

Issued monthly Acts reported during May 2000
MSC/Circ.967
6.6.2000

Directive for Maritime Rescue Co-ordination
Centres (MRCCs)
MSC/Circ.966
30.6.2000
IACS unified interpretation of prototype test
MSC/Circ.965
2.6.2000
Unified interpretations of vague expressions

and other vague wording of SOLAS chapter II-2
MSC/Circ.964
26.5.2000
Interpretations of the international code for

the application of fire test procedures (FTP
code) and fire test procedures referred to
in the code
MSC/Circ.963
1.6.2000
Transport of calcium hypochlorite
MSC/Circ.962
1.6.2000
Amendments to the code of safe practice for

solid bulk cargoes (BC Code)
MSC/Circ.961
9.6.2000
Transport of dangerous goods International

maritime dangerous goods code (IMDG Code) Andment No.30-2000 (Amendt. 30-00)
MSC/Circ.960
20.6.2000
Medical assistance at sea
MSC/Circ.959
20.6.2000
Interim procedures for MRCCs on receipt

of distress alerts
MSC/Circ.958
26.06.2000
Amendments to the Navtex manual
MSC/Circ.957
Amendments to resolution A.706(17)
39
Circ. No.
Title
26.6.2000
Worldwide navigational warning service
MSC/Circ.956
23.6.2000
Guidelines for unscheduled inspections of ro-ro

passenger ships by flag states
MSC/Circ.955
23.6.2000
Servicing of life-saving appliances and radiocommunication equipment under the harmonized

system of survey and certification (HSSC)
MSC/Circ.954
23.6.2000
Self-assessment of flag state performance:

Criteria and performance indicators
MSC/Circ.953
14.12.00
Reports on marine casualties and incidents

Revised harmonized reporting procedures
Reports required under SOLAS regulation I/21
and MARPOL 73/78 articles 8 and 12
MSC/Circ.952
30.5.2000
IALA standards for training and

certification of vessel traffic service
(VTS) personnel
MSC/Circ.951
2.6.2000
International convention on standards of

training, certification and watchkeeping
for fishing vessel personnel (STCW-F),
1995
MSC/Circ.950
20.5.2000
Guidance on arrangements between parties

to allow for recognition of certificates
under STCW regulation I/10
MSC/Circ.949
30.5.2000
MSC Circulars superseded by the 1995

amendments to the 1978 STCW convention
MSC/Circ.948
26.5.2000
Preparation of reports pursuant to STCW

regulation I/7, paragraph 2
MSC/Circ.947
01.06.2000
Safe loading and unloading of bulk carriers Ship/terminal interface (Requirements for
Terminal operators)
MSC/Circ.946
FAL/Circ.90
MEPC/Circ.368
03.07.2000
Revised List of Certificates and Documents Required to be Carried on Board

Ships
MSC/Circ.945
30.4.2000
Reports on acts of piracy and armed

robbery against ships Issued monthly Acts reported during April 2000
MSC/Circ.944
01.4.2000

robbery against ships First quarterly report
(January to March 2000)
40
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.943
31.3.2000

robbery against ships Issued monthly Acts reported during March 2000
MSC/Circ.942
17.3.2000

robbery against ships Annual report
1999
MSC/Circ.941
29.02.2000
Reports on acts of piracy and armed robbery against

February 2000
MSC/Circ.940
31.01.2000

Ships - Issued monthly Acts reported during
January 2000
MSC/Circ.939
01.01.2000

Ships Fourth quarterly report (October to December
1999)
MSC/Circ.938
31.12.99

December 1999
MSC/Circ.937
25 01.99

December 1999
MSC/Circ.936
31.10.99

Ships Issued monthly Acts reported during
October 1999
MSC/Circ.934
30.9.99

Ships Issued monthly Acts reported during
September 1999
MSC/Circ.933
31.8.99

Ships Issued monthly Acts reported during August
1999
MSC/Circ.932
25.01.2000
Registration of research and development projects
MSC/Circ.930
26.7.99
Guidelines on methods for making reference to IMO

and other instruments in IMO Conventions and other
mandatory instruments
MSC/Circ.931
10.9.99
Guidelines on the organization and method of work of the

Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment
Protection Committee and their subsidiary bodies
MSC/Circ.929
26.07.99
Application of cargo-tank venting

requirements to combined chemical/oil
41
Circ. No.
Title
tankers Interpretation of paragraph 8.1.5

of the IBC Code and part E of chapter II
of the BCH Code
MSC/Circ.928
31.7.99

ships
MSC/Circ.927
MEPC/Circ.359
21.7.99
Documents of compliance issued under the provisions

of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code
MSC/Circ.926
MEPC.6/Circ.5
1.11.99
National Contact Points for Safety and Pollution

Prevention
MSC/Circ.925
30.6.99

against ships
MSC/Circ.924
5.7.99

against ships
MSC/Circ.923
31.5.99

against ships
MSC/Circ.922
4.6.99
Recommendations on performance standards and

tests for thermal protective lifejackets (TP-Lifejackets)
MSC/Circ.921
4.6.99
Amendments to the BC Code
MSC/Circ.920
15.6.99
Model loading and stability manual
MSC/Circ.919
15.6.99
Guidelines for damage control plans
MSC/Circ.918
4.6.99
Guidance for port State control officers in

respect certificates of competency issued under
the provisions of the STCW Convention
MSC/Circ.917
4.6.99
Guidelines on fire safety construction in

accommodation areas
MSC/Circ.916
4.6.99
Interpretations of the international code for

the application of fire test procedures (FTP Code)
and fire test procedures referred to in the Code
MSC/Circ.915
4.6.99
Unified interpretations of vague expressions and other

vague wording of SOLAS chapter II-2
MSC/Circ.914
4 6.99
Guidelines for the approval of alternative fixed water-based

fire-fighting systems for special category spaces
42
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.913
4.6.99
Guidelines for the approval of fixed water-based local

application fire-fighting systems for use in category "A"
machinery spaces
MSC/Circ.912
4.6.99
Interpretations of standards for fixed sprinkler systems

for high-speed craft (Resolution MSC.44(65))
MSC/Circ.911/Add.1 Addendum to the Interpretations of fire protection-related provisions

05.07.00
of the HSC Code
MSC/Circ.911
4.6.99
Interpretations of fire protection-related provisions

of the HSC Code
MSC/Circ.910
3.6.99
Strength of ro-ro passenger ship "B" class bulkheads

to which handrails are attached
MSC/Circ.909
4 6.99
Interim guidelines for a simplified evacuation analysis

on ro-ro passenger ships
MSC/Circ.908
4.6.99
Uniform method of measurement of the density of

bulk cargoes
MSC/Circ.907
17.6.99
Application of SOLAS regulation III/28.02 concerning

helicopter landing areas on non ro-ro passenger ships
MSC/Circ.906
30.4.99

against ships
MSC/Circ.905
31.3.99

against ships
MSC/Circ.904
31.3.99

against ships
MSC/Circ.903
15.3.99

against ships
MSC/Circ.902
28.2.99

against ships
MSC/Circ.901
MSC/Circ.900
2.2.99
Fraudulent certificates of competency
MSC/Circ.899
31.1.99

against ships
MSC/Circ.898

against ships
MSC/Circ.897
31.12.98

against ships
43
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.896/Rev.1 Interim measures for combating unsafe practices

12.06.01
associated with the trafficking or transport of
migrants by sea
MSC/Circ.896
16.12.98
Interim measures for combating unsafe practices

associated with the trafficking or transport of
migrants by sea
MSC/Circ.895
4.2.99
Recommendation on helicopter landing areas

on ro-ro passenger ships
MSC/Circ.894
17.12.98
Addressing the year 2000 problem: Co-operation

within mandatory ship reporting systems
MSC/Circ.893
21.12.98
Navigational warnings concerning operations

endangering the safety of navigation
MSC/Circ.892
16.12.98
Alerting of search and rescue authorities
MSC/Circ.891
21.12.98
Guidelines for the on-board use and application

of computers
MSC/Circ.890
MEPC/Circ.354
18.12.98
Interim Guidelines for Port State Control related

to the ISM Code
MSC/Circ.889
17.12.98
Self-Assessment of Flag State Performance
MSC/Circ.888
21.12.98
Preventing falls at corrugated bulkheads in general

cargo ships
MSC/Circ.887
21.12.98
Interpretation of the term "other strategic points"

in SOLAS regulation III/50 and LSA Code section
VII/7.2
MSC/Circ.886
21.12.98
Recommendation on safety of personnel during

container securing operations
MSC/Circ.885
21.12.98
Testing and approval of position-indicating lights

for life-saving appliances under the international
life-saving appliances (LSA) Code
MSC/Circ.884
21.12.98
Guidelines for safe ocean towing
MSC/Circ.883
14.12.98
Maritime Safety and INMARSAT Ship Earth

Station Barring Procedures
MSC/Circ.882
14.12.98
Guidelines on annual testing of 406 MHz

Satellite EPIRBs
44
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.881
14.12.98
Implementation of the international safety management (ISM) Code by 1 July

2002
MSC/Circ.880
30.11.98
Reports on acts of Piracy and armed robbery

against ships
MSC/Circ.879
MEPC/Circ.348
19.11.98
Equivalency arrangements for the carriage of

styrene monomer
MSC/Circ.878/
MEPC/Circ.346
20.11.98
Interim guidelines for the application of human

element analysing process (HEAP) to the IMO
rule-making process
MSC/Circ.877
31.10.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.876
30.9.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.875
30.9.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.874
31.8.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.873
30.6.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.872
Not available
MSC/Circ.871
30.6.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.870
30.6.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.869
31.5.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.868
Addressing the year 2000 problem
MSC/Circ.867
Officer of the navigational watch acting as

the sole look-out
MSC/Circ.866
1.6.98
Guidelines for the application of safety standards

to pusher tug-barge combinations
MSC/Circ.865
30.6.98
Evaluation of information on safety and environment

aspects relating to control and management of ships'
ballast water
45
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.864
22.5.98
Guidelines for preparing plans for co-operation

between search and rescue services and passenger
ships on fixed routes (in accordance with SOLAS
regulation V/15(c))
MSC/Circ.863
22.5.98
Recommendation on prevention of harmful

interference to 406 MHz EPIRBs operating
with the COSPAS-SARSAT system
MSC/Circ.862
22.5.98
Clarification of certain requirements in IMO

performance standards for GMDSS equipment
MSC/Circ.861
22.5.98
Measures to reduce the number of false

distress alerts
MSC/Circ.860
22.5.98
Guidelines for the approval of offshore

containers handled in open sea
MSC/Circ.859
22.5.98
Inspection programmes for Cargo Transport

Units (CTUs) carrying dangerous goods
MSC/Circ.858
22.5.98
Documents of Compliance with the SOLAS

regulation II-2/54
MSC/Circ.857
11.6.98
Revised Medical first aid guide (MFAG)
MSC/Circ.856
11.6.98
Amendment 29 to the IMDG Code
MSC/Circ.855
12.6.98
Interpretation of the forward perpendicular for the

purpose of SOLAS regulation II-1/10
MSC/Circ.854
12.6.98
Guidelines for shipboard loading and stability

computer programs
MSC/Circ.853
22.5.98
Guidance on shipboard assessments of proficiency
MSC/Circ.852
9.11.98
Information on the availability of simulator training
MSC/Circ.851
1.6.98
Guidelines on engine-room oil fuel systems
MSC/Circ.850
8.6.98
Guidelines on maintenance and inspection of fire

protection systems and appliances
MSC/Circ.849
8.6.98
Guidelines on the performance, location, use and care

of emergency breathing devices (EEBDs)
MSC/Circ.848
8.6.98
Revised guidelines for the approval of equivalent fixed

gas fire-extinguishing systems, as referred to in
46
Circ. No.
Title
chapter II-2 of SOLAS 74, for machinery spaces

and cargo pump-rooms
MSC/Circ.847
12.6.98
Interpretations of vague expressions and other vague

wording in SOLAS chapter II-2
MSC/Circ.846
8.6.98
Guidelines on human element considerations for the

design and management of emergency escape
arrangements on passenger ships
MSC/Circ.845
Proposed amendments to the International Code for

the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying
Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code)
MSC/Circ.844
30.4.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.843
31.3.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.842
1.4.98

projects
MSC/Circ.841
31.3.98
Report on acts of piracy and armed robbery

against ships
MSC/Circ.840
13.3.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.839
28.2.98

against ships
MSC/Circ.838
MEPC 6/Circ.3
National contact points for safety and

pollution prevention
MSC/Circ.837
Not available
MSC/Circ.836
6.1.98
Recommendation on loading instruments
MSC/Circ.835
31.01.98
Reports on acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships. Issued monthly
MSC/Circ.834
9.1.98
Guidelines for engine-room layout, design and

arrangement
MSC/Circ.833
5.1.98

projects
MSC/Circ.832
5.1.98

against ships - Fourth quarterly report
47
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.831
Not available
MSC/Circ.830
30.11.97

against ships - Issued monthly
MSC/Circ.829
MEP/Circ.335
17.11.97
Interim guidelines for the application of formal safety

assessment (FSA) to the IMO rule-making process
MSC/Circ.828
MEPC/Circ.334
7.11.97
Implementation of the ISM Code and interim

documentation
MSC/Circ.827
MEPC/Circ.333
9.12.97
Reports on Marine Casualties and Incidents Harmonized reporting procedures - Reports required
under SOLAS regulation I/21 and MARPOL 73/78
articles 8 and 12
MSC/Circ.826
31.10.97

ships - Issued monthly
MSC/Circ.825
30.09.97

ships - Issued monthly
MSC/Circ.824
01.10.97
MSC/Circ.823
30.09.97

against ships - Issued monthly
MSC/Circ.822
29.08.97
Amendments to the MERSAR Manual
MSC/Circ.821
31.08.97

against ships
MSC/Circ.820
31.07.97

against ships
MSC/Circ.819
01.07.97
Registration of research and development project
MSC/Circ.818
30.06.97

against ships
MSC/Circ.817
30.06.97

against ships
MSC/Circ.816
MEPC/Circ.331
25/06.97
Guidelines on the organization and method of

work of the Maritime Safety Committee and
the Marine Environment Protection Committee
and their subsidiary bodies
48
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.815
13.11.98
List of IMO Safety-Related Requirements and Recommendations Applicable to all

Ships and Certain Types of Ships
MSC/Circ.814
21.07.97
IACS checklist for surveyors of ro-ro ships

(Shell and inner doors - guidelines for surveyors)
MSC/Circ.813
MEPC/Circ.330
23.06.97
The role of the human element - List of human

element common terms
MSC/Circ.812
16.06.97
Amendments to the guidelines for securing

arrangements for the transport of road vehicles
on ro-ro ships (resolution A.581(14)) and the code
of safe practice for cargo stowage and securing
(resolution A.714(17))
MSC/Circ.811
08.07.97
Identification of float-free arrangements for liferafts
MSC/Circ.810
30.06.97
Recommendation on means of rescue on ro-ro

passenger ships
MSC/Circ.809/Add.1 Addendum to the Recommendation for Canopied reversible liferafts,

17.06.99
automatically self-righting liferafts and fast rescue
boats, including testing, on ro-ro passenger ships
MSC/Circ.809
30.06.97
Recommendation for Canopied reversible liferafts,

automatically self-righting liferafts and fast rescue
boats, including testing, on ro-ro passenger ships
MSC/Circ.808
30.06.97
Recommendation on performance standards

for public address systems on passenger ships,
including cabling
MSC/Circ.807
30.06.97
Guidelines on riding repairs
MSC/Circ.806
30.06.97
Guidance on safety aspects of ballast water

exchange at sea
MSC/Circ.805
06.06.97
Guidance for the use of radio signals by ships under

attack or threat of attack from pirates or armed robbers
MSC/Circ.804
09.06.97
Impact of the year 2000 on software systems
MSC/Circ.803
09.06.97
Participation of non-SOLAS ships in the global maritime

distress and safety system (GMDSS)
MSC/Circ.802
Provision of preliminary information on serious and very
MSC/Circ.801
Not available
49
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.800
09.06.97
Safety measures for deep-fat cooking equipment
MSC/Circ.799
09.06.97
Guidelines for performance and testing criteria

and surveys of expansion foam concentrates for
fire-extinguishing systems of chemical tankers
MSC/Circ.798
09.06.97
Guidelines for performance and testing criteria and surveys

of medium-expansion concentrates for fire-extinguishing systems
MSC/Circ.797/Rev.12 Training and watchkeeping - List of competent persons maintained by the

20 May 2005
Secretary-General Pursuant to section A-I/7 of the STCW Code
MSC/Circ.797/Rev.11 Training and watchkeeping - List of competent persons maintained by the
10 December 2004
Secretary-General Pursuant to section A-I/7 of the STCW Code
MSC/Circ.797/Rev.10 Training and Watchkeeping List of competent persons maintained by the
1 September 2004
Secretary-General Pursuant to section A-I/7 of the STCW Code)
MSC/Circ.797/Rev.9 Training and Watchkeeping - List of competent persons
06.06.03
maintained by the Secretary-General pursuant to section
A-I/7 of the STCW Code
05.02.03
24.06.02
17.10.01
09.03.01
19.10.00
19.07.99
19.02.99
01.07.98
50
Circ. No.
Title

MSC/Circ.797
07.07.97
Training and Watchkeeping - List of competent persons

MSC/Circ.796/Rev.1 Training and Watchkeeping - Procedures regarding the

22/05/98
consideration of information communicated in accordance
with article IV and regulation I/7 of the STCW Convention
and section A-I/7 of the STCW Code
MSC/Circ.796
09.06.97
Training and Watchkeeping - Procedures regarding the

consideration of information communicated in accordance
with article IV and regulation I/7 of the STCW Convention
and section A-I/7 of the STCW Code
MSC/Circ.795
20.06.97
International convention on standards of training, certification

and watchkeeping for fishing vessel personnel (STCW-F), 1995
MSC/Circ.794
10.06.97
IMO standard marine communication phrases (SMCPs)
MSC/Circ.793
31.05.97
Reports on acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships
MSC/Circ.792
24.05.97
Interpretation of the application of resolution A.747(18)
MSC/Circ.791
30.04.97
MSC/Circ.790
01.04.97
MSC/Circ.789
31.03.97
MSC/Circ.788
MEPC/Circ.325
27.03.97
Authorization of recognized organizations acting on

behalf of administrations
MSC/Circ.787
02.05.97
IMO/ILO/UN ECE Guidelines for packing of cargo transport units (CTUs)
MSC/Circ.786
31.03.97
Reports on acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships. Issued monthly
MSC/Circ.785
17.03.97

robbery against ships
MSC/Circ.784
28.02.97

51
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.783
17.02.97
Compliance of authorized organizations with

resolutions A.739(18) and A.789(19)
MSC/Circ.782
31.01.97

MSC/Circ.781
7.02.97
National contact points for safety and

pollution prevention
MSC/Circ.780
02.01.97
Reports on piracy and armed robbery

against ships
MSC/Circ.780
02.01.97

against ships
MSC/Circ.779
31.12.96

against ships
MSC/Circ.778
3.01.97
MSC/Circ.777
12.12.96
Indication of the assembly station in

passenger ships
MSC/Circ.776
12.12.96
Guidelines for the approval of equivalent fixed

gas fire-extinguishing systems, as referred to in
SOLAS 74, from machinery spaces and cargo
pump-rooms
MSC/Circ.775
12.12.96
Ships with reduced halons quantities
MSC/Circ.774
12.12.96
Revised measures to prevent explosions in

oil tanker cargo pump-rooms
MSC/Circ.773
2.01.97
Pilot transfer arrangements
MSC/Circ.772
MEPC/Circ.319
19.12.96
Guidelines for the development and approval

of reporting requirements in non-mandatory
instruments and report
MSC/Circ.771
12.12.96
Implementation of the International Safety

Management (ISM) Code
MSC/Circ.770
30.11.96

against ships
MSC/Circ.769
31.10.96

against ships
MSC/Circ.768
01.10.96

against ships
52
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.767
30.9.96

against ships
MSC/Circ.766
22.12.94
Containers and Cargoes. Loading and Unloading of Bulk Cargoes
MSC/Circ.765
23.07.96
Interim guidelines for the systematic application

of the grandfather clauses
MSC/Circ.764
31.07.96

against ships
MSC/Circ.763
11.06.96
Human element principles for the work of

the Maritime Safety Committee, the Marine
Environment Protection Committee and theirs
ubsidiary bodies
MSC/Circ.762
11.07.96
Implementation of the ISM Code - Guidance

to companies operating multi-flagged fleets
and supplementary guidelines to Administrations
MSC/Circ.761
11.07.96
Timely and effective implementation

of the ISM Code
MSC/Circ.760
11.07.96
Guidelines for a structure of an integrated system

of contingency planning for shipboard emergencies
MSC/Circ.759
01.07.96
MSC/Circ.758
01.07.96

against ships
MSC/Circ.757
30.06.96

against ships
MSC/Circ.755
26.06.96
Side shell doors and stern doors on ro-ro

passenger ships
MSC/Circ.754
05.07.96
Passenger ferry security
MSC/Circ.753
09.07.96
Report on fishing vessels and fishermen statistics
MSC/Circ.752
28.06.96
Minimum safety standards for ships carrying mixture,

the benzene content of which is 0.5 % or more
MSC/Circ.751
13.06.96
Special needs of high-speed craft SAR operating plans
MSC/Circ.750
Amendments to resolution A.706(17) -
53
Circ. No.
Title
13.06.96
World-Wide Navigational Warning Service
MSC/Circ.749
13.06.96
Guidance to Administrations on improving the

capability of shore authorities to contact ships during
situations involving distress or SAR operations
MSC/Circ.748
13.06.96
Implementation of the Global Maritime Distress

and Safety System (GMDSS)
MSC/Circ.747
14.06.96
Safety problems connected with the intermodal

transport
MSC/Circ.746
14.06.96
Amendments to the Recommendations

for the safe use of pesticides in ships
MSC/Circ.745
13.06.96
Guidelines for the preparation of the Cargo

Securing Manual
MSC/Circ.744
13.06.96
Recommendations for entering enclosed

spaces aboard ship
MSC/Circ.743
13.06.96
Communications between maritime

Administrations and port authorities
MSC/Circ.742
14.06.96
Amendments to the Code of Safe Practice for

Solid Bulk Cargoes (BC Code)
MSC/Circ.741
21.06.96
Amendments to the International Maritime

MSC/Circ.740
14.06.96
Amendments to the Code of Safe Practice for

Cargo Stowage and Securing (CSS Code)
MSC/Circ.739
28.06.96
Amendments to the Code of Safety for Special

Purpose Ships (SPS Code)
MSC/Circ.738
24.06.96
Guidelines for dynamic positioning

system (DP) operator training
MSC/Circ.737
28.06.96
Guidelines on anchoring systems for MODUs
MSC/Circ.736
21.06.96
Interpretations of vague expressions in SOLAS chapter II-1
MSC/Circ.735
24.06.96
Recommendation for the design and operation

of passenger ships to respond to elderly and
disabled persons' needs
MSC/Circ.734
28.06.96
Interpretations of phrases on human performance

criteria contained in SOLAS chapter II-1
MSC/Circ.733
Officer of the navigational watch acting as the
54
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Title
13.06.96
sole look-out in periods of darkness
MSC/Circ.732
28.06.96
Interim guidelines on the test procedure for

demonstrating the equivalence of composite
materials to steel under the provisions of the
1974 SOLAS Convention
MSC/Circ.731
12.07.96
Revised factors to be taken into consideration

when designing cargo tank venting and
gas-freeing arrangements
MSC/Circ.730
28.06.96
Recommendations for ventilation or inerting

of double hull spaces
MSC/Circ.729
04.07.96
Design guidelines and operational

recommendations for ventilation systems in
ro-ro cargo spaces
MSC/Circ.728
04.06.96
Revised test method for equivalent water-based

fire-extinguishing systems for machinery
spaces of category A and cargo pump-rooms
MSC/Circ.727
28.06.96
Recommendation on thermal radiation

test supplement to fire resistance tests for
"A", "B" and "F" class divisions
MSC/Circ.726
12.07.96
Avoidance by submerged submarines of fishing

vessels and their fishing gear - Code of practice
for the conduct of submarine operation in waters
frequented by fishing vessels
MSC/Circ.725
Not issued
MSC/Circ.724
31.05.96

against ships
MSC/Circ.723
02.05.96
Implementation of Assembly Resolution

A.747(18) on application of tonnage
measurement of segregated ballast tanks
in oil tankers
MSC/Circ.722
30.04.96
Report on acts of piracy and armed

MSC/Circ.721
Simulators available for use in

maritime training
MSC/Circ.720
01.04.96

against ships
MSC/Circ.719
31.03.96

against ships
55
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Title
MSC/Circ.718
04.04.96

projects
MSC/Circ.717
01.03.96

against ships
MSC/Circ.716
31.01.96

against ships
MSC/Circ.715
31.12.95

project - Summary table projects (7)
MSC/Circ.714
31.12.95

against ships
MSC/Circ.713
31.12.95

against ships
MSC/Circ.712
30.10.95

against ships
MSC/Circ.711
31.10.95

against ships
MSC/Circ.709
30.09.95

against ships
MSC/Circ.708
30.09.95

against ships
MSC/Circ.707
19.10.95
Guidance to the master for avoiding dangerous

situations in following and quartering seas
MSC/Circ.706
03.10.95
Guidance on intact stability of existing tankers

during liquid transfer operations
MSC/Circ.705
30.09.95

project
MSC/Circ.704
21.09.95
Listing of certificates and documents required

to be carried on board ships
MSC/Circ.703
31.08.95

against ships
MSC/Circ.702
Not issued
MSC/Circ.701
31.07.95

MSC/Circ.700
20.07.95
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MSC/Circ.699
17.07.95
Revised guidelines for passenger safety instructions
MSC/Circ.698
30.06.95

against ships
MSC/Circ.697
13.07.95
MSC/Circ.696
01.06.95
Thorough examination of the cargo lifting

plant of ships
MSC/Circ.695
01.06.95
Falls at corrugated bulkheads in general cargo

ships
MSC/Circ.694
01.06.95
Inspection programmes on freight containers,

other cargo transport units (CTUs) and vehicles
carrying dangerous goods
MSC/Circ.693
26.05.95
Draft amendments to the International Safety

Management (ISM) Code
MSC/Circ.692
26.05.95
Clarification of SOLAS regulation III/50 regarding

general emergency alarm systems
MSC/Circ.691
01.06.95
Amendments to the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo

Stowage and Securing
MSC/Circ.690
01.06.95
Ship/shore safety checklist
MSC/Circ.689
01.06.95
Amendments to the Recommendations on the safe

use of pesticides in ships
MSC/Circ.688
31.05.95
Interpretations of SOLAS regulation II-1/8.7.2
MSC/Circ.687
31.05.95
Emergency source of power for category A

high speed craft
MSC/Circ.686
02.06.95
Guidelines on the means of access to structures

for inspection and maintenance of oil tankers and
bulk carriers
MSC/Circ.685
05.06.95
Amendments to resolution A.706 (17)
MSC/Circ.684
22.05.95
Questionnaire on shore-based facilities

in the GMDSS
MSC/Circ.683
22.05.95
Present homing capability of satellite EPIRBs

board all ships
57
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Title
MSC/Circ.682
22.05.95
Implementation of the GMDSS on
MSC/Circ.681
31.05.95
Guidelines for passenger safety

instructions on ro-ro passenger ships
MSC/Circ.680
MEPC/Circ.297
MEPC/Circ.294
31.05.95
Guidelines on the organization and method

of work of the Maritime Safety Committee
and the Marine Environment Protection
Committee and their subsidiary bodies
MSC/Circ.679
31.03.95

MSC/Circ.678
04.04.95
Registration of research and development project
MSC/Circ.677
30.12.94
Revised standards for the design, testing and locating

of devices to prevent the passage of flame into cargo
tanks in tankers
MSC/Circ.676
04.01.95
MSC/Circ.675
30.01.95
Recommendations on the safe transport of dangerous

cargoes related activities in port areas
MSC/Circ.674
21.12.94
Participation in the world meteorological organization

voluntary observing ships' scheme
MSC/Circ.673
21.12.94
On-board communication phrases for passenger care
MSC/Circ.672
22.12.94
Measures to prevent explosions in oil tanker

pump rooms
MSC/Circ.671
22.12.94
Lists of solid bulk cargoes which are non-combustible

or constitute a low fire risk for which a fixed gas fireextinguishing system is ineffective
MSC/Circ.670
05.01.95
Guidelines for the performance and testing criteria

and surveys of high-expansion foam concentrates for
fixed fire-extinguishing systems
MSC/Circ.669
22.12.94
Interpretations of SOLAS chapter II-2,

as amended by resolution MSC.27(61)
MSC/Circ.668
30.12.94
Alternative arrangements for halon

fire-extinguishing systems in machinery
spaces and pump-rooms
MSC/Circ.667
22.12.94
Containers and Cargoes - Safe practices on board

bulk carriers
58
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.666
22.12.94
Containers and Cargoes - Loading and unloading

of bulk cargoes - Cargo Operations Form
MSC/Circ.665
22.12.94
Containers and Cargoes - Loading and

unloading of bulk cargoes - Duties of Chief
Mate and Officer of the Watch (OOW)
at loading and discharging ports
MSC/Circ.664
22.12.94
Containers and Cargoes - Code of safe practice for stowage

and securing (CSS Code) Amendments to the CSS Code
MSC/Circ.663
22.12.94
Containers and Cargoes Form for cargo information
MSC/Circ.662
22.12.94
Containers and Cargoes - Code of safe practice

for solid bulk cargoes (BC Code)
MSC/Circ.661
16.01.95
Availability of rescue co-ordination centres on a

24-hour basis
MSC/Circ.660
12.01.95
Proper use of lanyards attached to satellite EPIRBs
MSC/Circ.659
15.12.94
Carriage of Dangerous Goods - International Maritime

Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) Annexes and
MSC/Circ.658
15.06.94
Implementation of the Assembly

Resolution A.747(18) on application of
tonnage measurement of segregated
ballast tanks in oil tankers
MSC/Circ.657
09.06.94
Implementation of IMO's strategy for

ship/port interface
MSC/Circ.656
06.06.94
Safety of ships carrying solid bulk cargoes
MSC/Circ.655
06.06.94
Guidance for planning the enhanced programme of

inspections during surveys of bulk carriers and oil tankers
MSC/Circ.654
08.06.94
Application of the international convention on

tonnage measurement of ships, 1969 to existing ships
MSC/Circ.653
09.06.94
Simplified tonnage calculation for existing

ships which do not have their gross tonnage
determined in accordance with the 1969
Tonnage Convention
MSC/Circ.652
09.06.94
Application of the 1966 LL Convention to

high-speed craft
59
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Title
MSC/Circ.651
08.06.94
Interpretations of regulations of part B-1

of SOLAS chapter II-1
MSC/Circ.650
08.06.94
Interpretation for alternations and

modifications of a major character
MSC/Circ.649
08.06.94
Interpretation of provisions of resolution

MSC.26(60) and MSC/Circ.574
MSC/Circ.648
06.06.94
Guidelines for the operation, inspection

and maintenance
MSC/Circ.647
06.06.94
Guidelines to minimize leakage from

flammable liquid systems
MSC/Circ.646
06.06.94
Recommendations for the fitting of hull stress

monitoring systems
MSC/Circ.645
06.06.94
Guidelines for vessels with dynamic positioning

systems
MSC/Circ.644
06.06.94
Explanatory notes to the interim standards for ship

manoeuvrability
MSC/Circ.643/Add.1 Carriage of Dangerous Goods

18.07.94
- International Maritime Dangerous Goods and Code (IMDG Code)
- Annexes and Supplements - Amendment No.27-1994 (Amdt. 27-94)
MSC/Circ.643
14.06.94
Carriage of Dangerous Goods International Maritime Dangerous Goods and Code (IMDG Code)
- Annexes and Supplements - Amendment No.27-1994 (Amdt. 27-94)
MSC/Circ.642
06.06.94
Document of compliance with the special

requirements for ships carrying dangerous
goods under the provisions of regulation
II-2/54 of SOLAS 74, as amended
MSC/Circ.641
17.05.94
International points of contact for

maritime mobile services identities (MMSI)
MSC/Circ.640
27.05.94
International SafetyNET Service
MSC/Circ.639
17.06.94
Avoidance by submerged submarines

of fishing vessels and their fishing gear
MSC/Circ.638
26.05.94
Maintaining a proper look out
MSC/Circ.637
27.05.94
Performance standards for electronic chart

display and information systems (ECDIS)
MSC/Circ.636
World wide navigation system - Validation criteria,
60
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Title
27.06.94
procedures and means of measurement.
MSC/Circ.635
15.06.94
Tonnage measurement of certain ships

relevant to the International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping for seafarers, 1978
MSC/Circ.634
10.06.94
Drug use and alcohol abuse
MSC/Circ.633
16.06.94
Simulators available for use in

maritime training
MSC/Circ.632
Not issued
MSC/Circ.631
28.02.94
Application on tonnage measurement of`

segregated ballast tanks in oil tankers
MSC/Circ.630
01.11.93
Procedures for the control of ships Information on available inspection services
MSC/Circ.629
20.07.93
Memorandum of Understanding on Port State

Control - Annual report 1992
MSC/Circ.628
17.06.93
Guidelines on the enhanced programme of

surveys for bulk carriers
MSC/Circ.627
05.07.93
Navigation bridge visibility - Draft

amendments to SOLAS chapter V
MSC/Circ.626
18.06.93
MSC/Circ.625
20.07.93

projects - summary table of projects (1)
MSC/Circ.625/Add.5 Registration of research and development

04.10.94
projects
05.07.94
projects
06.04.94
projects
31.12.93
projects
06.10.93
projects
MSC/Circ.624
18.06.93
Subject areas and topics relating to the

ship/port interface
61
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Title
MSC/Circ.623/Rev.3 Piracy and armed robbery against ships 29.05.02

Guidance to shipowners and ship operators,
shipmasters and crews on preventing and
suppressing acts of piracy and armed
MSC/Circ.623
18.06.93
Piracy and armed robbery against ships Guidance to shipowners and ship operators,

Recommendations to Governments for
combating piracy and armed robbery
against ships
MSC/Circ.622
22.06.93
Piracy and armed robbery against ships Recommendations to Governments for

combating piracy and armed robbery
against ships
MSC/Circ.621
28.06.93
Guidelines for the investigation of

accidents where fatigue may have been
a contributing factor
MSC/Circ.620
Proposed amendments to resolution

A.466(XII) - Procedures for the control of ships
MSC/Circ.619
22.06.93
Minimum in-service eyesight standards
MSC/Circ.618
17.06.93
Proposed amendments for the extension of

the code on alarms and indicators to cover
the 1989 MODU Code and the Code of safety
for diving systems
MSC/Circ.617/Rev.1 Guidelines for passenger safety

10.01.95
instructions
62
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.617
22.06.93
Guidelines for passenger safety

instructions
MSC/Circ.616
22.06.93
Evaluation of fee-fall lifeboat launch

performance
MSC/Circ.615
22.06.93
Life-Saving Appliances - Amendments

to the Recommendation on Testing of
Life-Saving Appliances (A.689(17))
MSC/Circ.614
29.03.93
Guidelines on inspection and maintenance

of lifeboat on-load release gear
MSC/Circ.613
18.03.93
Guidelines for the approval of containers

handled in open seas
MSC/Circ.612
+ Corr.1
18.03.93
Recommendations on the safe use of

pesticides in ships
MSC/Circ.611
18.06.93
Questionnaire on the condition of ships

carrying solid bulk cargoes
MSC/Circ.610
7.07.93
Use and application of computers computer virus protection
MSC/Circ.609
24.03.93
Application of SOLAS Amendments to ships

constructed before the application date of
the amendments - Interpretation of
regulation II-1/1.3 of the 1974 SOLAS
Convention, as amended
MSC/Circ.608/Rev.1 Interim guidelines for open-top container

05.07.94
ships
MSC/Circ.608
18.06.93
Interim guidelines for open-top container

ships
MSC/Circ.607
16.03.93
MSC/Circ.606
12.02.93
Port State concurrence with SOLAS

exemptions
MSC/Circ.605
04.02.93

projects
MSC/Circ.604
28.01.93
Interim arrangements for the assignment

of the amended filling-limit requirements
under Chapters 8 and 15 of the Gas
Carrier Codes
MSC/Circ.603
Guidelines on display sizes and
63
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Title
07.01.93
techniques for navigational purposes
MSC/Circ.602
28.01.93
Materials used for bulkheads in

accommodation spaces defined in
Regulation II-2/3.10 of the 1974
SOLAS Convention
MSC/Circ.601
29.01.93
Fire Protection in machinery spaces
MSC/Circ.600
29.01.93
Annual Leakage Check of Halon

fire-extinguishing systems
MSC/Circ.599
04.02.93
New Halon installations as being of

essential use
MSC/Circ.598
27.08.92
Memorandum of understanding on port State

Control - Annual Report 1991
MSC/Circ.597/Rev.1 Piracy and armed robbery against ships

29.06.93
(Revised at the sixty-second session of
the MSC)
MSC/Circ.597
18.08.92
MSC/Circ.596
05.05.92
Life-Saving Appliances.
Amdts. to the Recommendation on Testing
of Life-Saving Appliances (A.689(17))
MSC/Circ.595
11.05.92
Principles and guidelines concerning drug

and alcohol abuse programmes
MSC/Circ.594
11.05.92
Questionnaire on work periods, periods

of responsibility and periods of rest on
board ships
MSC/Circ.593
06.05.92
Listing of certificates and documents

required to be carried on board ships.
(MEPC/Circ.257 and FAL.2/Circ.35)
MSC/Circ.592
21.04.92
Carriage of dangerous goods.

Acceptance of the document of compliance
MSC/Circ.591
11.05.92
Life-Saving Appliances. Provisionnal

guidelines on establishment and continuous
updating of the informationcontained in the
registration databases of satellite EPIRBs
MSC/Circ.590
11.05.92
Preliminary draft amendments to the

IMOSAR and MERSAR Manuals
concerning the GMDSS
64
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.589
11.05.92
Amendments to the IMOSAR Manual
MSC/Circ.588
11.05.92
MSC/Circ.587
11.05.92
Life-Saving Appliances.
Fumes in totally enclosed lifeboats
MSC/Circ.586/Rev.1 World VTS Guide

16.06.99
MSC/Circ.586
29.04.92
World VTS Guide
MSC/Circ.585
16.04.92
Standards for vapour emission control

systems
MSC/Circ.584
28.05.92
MSI bro0adcast via SAFETYNET.

Provision of Maritime Safety
Information (MSI) via the
International SAFETYNET system
MSC/Circ.583
01.04.92
Proposed Amendments to SOLAS

Regulations IV/13.2.1 to 13.2.3.
Recommendation on reserve source
of energy
MSC/Circ.582
23.04.92
Guidelines for the performance and

testing criteria, and surveys of lowexpansion foam concentrates for fixed
MSC/Circ.581
16.04.92
Guidance for fire test procedures on

smoke and toxic products generated
by combustible material in fires
MSC/Circ.580
21.12.92
Guidelines for the application of plastic pipes on ships
MSC/Circ.579
14.01.93
Simulator training
MSC/Circ.578
12.01.93
Guidelines on the recruitment, qualifications and training of VTS operators
MSC/Circ.577/Add.13 Report on acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships

31.12.94
30.09.94
65
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30.06.94
31.03.94
31.12.93
30.09.93
30.06.93
31.03.93
31.12.92
30.09.92
07.07.92
31.03.92
08.01.92
MSC/Circ.577
23.10.91
Reports on acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships - Issued quarterly
MSC/Circ.576
26.07.91
Memorandum of understanding on Port State Control - Annual Report 1990
MSC/Circ.575
08.07.91
Tonnage measurement of existing

passenger ships.
Tonnage measure of existing ships
MSC/Circ.574
03.06.91
The calculation procedure to assess the

survivability characteristics of existing
Ro-Ro passenger ships when using a
simplified method based upon
Resolution A.265(VIII)
MSC/Circ.573
08.07.91
Code of safety for nuclear merchant ships,

Res. A.491(XII)
MSC/Circ.572
08.07.91
Marking and identification of fishing

vessels
66
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.571
01.07.91
"Active" and "passive" re-warming of

hypothermia victims - Information
on national practice.
MSC/Circ.570
02.07.91
Recommendation on maximum stowage height of survival craft on passenger

ships
MSC/Circ.569
02.07.91
Clarifications of certain provisions of Chapter III of the 1983 SOLAS

Amendments
MSC/Circ.568/Rev.1 Pilot Transfer Arrangements (Required Boarding Arrangements for Pilots)

23.02.1995
MSC/Circ.568
03.07.91
Required boarding arrangements for pilots
MSC/Circ.567/Rev.1 Information Required on Simulators available for use in maritime training

12.01.93
MSC/Circ.567
02.07.91
Information on the number of engine control and cargo handling simulators

available in training institutions
MSC/Circ.566
02.07.91
Provisional guidelines on the conduct of trials in which the officer of the

navigational watch acts as the sole look-out in periods of darkness
MSC/Circ.565
02.07.91
Fatigue as a contributory factor in maritime

accidents
MSC/Circ.564
02.07.91
Co-operation in establishing database of

examination questions and answers
MSC/Circ.563
19.06.91
Unification of ARPA symbols
MSC/Circ.562
19.06.91
Provisional performance standards for

ECDIS. Comments and Explanations
MSC/Circ.561
03.07.91
Amdts. to Chapters 10 and 11 of the

1979 and 1989 editions of the MODU Code
MSC/Circ.560
25.06.91
Meteorological wind profiler radars

and their effect to the COSPAS-SARSAT
system
MSC/Circ.559
20.06.91
Guidelines to ensure the reporting

of incidents involving dangerous goods
and marine pollutants in packaged form
on board ships
MSC/Circ.558
20.06.91
Amdt. 26-91 to the IMDG Code
67
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Title
MSC/Circ.557/Rev.1 Amdts. to the ILO/IMO Guidelines for packing cargo in freight containers
24.07.91
or vehicles
MSC/Circ.557
20.06.91
Amdts. to the ILO/IMO Guidelines for packing cargo in freight containers

or vehicles
MSC/Circ.556
20.06.91
Amdts. to the BC Code. Recommendations on entering oxygen-depleted

enclosed spaces
MSC/Circ.555
20.06.91
General Amdts. to the BC Code and

Appendix D regarding test procedures
MSC/Circ.554
20.06.91
Amdts. to the BC Code Revised schedule for coal
MSC/Circ.553
19.06.91
Information on flashpoint and recommended fire-fighting media for chemicals

to which neither the IBC nor the BCH Codes apply
MSC/Circ.552
08.07.91
Proposed amendments to the IGC Code
MSC/Circ.551
19.06.91
Cargo tank gauging. Interpretation of the term "closed device" as referred to in

paragraph 3.9 in the BCH Code
MSC/Circ.550/Rev.1 Recommendation on the release mechanism of carbon dioxide

16.04.92
MSC/Circ.550
10.07.91
Recommendation on the release mechanism of carbon dioxide

MSC/Circ.549
25.11.91
Guidelines for uniform interpretation

of results of fire-test procedures
MSC/Circ.548
06.06.91
Guidance note on precautions to be taken by masters of ships engaged in the

carriage of timber cargo
MSC/Circ.547/Add.3 Procedures for the control of ships Information on available inspection services
23.08.91
30.07.91
13.05.91
MSC/Circ.547
24.01.91
MSC/Circ.546
25.09.90
Procedures for the control of ships

Information on available inspection
services
MSC/Circ.545
MODU Code (Resolution A.414(XI)).
68
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Title
05.09.90
Equivalent arrangements in accordance

with paragraph 1.5.2 of the Code.
MSC/Circ.544
19.07.90
Fire Drills and on-board training
MSC/Circ.543
17.07.90
Memorandum of Understanding on
Port State Control (annual report 1989)
MSC/Circ.542/Add.15 Co-operation in maritime casualty investigations - contact addresses of

03.11.93
responsible national authorities
18.05.93
15.03.93
23.10.92
18.08.92
13.07.92
27.05.92
10.12.91
01.10.91
03.06.91
28.03.91
28.01.91
08.11.90
04.10.90
24.07.90
69
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Title
MSC/Circ.542
09.07.90
Co-operation in maritime casualty investigations - contact addresses of

MSC/Circ.541
19.07.90
Guidance Notes on the integrity of flooding boundaries above the bulkhead

deck of passenger ships for proper application of regulations II-1/8 and 20,
para.1, of the 1974 SOLAS Convention as amended
MSC/Circ.540
12.06.90
"Consensus statement and Recommendations" on AIDS and Seafarers
MSC/Circ.539/Add.2 Reporting form for collecting casualty statistics for fishing vessels and
17.06.93
fishermen at sea
MSC/Circ.539/Add.1 Reporting form for collecting casualty statistics for fishing vessels and
06.06.91
fishermen at sea
MSC/Circ.539
12.06.90
Reporting form for collecting casualty statistics for fishing vessels and
fishermen at sea
MSC/Circ.538
07.6.90
Information on AMVER service
MSC/Circ.537
07.06.90
Information on matters concerning

rescue by helicopter
MSC/Circ.536
07.06.90
MSC/Circ.535
07.06.90
Amendments to the MERSAR

Manual
MSC/Circ.534
07.06.90
Clarification of SOLAS chapter III

Provision
MSC/Circ.533
09.07.90
Amendments to IMO/ILO Guidelines

for packing cargo in freight containers
MSC/Circ.532
12.06.90
Code of safe practice for solid bulk cargoes
MSC/Circ.531
12.06.90
Protection of ships resulting from

shifting or liquefactions of bulk cargo
MSC/Circ.530
11.06.90
Code of safe practice for

cargo stowage and securing
MSC/Circ.529
15.06.90
Corrections to the IGC Code and Gas Carrier (GC) Code
MSC/Circ.528
27.06.90
Fire Protecting Systems for cargo compressor and pump rooms for gas carriers
covered by the IGC Code
70
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.527/Rev.1 Special carriage requirements for anhydrous ammonia in the IGC Code
10.10.90
MSC/Circ.527
27.06.90
Special carriage requirements for anhydrous ammonia in the IGC Code
MSC/Circ.526
29.06.90
Special fire protection requirements

for large open multi-deck spaces (atrium)
MSC/Circ.525
12.06.90
Precautions to be taken by masters of

ships of less than 100 m. in length
engaged in the carriage of logs on deck
MSC/Circ.524
30.03.90
Procedure for the control of ships

(Information on available inspection
services)
MSC/Circ.523
15.03.90
Communication received from

the Government of Cyprus
MSC/Circ.522
25.01.90
Procedure for the control of ships

(Information on available inspection
services)
MSC/Circ.521
24.08.89
Procedures for the control of

ships (Information on available
inspection services)
MSC/Circ.520
15.08.89
Code for the construction and

equipment of mobile offshore drilling
units (Equivalent arrangement
by Canada)
MSC/Circ.519
19.07.89
Memorandum of Understanding
on Port State Control
(Annual Report 1988)
MSC/Circ.518
28.06.89
Study on computer data for applicable

requirements of conventions and other
instruments
MSC/Circ.517
15.06.90

equipment of mobile offshore
drilling units
MSC/Circ.516
13.04.89
Recommendations on the early development and introduction of

the Inmarsat Enhanced Group Call
SafetyNet Broadcast Service
MSC/Circ.515/Add.1 Provisional Performance Standards for Electronic Chart Display Systems

31.05.91
(ECDIS)
71
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.515
13.04.89
Provisional Performance Standards for Electronic Chart Display Systems

(ECDIS)
MSC/Circ.514
17.04.89
Draft Assembly Resolution on

Pilot Transfer Arrangements
MSC/Circ.513
24.04.89
Draft Assembly resolution on the

use and fitting of Retro-reflective materials
on Life-Saving Appliances
MSC/Circ.512
24.04.89
Use of the Aeronautical Fixed

Telecommunications Network (AFTN)
MSC/Circ.511
17.04.89
Amendments to the IMO Search

and Rescue (IMOSAR) Manual
MSC/Circ.510
26.04.89
Clarification of SOLAS Chapter III

provisions related to protection of
occupants of free-fall lifeboats against
harmful accelerations during launching
MSC/Circ.509
26.04.89
Clarification of SOLAS Chapter III provisions related to protection of

occupants against Impact Forces on lifeboats when lowered down the ship's
side
MSC/Circ.508
14.04.89
Clarification of Certain Provisions of Chapter III of the 1983 SOLAS

Amendments
MSC/Circ.507
17.05.89
Code of practice for solid bulk cargoes
MSC/Circ.506/Rev.1 Carriage of Dangerous Goods Container packing certificates vehicle packing

10.01.90
declarations
MSC/Circ.506
25.04.89
Carriage of Dangerous Goods Container packing certificates vehicle packing

declarations
MSC/Circ.505
28.04.89
Personnel alarm provisions
MSC/Circ.504
28.04.89
Guidance on design and construction of sea inlets under slush ice conditions
MSC/Circ.503
24.04.89
Intact stability requirements for Pontoons
MSC/Circ.502/Add.6 IMDG Code Amendment No.25-1989 (Amdt. 25-89)

30.05.89
08.11.90
72
Circ. No.
Title
08.11.89
25.10.89
07.09.89
23.06.89
MSC/Circ.502
13.04.89
IMDG Code Amendment No.25-1989 (Amdt. 25-89)
MSC/Circ.501
13.10.88
Procedures for Control of ships Information on Available Inspection Services Federal Republic of Germany
MSC/Circ.500
28.09.88
Procedures for control of ships Information on Available Inspection Services Japan
MSC/Circ.499
01.09.88
Memorandum of Understanding on
Port State Control
Annual Report 1987
MSC/Circ.498
17.08.88
Procedures for the control of ships. Information available on inspection

Services.
MSC/Circ.497/Rev.1 Status of the IMDG Code

09.02.89
MSC/Circ.497
26.07.88
Status of the IMDG Code
MSC/Circ.496
10.05.88
Procedures for the control of ships.
MSC/Circ.495
09.05.88
Amendments to the BCH and GC Codes.

Filter-type respiratory and eye
protection equipment
MSC/Circ.494
10.05.88
Safety of towed ships and

other floating objects
MSC/Circ.493
05.05.88
Recommendation related to the fatigue

factor in manning and safety
MSC/Circ.492
05.05.88
Clarifications of certain provisions

of chapter III of the 1983 SOLAS
amendments and resolution A.521(13)
MSC/Circ.491
06.05.88
Rules and regulations for the helicopter

transfer of marine pilots in the FRG
73
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.490
04.05.88
Guidelines and standards for the

removal of offshore installations and
structures on the continental shelf
and in the exclusive economic zone
MSC/Circ.489
6.6.88
Containers and cargoes.

Overloaded containers
MSC/Circ.488
6.6.88
Containers and cargoes. Carriage of

grain. Guidance on interpretation
and equivalences
MSC/Circ.487
6.6.88

Entry into enclosed spaces
MSC/Circ.486
6.6.88
Containers and cargoes. Code of Safe

Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes
MSC/Circ.485
09.05.88
Clarification of inert gas system

requirements under SOLAS 1974,
as amended
MSC/Circ.484
06.05.88
Subdivision and damage stability of

dry cargo ships including ro-ro ships
MSC/Circ.483
30.11.87
IMDG Code. Amendment 24-1986

(Amdt.24-86)
MSC/Circ.482
03.11.87
MSC/Circ.481
28.07.87
Proposed and provisional entries in

the IBC and BCH Codes.
MSC/Circ.480
28.07.87

and to the MERSAR Manual
MSC/Circ.479
18.08.87
on Port State Control.
Annual Report 1985/1986
MSC/Circ.478
28.07.87
Amendments the SPS Code

(A.534(13))
MSC/Circ.477
13.07.87

services
MSC/Circ.476
22.06.87
Measures to prevent unlawful

acts against passengers and
crews on board ships
MSC/Circ.475
Measures to prevent unlawful
74
Circ. No.
Title
22.06.87
acts against passengers and

crews on board ships
MSC/Circ.474
19.06.87
Guidelines for bow and stern loading

and unloading arrangements in oil tankers
MSC/Circ.473
18.05.87
Guidance for the uniform application

of rule 1(e) of the 1972 COLREG
MSC/Circ.472
18.05.87
Guidelines on the definition

of near-coastal voyages
MSC/Circ.471
08.05.87
Preparation for the ITU World

Administrative Radio Conference
for Mobile Services, 1987
MSC/Circ.470
08.05.87
Procedures for routeing distress

information derived from the
COSPAS-SARSAT system
MSC/Circ.469
08.05.87
Guidelines for the participation of

non-Convention ships in the GMDSS
MSC/Circ.468/Rev.2 Information on shore-based

26.05.92
facilities in the GMDSS
MSC/Circ.468/Rev.1 Information on shore-based
31.05.90
MSC/Circ.468/Add.1 Information on shore-based
11.05.88
MSC/Circ.468
08.05.87
Information on shore-based
MSC/Circ.467
08.05.87
Radiocommunications. Volume of Inmarsat

traffic for distress and safety
communications
MSC/Circ.466
28.04.87
Code of safety for diving systems.

Communication received from Brazil
MSC/Circ.465
06.04.87

services
MSC/Circ.464
31.03.87
BCH Code. GC Code. Existing GC BCH, GC

Code Status of implementation
MSC/Circ.463/Add.2 Status of adoption of the IMDG Code

16.10.87
MSC/Circ.463./Add.1 Status of adoption of the IMDG Code
75
Circ. No.
Title
09.07.87
MSC/Circ.463
02.04.87
Status of adoption of the IMDG Code
MSC/Circ.462
21.01.87

MSC/Circ.461
19.01.87

IMDG Code. Annexes and supplements.
EmS MFAG - General Index. Numerical
Index - Amendment 24-86
MSC/Circ.460
21.01.87

IMDG Code. Annexes and
supplements. Amendment 24-86
MSC/Circ.459
16.01.87

supplements. Amendment 24-86
MSC/Circ.458
10.12.86

MSC/Circ.457
05.11.86

IMDG Code. Amendment No.23-1986
MSC/Circ.456
13.10.86
Guidelines for the preparation of

intact stability information
MSC/Circ.455
13.10.86
Language problems in presenting

operating and emergency instructions
on board ships
MSC/Circ.454
13.10.86
MODU Code. Certification of existing

mobile offshore drilling units
MSC/Circ.453
20.10.86
IBC Code. BCH Code Approval of

draft amendments on an interim basis
MSC/Circ.452
14.10.86
IBC Code. BCH Code. Approval of

MSC/Circ.451
24.09.86
Guidance concerning the location of fire control plans for the assistance of
shoreside fire-fighting personnel
MSC/Circ.450/Rev.1 Factors to be taken into consideration when designing cargo tank venting
10.05.88
arrangements
MSC/Circ.450
24.09.86
Factors to be taken into consideration when designing cargo tank venting

arrangements
76
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.449
29.09.86
Guidance on installation of fibre glass

reinforced pipe and fittings
MSC/Circ.448
26.09.86
Amendments to the procedures

for the control of ships
MSC/Circ.447
29.09.86
Control under SOLAS I/19

Recommendation on radar reflectors
for liferafts and on training manuals
MSC/Circ.446
13.10.86
Amendments to the Code of Safety for

Special Purpose Ships (A.534(13))
MSC/Circ.445
26.09.86
Draft Assembly resolution on symbols

related to life-saving appliances
and arrangements
MSC/Circ.444
13.10.86
Clarification of certain provisions

of the 1983 SOLAS
Amendments and A.521(13)
MSC/Circ.443
26.09.86
Measures to prevent unlawful acts

against passengers and crews on
board ships
MSC/Circ.442
20.10.86

BC Code
MSC/Circ.441
30.09.86
Preparation for the World

MSC/Circ.440
17.09.86
Carriage of dangerous goods. The use

of SI Units for consignments of IMO
Class 7 - Radioactive materials
MSC/Circ.439
05.08.86
BCH Code. GC Code.

Status of implementation
MSC/Circ.438
01.04.86
BCH Code. GC Code.

Status of implementation.
MSC/Circ.437
21.02.86
The avoidance by submerged

submarines of fishing vessels
and their fishing gear
MSC/Circ.436
19.02.86
BCH Code and IBC Code.

Approval of new chemicals for
inclusion on an interim basis
MSC/Circ.435
29.04.86
Code of Safety for SPS.

Communication from
77
Circ. No.
Title
German Democratic Republic

MSC/Circ.434
Guidelines for the preparation of

information on the effect of flooding to
be provided to masters of dry cargo ships
MSC/Circ.433
Reports on investigations into serious

casualties
MSC/Circ.432
18.02.86
MSC/Circ.431
18.02.86
Amendments to IMOSAR Manual
MSC/Circ.430
21.02.86
The use of pilotage services in the

Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef area
MSC/Circ.429
29.04.86
Guidelines for training crews for the purpose of launching lifeboats and rescue
boats from ships making headway through water
MSC/Circ.428
29.04.86
Recommendation on minimum requirements for certification of chief engineer

officers and second engineer officers of fishing vessels powered by main
propulsion machinery of 750kW propulsion power or more
MSC/Circ.427
29.04.86
Basic principles to be observed in keeping an engineering watch on board fishing

vessels
MSC/Circ.426/Rev.1 NAVTEX Manual

25.10.88
MSC/Circ.426
12.06.86
NAVTEX Manual
MSC/Circ.425
21.02.86
Preparation for the ITU World Administrative Radio Conference for Mobile
Services, 1987
MSC/Circ.424
21.02.86

Administrative Radio Conference for
Mobile Services, 1987
MSC/Circ.423
18.02.86
Equivalent arrangements for survival

craft emergency position-indicating
radio beacons
MSC/Circ.422
13.02.86
Recommendation that new radio

equipment fitted on ships and at coast
stations and coast earth stations should
meet the technical requirements for
the FGMDSS
MSC/Circ.421
13.02.86
Information requested on shore-based

facilities to be made available for use
78
Circ. No.
Title
in FGMDSS
MSC/Circ.420
21.02.86
Implementation of the NAVTEX

system as a component of the worldwide navigational warning service
MSC/Circ.419
21.02.86
Performance standards for ship earth

stations
MSC/Circ.418
21.02.86
Transition plan for the FGMDSS
MSC/Circ.417
21.02.86
Guidelines on equivalents for equipment

for equipment introduce elements of
the FGMDSS
MSC/Circ.416
11.03.86

Supplements. Amendment 22-86
MSC/Circ.415
02.01.86
on Port State Control
MSC/Circ.414
12.12.85
BCH Code (A.212(VII)).

GC Code (A.328(IX))
Existing GC Code.
MSC/Circ.413
16.10.85
Status of adoption of the

IMDG Code
MSC/Circ.412
27.09.85
SPS Code. Equivalent arrangements

by the FRG
MSC/Circ.411
07.08.85

Information from Bulgaria
MSC/Circ.410
06.08.85
Adoption of the IMDG Code

MSC/Circ.378
MSC/Circ.409
30.07.85
BCH Code. GC Code and Existing GC

Code Status of implementation
MSC/Circ.408
06.06.85
Protection of the crew of fishing vessels

from water shipped on deck.
MSC/Circ.407
05.06.85
Application of the International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals
Second edition of the ISGOTT Guide. Application of the guide.
MSC/Circ.406/Rev.1 Guidelines on interpretation of the IBC and IGC Codes and guidelines for the
29.06.90
uniform application of the survival requirements of the IBC and IGC Code
MSC/Circ.406
Guidelines on interpretation of the IBC and IGC Codes and guidelines for the
79
Circ. No.
Title
14.06.86
uniform application of the survival requirements of the IBC and IGC Code
MSC/Circ.405
10.06.85

MSC/Circ.404
10.06.85
Containers and cargoes. Code of Safe

Practice for Ships carrying Timber Deck
Cargoes. Carriage of packaged timber deck cargo.
MSC/Circ.403
24.06.85
Draft guidelines on navigation bridge

visibility
MSC/Circ.402
13.02.85
BCH Code and GC Code.

Guidelines on application of amendments
MSC/Circ.401
13.02.85
Existing GC Code.
4th set of amendments
MSC/Circ.400
31.01.85

Information from Norway
MSC/Circ.399
29.01.85
BCH Code and IBC Code. Approval of

MSC/Circ.398
29.01.85
Procedures for the control

of ships. Information from Mexico
MSC/Circ.397
29.01.85
Code of Safety for Special Purpose

Ships (SPS) Code.
Communication from FRG
MSC/Circ.396
31.01.85
Procedures for the control of ships under

74 SOLAS and 66 LL Conventions
MSC/Circ.395
21.01.85
Reports on investigations
into serious casualties
MSC/Circ.394
31.01.85
BCH Code and IBC Code. Procedures

for the inspection, cleaning, passivation
and loading of tanks for the carriage of
certain cargoes
MSC/Circ.393
21.12.84
Harmonized interpretation of certain

provisions of the STCW Convention
MSC/Circ.392
20.02.85
IMDG Code.
EmS MFAG General Index
MSC/Circ.391
18.02.85
IMDG Code
Amendments to Section 13
MSC/Circ.390/Add.1 IMDG Code. Amendment No.22-1984

18.11.85
80
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.390
22.02.85
IMDG Code. Amendment No.22-1984
MSC/Circ.389
10.01.85
Interim guidelines for

estimating manoeuvring
performance in ship design.
MSC/Circ.388
04.01.85
Fire casualty records. Revised form of Fire Casualty Record and amended
Classification System for Fire casualty Records
MSC/Circ.387
04.01.85
Revised guidelines for inert gas systems
MSC/Circ.386
18.01.85
Containers and cargoes. Amendment

to the recommendations on the safe
use of pesticide in ships. Revised 1980
MSC/Circ.385
08.01.85
Containers and cargoes. Cargo securing manual
MSC/Circ.384/Add.2 Amendments to Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes

20.03.85
MSC/Circ.384/Add.1 Amendments to Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes
25.01.85
MSC/Circ.384
08.01.85
Amendments to Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes
MSC/Circ.383
04.01.85
IMO/ILO Guidelines for the

packing of cargo in freight
containers and vehicles
MSC/Circ.382
07.11.84
Paris Memorandum Report
MSC/Circ.381
14.09.84
MODU Code. Status of

implementation
MSC/Circ.380
14.09.84
BCH Code. GC Code. Existing GC Code Status of implementation
MSC/Circ.379
20.06.84
Procedures for the control of ships Information from Liberia

Information from Liberia
MSC/Circ.378/Add.4 IMDG Code. Information on adoption

01.04.85
19.02.85
81
Circ. No.
Title

09.01.85
17.09.84
MSC/Circ.378
20.06.84
IMDG Code. Information on adoption
MSC/Circ.377
04.06.84
Code of Safety for Diving Systems.
MSC/Circ.376
21.05.84
BCH Code. GC Code. Existing GC Code Status of implementation
MSC/Circ.375
13.04.84
Deficiency reports
MSC/Circ.374
13.04.84
BCH Code and GC Code. Annual and BCH, GC intermediate surveys for
chemical tankers and gas carriers
Implementation by Norway
MSC/Circ.373/Rev.1 Standards for the design, testing and locating of devices to prevent the passage
10.05.88
of flame into cargo tanks in oil tankers
MSC/Circ.373
12.04.84
Standards for the design, testing and locating of devices to prevent the passage
of flame into cargo tanks in oil tankers
MSC/Circ.372
14.06.84
Revised technical annex II to the Draft Convention on the legal status of

ODAS
MSC/Circ.371
10.05.84
IMDG Code MFAG Revised 1982

Supplement
MSC/Circ.370
09.05.84
IMDG Code Amendment 21-1984
MSC/Circ.369
13.02.83
MODU Code. Status of implementation
MSC/Circ.368
28.10.83
Paris Memorandum Report
MSC/Circ.367/Add.2 Piracy and armed robbery

04.11.83
MSC/Circ.367/Add.1 Piracy and armed robbery
03.10.83
MSC/Circ.367
20.09.83
Piracy and armed robbery
MSC/Circ.366
09.09.83
BCH Code. GC CODE.

Existing GC Code.
82
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.365
01.08.83
Questionnaire on SAR facilities
MSC/Circ.364
01.08.83
Amendments to the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service
MSC/Circ.363
25.07.83
Strength of grain divisions loaded on one side
MSC/Circ.362
29.07.83
Amendments to the Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes
MSC/Circ.361
22.07.83
Differing gross weight markings on containers
MSC/Circ.360/Rev.1 CDG Guidelines for reporting incidents involving dangerous goods in

28.10.86
packaged form
MSC/Circ.360
13.01.83
CDG Guidelines for reporting incidents involving dangerous goods in

packaged form
MSC/Circ.359
04.07.83
Safety of fishing vessels. Draft amendments to the Convention
MSC/Circ.358
01.08.83
Amendments to the IMO SAR Manual
MSC/Circ.357
08.07.83
BCH Code
10th set of Amendments
MSC/Circ.356
13.07.83
GC Code 4th set of Amendments
MSC/Circ.355
01.08.83
Use of INMARSAT ship earth

stations operating within harbour limits
and territorial waters
MSC/Circ.354
01.08.83
Clarification of Chapter IV,

Reg. 8 of 1981 Amendments
to the 74 SOLAS
MSC/Circ.353
04.07.83
Revised guidelines for

inert gas systems
MSC/Circ.352
04.07.83
Safety of fishing vessels.

Amendments to the FAO/ILO/IMO
Code of Safety for Fishermen
and Fishing Vessels
MSC/Circ.351
04.07.83

Guidance on the control of foreign
83
Circ. No.
Title
ships in ports of the USSR

MSC/Circ.350
28.11.83
IMDG Code Amendment

No.21-1983(21-83)
MSC/Circ.349
04.07.83
Safety requirements for

incineration ships
MSC/Circ.348
23.06.83
Interim guidelines on intact stability

requirements for pontoons
MSC/Circ.347
18.11.83
Danger of the use of low flashpoint cargo as fuel
MSC/Circ.346
22.06.83
Recommendation on severe wind and rolling criterion
MSC/Circ.345
12.05.83

services
MSC/Circ.344
15.03.83

services
MSC/Circ.343/Add.6 Adoption and implementation of the IMDG Code

22.05.84
30.3.84
29.12.83
08.07.83
14.06.83
30.03.83
MSC/Circ.343
ll.0l.83
Adoption and implementation of the IMDG Code
MSC/Circ.342/Rev.1 Procedures for the control of ships. Information on available inspection

19.01.83
services
MSC/Circ.342
ll.ll.82
Procedures for the control of ships. Information on available inspection

services
MSC/Circ.34l
05.ll.82
Bulk Chemicals Code Gas Carrier Codes - Status of implementation

in various countries
84
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.340
0l.ll.82
Procedures for the Control of Ships. Information on Available Inspection

Services
MSC/Circ.339
0l.ll.82
Tanker Safety Inert Gas Operations and Pyrophoric Iron Sulphide
MSC/Circ.338
l3.09.82
Assembly resolution A.473(XII). Interim regulation for inert gas systems on

chemical tankers carrying petroleum products - Status of implementation
MSC/Circ.337
08.09.82
Procedures for the Control of ships
MSC/Circ.336/Rev.2 Procedures for the Control of Ships. Information on available Inspection

25.08.87
Services
MSC/Circ.336/Rev.1 Procedures for the Control of Ships. Information on available Inspection
04.07.83
Services
MSC/Circ.336
30.07.82
Procedures for the Control of Ships. Information on available Inspection

Services
MSC/Circ.335
29.06.82
Emergency Procedures for

Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods
MSC/Circ.334
28.06.82
Adoption and implementation

of the IMDG Code
MSC/Circ.333
28.06.82
Medical First Aid Guide (MFAG)

(Revised l982) - Chemical Supplement
MSC/Circ.332
23.06.82
International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.

Amendment No.20-l982
MSC/Circ.33l
22.04.82
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying

Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (A.2l2(VII)).Code for the Construction and
Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied USSRRS Gases in Bulk (A.328(IX)).
Code for Existing Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (A.329(IX)). Status
of implementation of the Codes in Various Countries
MSC/Circ.330
l9.04.82
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous

Chemicals in Bulk. Approval of New Chemicals for Inclusion in the Code on
an Interim Basis
MSC/Circ.329
l4.04.82
Application of Requirements for Inert Gas Systems for Oil Tankers
MSC/Circ.328/Rev.1 Gas Carrier Code (Carriage of Ethylene Oxide and Endorsement of Certificates
02.06.82
of Fitness)
MSC/Circ.328
l4.04.82
Gas Carrier Code (Carriage of Ethylene Oxide and Endorsement of Certificates

of Fitness)
MSC/Circ.327
Questionnaire on Search and
85
Circ. No.
Title
l4.04.82
Rescue Facilities
MSC/Circ.326
l3.04.82
Drainage of Enclosed Cargo Spaces

Situated on the Bulkhead Deck
MSC/Circ.325
l3.04.82
Amendments to the world-wide

navigational warning service
MSC/Circ.324
08.04.82
Preliminary principles - oxygen

depletion - entry into enclosed spaces
MSC/Circ.323
07.04.82
Dispensation from Trimming

Ends of Holds in Certain Ships
MSC/Circ.322
07.04.82
Safe Shipment of Coal Interim recommendations
MSC/Circ.321
05.04.82
Safe Shipment of Direct

Reduced Iron (DRI)
MSC/Circ.320
05.04.82
Guidance for the Uniform Application of Certain Rules of the International

Regulations for Preventing Collisions
at Sea, l972
MSC/Circ.319/Add.1 Carriage of dangerous goods. Adoption and implementation of the IMDG

25.01.82
Code MSC/Circ.320
MSC/Circ.319
24.09.81
Carriage of dangerous goods. Adoption and implementation of the IMDG

Code
MSC/Circ.318
l6.09.81
Procedures for the Control

of Ships. Information on
available inspection services
MSC/Circ.317
l5.07.81

of Ships Information on
available inspection Services
MSC/Circ.316
07.07.81
Results of trials with

inflatable liferafts
MSC/Circ.315
08.06.81
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous

Chemicals in Bulk. Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships
carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk. Code for Existing Ships carrying Liquefied
Gases in Bulk.Status of Implementation of Codes in Various Countries
MSC/Circ.314
29.05.81
Code for the Construction and

Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous
Chemicals in Bulk. Calculation of the
capacity of foam systems for
chemical tankers
MSC/Circ.313
Procedures for the Control of Ships Information on Available Inspection
86
Circ. No.
Title
20.05.81
Services
MSC/Circ.312
2l.04.81
Bulk Chemical Code Approval of

New Chemicals for Inclusion in the
Code on an Interim Basis and
Equivalent Requirements for
Overflow Control Arrangements
MSC/Circ.311
2l.04.81
Improved fire safety

standards for ships
MSC/Circ.310
l3.04.81
Strength of grain fittings
MSC/Circ.309
l3.04.81
Direct reduced iron pellets

(DRI)
MSC/Circ.308
l3.04.81
Questionnaire on search and

rescue facilities
SAR 197 by MSC/Circ.
MSC/Circ.307
3l.03.8l

of ships. Information on
MSC/Circ.306
24.03.8l

of the International Maritime
Dangerous Goods Code
MSC/Circ.305
l9.03.81
Procedures for the Control of Ships.

services
MSC/Circ.304/Add.1 Emergency Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous

9.11.81
Goods
MSC/Circ.304
l8.03.8l
Emergency Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous

Goods
MSC/Circ.303
03.03.81

Information on available
inspection services
MSC/Circ.302
02.03.81
Code for Construction and Equipment

of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units Liberia
(MODU) Status and implementation
MSC/Circ.30l
05.02.8l

services
MSC/Circ.300
02.02.81
Recommendation on servicing
of inflatable liferafts
87
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.299/Add.1 Recommendations on safe transport, handling and storage of dangerous

13.07.83
substances in port areas
MSC/Circ.299
l2.02.81
Recommendations on safe transport, handling and storage of dangerous

substances in port areas
MSC/Circ.298
23.0l.81
Recommendations of the safe

use of pesticides in ships
(revised l980) (supersedes
MSC/Circ.108 and Adds.1, 2 and 3)
MSC/Circ.297/
Corr.l
2l.04.8l
International Maritime
- Amendment No.l9, 1980
MSC/Circ.297
l9.0l.8l
Dangerous Goods (IMDG)
Code - Amendment No.l9,
1980(l9-80)
MSC/Circ.296
l2.0l.8l
Guidelines on problems associated

with cold water survival
MSC/Circ.295
05.0l.8l
Revision of Chapter III of

the l974 SOLAS Convention
MSC/Circ.294
l0.ll.80

of the IMDG Code
(superseding Circ.289)
MSC/Circ.293
l0.ll.80
Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
Amendments No.l7-l979
(l7-79) and No.l8-l979 (l8-79)
MSC/Circ.292
07.ll.80
Code for the Construction of Ships

Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk
A.329(IX);BCH;
Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied
MSC/Circ.278; MG;
Gases in Bulk Code for Existing
Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases
in Bulk Status of Implementation of
the Codes in various countries
MSC/Circ.291
ll.08.80

available inspection
services
MSC/Circ.290
88
Circ. No.
Title
3l.07.80
Equipment of Ships Carrying

Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk.
Criteria for hazard evaluation
of bulk chemicals
MSC/Circ.289
0l.07.80

of the International Maritime
Dangerous Goods(IMDG) Code
(superseded by MSC/Circ.294)
MSC/Circ.288
l8.06.80

services
MSC/Circ.287
04.06.80
and Corr.1
31.07.80
Code for Construction and

Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk.
Ninth set of amendments
MSC/Circ.286
04.06.80
Guidelines for uniform

application of survival
requirements of Bulk Chemical
Code and Gas Carrier Code
MSC/Circ.285
04.06.80
Inert gas systems for

chemical tankers
MSC/Circ.284
04.06.80
and Corr.1
30.07.80
Code for construction and

equipment of ships carrying
liquefied gases in bulkthird set of amendments
MSC/Circ.283
03.06.80
Implementation of improved
steering gear requirements
MSC/Circ.282
02.06.80
Guidelines for inert gas

systems
MSC/Circ.281
28.05.80
Lists of non-governmental
agencies authorized to act on
behalf of contracting governments
MSC/Circ.280
28.05.80
Acceptance of SOLAS 74
Certificates by SOLAS 60
Contracting Governments
MSC/Circ.279
27.05.80
Direct Reduced Iron Pellets,

Briquets and Lumps(DRI)
MSC/Circ.278
2l.04.80
Codes for the Construction and

Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk
(resolution A.2l2(VII)) Code for
89
Circ. No.
Title
the Construction and Equipment of

Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk
(resolution A.328(IX)) Code for
Existing Ships Carrying Liquefied
Gases in Bulk (resolution A.329(IX))
Status of Implementation
MSC/Circ.277
25.02.80

(resolution A.2l2(VII))
Liquefied Gases in Bulk
(resolution A.328(IX))
Code for Existing Ships
Carrying Liquefied Gases
in Bulk (resolution A.329(IX))
Status of Implementation
MSC/Circ.276
28.0l.80

Ships. Information on
MSC/Circ.275
ll.0l.80
Emergency Procedures for

Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods
MSC/Code.274
20.ll.79
The Use of Solid Carbon Dioxide

(Dry Ice) for Cooling purposes
MSC/Circ.273
2l.l2.79
Carriage of Dangerous Goods.

IMDG Code amendments 17 & 18
- 1977
MSC/Circ.272
25.l0.79
Preliminary weather criterion

for ships in lightly loaded or ballast
condition and ships with large windage
area.
MSC/Circ.271
20.l0.79
Surveys and Inspections
MSC/Circ.270
07.08.79

Liquefied Gases in Bulk. Code
for Existing Ships Carrying
Liquefied Gases in Bulk. Guidelines for the application
of amendments.
MSC/Circ.269
06.08.79

ships. Information on available
inspection services
90
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.268/
Rev.1
10.03.80
Carriage of Dangerous Goods. Adoption and Implementation

of IMDG Code
MSC/Circ.268
3l.07.79
Carriage of Dangerous Goods. Adoption and Implementation

of IMDG Code
MSC/Circ.267
l8.07.79
Codes for the Construction

and Equipment of ships
Carrying Liquefied Gases in
Bulk, Dangerous Chemicals
in bulk and Existing Ships
Carrying Liquefied Gases in bulk
Implementation of the Codes
MSC/Circ.266
06.07.79
Implementation of IMO
Conventions and Protocols
MSC/Circ.265
04.07.79
Surveys & Inspections under

l978 SOLAS Protocol
MSC/Circ.264
03.07.79

Liquefied Gases in Bulk and
Code for Existing Ships Carrying
Liquefied Gases in Bulk second set of amendments
MSC/Circ.263
27.06.79
1st - 7th set of Amendments

to the Code for the Construction
and Equipment of Ships Carrying
MSC/Circ.262
27.06.79
International Safety Guide

for Oil Tankers and Terminals
(ISGOTT) ICS/OCIMF
MSC/Circ.26l
27.06.79
Implementation dates for

1st set of Amendments to
Gas Carrier Codes
MSC/Circ.260
ll.06.79
Uniform interpretation of
resolution A.48(III)
MSC/Circ.259
06.06.79
Misuse of VHF at sea
MSC/Circ.258
06.06.79
Promotion of technical co-operation

for search and rescue purposes
MSC/Circ.257
3l.05.79
Medical transport
communications
91
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.256
3l.05.79
Ship movement reporting

systems
MSC/Circ.255
29.05.79
Carriage of dangerous goods

Use of IMO-type
portable tanks
MSC/Circ.254
25.05.79
Interpretation of technical terms used

in 1969 Tonnage Convention
MSC/Circ.253
2l.05.79
Recommendation on ships
which regularly alter load
lines and tonnage marks
MSC/Circ.252
l7.05.79

MSC/Circ.25l
l7.05.79
Code of safety for nuclear

merchant ships
MSC/Circ.250
l4.05.79
Explanatory note on
Regulations on subdivision
and damage stability of
passenger ships
MSC/Circ.249
09.04.79

ships. Information on available
inspection services
MSC/Circ.248
2l.02.79
Code of Safe Practice for

Ships Carrying Timber
Deck Cargoes - Amendments -
MSC/Circ.247
02.01.79
Implementation of IMO
Conventions and Protocols
MSC/Circ.246
08.l2.78
Plan for the Establishment of

a World-wide Navigational
Warning System
MSC/Circ.245
30.ll.78

Effective enforcement of SOLAS &
Protocol and Load Line Convention
Information on available
inspection services
MSC/Circ.244
l3.ll.78
Training Aids for the Education

of Seafarers
MSC/Circ.243
3l.l0.78

92
Circ. No.
Title
Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk 8th amendment to the Bulk

Chemical Code.
MSC/Circ.242
. .78
Single-handed voyages
MSC/Circ.24l
2l.08.78

services
MSC/Circ.240
28.07.78

services
MSC/Circ.239
20.06.78
Amendment l6-l978
MSC/Circ.238
l4.06.78

services
MSC/Circ.237
l2.06.78
IMCO Search and Rescue Manual

(IMOSAR)
MSC/Circ.236
05.06.78

liquefied gases in bulk and
Code for existing ships carrying
liquefied bases in bulk.
1st set of amendments
MSC/Circ.235
l0.05.78
Training aids for the education

of seamen
MSC/Circ.234
09.05.78
Fire casualty records.

Revised fire casualty record
form and revised guidance on
the method for its completion
MSC/Circ.233
09.05.78
Amendments to the plan for the

establishment of a world-wide
navigational warning system
MSC/Circ.232
07.05.78
Maritime Training. Amendments to the

Document for Guidance - l975
MSC/Circ.23l
05.05.78
Drifting anchor buoys
MSC/Circ.230
l3.04.78

93
Circ. No.
Title
services
MSC/Circ.229
0l.03.78
New edition of International Maritime

MSC/Circ.228
l5.02.78
Plan for the establishment of a

world-wide navigational system
MSC/Circ.227
30.ll.77

services
MSC/Circ.226
26.09.77

dangerous chemicals in bulk
MSC/Circ.225
3l.08.77
Standard Marine Navigational

Vocabulary
MSC/Circ.224
25.05.77
Submission of Damage Cards and

Intact Stability Casualty Records
MSC/Circ.223
23.05.77
Recommendation on Intact Stability

Requirements for Off-Shore Supply
Vessels
MSC/Circ.222
05.05.77
Plan for the Establishment of a

World-Wide Navigational Warning
System
MSC/Circ.22l/
Corr.l
29.04.77

services
MSC/Circ.22l

services
MSC/Circ.220
l4.0l.77
Testing of ships' cargo hoses
MSC/Circ.2l9
20.l2.76
Procedures and Guidelines

for the control of ships
MSC/Circ.2l8
l6.l2.76
Code for existing ships carrying

Liquefied Gases in Bulk
MSC/Circ.2l7
22.ll.76
Implementation of
Recommendations
MSC/Circ.2l6
08.ll.76
Dangerous Goods Code.
Amendment No. l4 (l976)
94
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.2l5
l8.l0.76
Definition of the term "At

a similar stage of construction"
MSC/Circ.2l4
l4.l0.76

Equipment of Ships carrying
MSC/Circ.2l3
07.l0.76
Revised Draft Plan for the

Establishment of a World-Wide
Navigational Warning System
MSC/Circ.2l2
20.09.76
Maritime Training
"Document for Guidance-l975"
MSC/Circ.2ll
l0.09.76

of Ships
MSC/Circ.2l0
l3.08.76
Tanker Safety, Static Electricity

and Inert Gas - Note by ICS
MSC/Circ.209
05.07.76
Amendment No.l3 (l976)
MSC/Circ.208
28.05.76
International Chamber of
Shipping - Casualty Reports
MSC/Circ.207
27.05.76
Licensing of Pilots
MSC/Circ.205
25.05.76

Vocabulary
MSC/Circ.204
2l.05.76
Manning Requirements
MSC/Circ.203
l9.05.76
Carriage of Metal Sulphide

Concentrates in Bulk
MSC/Circ.202
l6.03.76

of Ships
MSC/Circ.20l
04.03.76
List of Resolutions adopting

Recommendations intended as
amendments to SOLAS 74
9th Assembly
MSC/Circ.200
l3.0l.76
Transmissions of Navigational
Warnings in the Baltic Sea
MSC/Circ.l99
03.l2.75
95
Circ. No.
Title
Amendment No. l2 (l975)

MSC/Circ.l98
04.ll.75
Treatment of Ballast Spaces

of Segregated Ballast
Tankers in respect of Tonnage
MSC/Circ.l97
l3.l0.75

Vocabulary
MSC/Circ.l96
07.l0.75

5th Amendment
MSC/Circ.l95
ll.06.75
International Maritime Dangerous

Goods Code
MSC/Circ.l94
30.05.75

Vocabulary
MSC/Circ.l93
29.04.75
Code of Safe Practice for

Bulk Cargoes - Section 4
MSC/Circ.l92
28.04.75
Recommendation concerning
avoidance of slack holds
in OBO's by the ICS
MSC/Circ.l9l
24.04.75
Drifting Anchor Buoys
MSC/Circ.l90
l8.04.75
Ratification of International
Convention for the Safety of
Life at Sea, l974
MSC/Circ.l89
09.04.75
Ad. Hoc Working Group on

Sub-Standard Ships
MSC/Circ.l88
09.04.75
Manning requirements
MSC/Circ.l87
07.04.75
International Regulations for

Preventing Collisions at Sea, l972.
Application of Annex I
MSC/Circ.l86
04.04.75
Transmissions of Navigational
Warnings in the Area of the
English Channel and North Sea
MSC/Circ.l85
l7.03.75

Vocabulary
MSC/Circ.l84
03.02.75
Toxic vapour detection

equipment list presented
96
Circ. No.
Title
by the FRG Code for the

construction & equipment of
ships carrying dangerous chemicals
in bulk
MSC/Circ.l83
20.l2.74
Information on Support Vessels

on principal fishing grounds
Australia; Belgium;
MSC/Circ.l82
26.ll.74
Implementation of Draft Regulations

concerning Fire Safety Measures for
Tankers and Combination Carriers
MSC/Circ.l8l
25.ll.74
Information on Support
Vessels on Principal
Fishing Grounds
MSC/Circ.l80
08.ll.74

MSC/Circ.l79
ll.ll.74
Code of Safe Practice for Bulk

Cargoes
MSC/Circ.l78
08.ll.74
Communication from Norway

MSC/Circ.l77
06.ll.74
Proposed Recommendation to ensure

Uniform Treatment of Ships designed
for Carriage of Vehicles involved in A.122(V)
International Road Transport of Goods
Communication Road Transport of Goods
from Norway
MSC/Circ.l76
06.ll.74

4th Amendment
MSC/Circ.l75
22.l0.74
Information on Support
Vessels on Principal Fishing
Grounds
MSC/Circ.l74
09.l0.74

Vocabulary (supplemented by
MSC/Circ.l97)
MSC/Circ.l73
04.l0.74
Implementation of resolution
A.228(VII)
97
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.l72
l6.09.74
Information on Support Vessels on

Principal Fishing Grounds
MSC/Circ.l7l
2l.08.74
Implementation of draft
Regulations concerning Fire
Safety Measures for Tankers
and Combination Carriers
(resolution A.27l(VIII))
MSC/Circ.l70
09.08.74
Implementation of draft
Safety Measures for tankers
MSC/Circ.l69
26.07.74
International Convention on
Load Lines, l966
MSC/Circ.l68
l9.07.74

on Principal Fishing Grounds
MSC/Circ.l67
l5.07.74

MSC/Circ.l66
24.05.74

on principal fishing grounds
MSC/Circ.l65
06.05.74
Implementation of the Draft

Safety Measures for Tankers
MSC/Circ.l64
03.05.74
Anglo-French Consultative
document on the Channel
Navigation Information Service
MSC/Circ.l63
l9.04.74
Revision of Chapter III of

the l960 Safety Convention
MSC/Circ.l62
l8.04.74
VHF Radio Equipment for Tankers
MSC/Circ.l6l
l7.04.74
ICS Report on Explosions in

Combination Carriers
MSC/Circ.l60
l6.04.74
Implementation of the Draft

Safety Measures for Tankers and
Combination Carriers
98
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.l59
l0.04.74
Code of Construction and

Equipment for Ships Carrying
(Third Amendment)
MSC/Circ.l58
05.04.74
Control of Ship's Movements

of Chemical Tankers and Gas
Carriers
MSC/Circ.l57
2l.03.74
(Amendment No.9 (l973))
MSC/Circ.l56
Preparation for World

for Maritime Mobile
Telecommunications
MSC/Circ.l55
l0.l2.73
Implementation of resolution
A.228(VII)
MSC/Circ.l54
29.ll.73
Provisional Plan for the

Establishment of a World-Wide
Radio Navigational Warning System
MSC/Circ.l53
28.ll.73
Regulations on Subdivision and

Damage Stability of Passenger
Ships as Equivalent to Part B
of Chapter II of the 1960
SOLAS Convention (A.265(VIII))
MSC/Circ.l52
l5.ll.73
Adoption of the International

Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
MSC/Circ.l5l
l6.l0.73
Marking of wrecks in international

waters
MSC/Circ.l50
l2.l0.73
The Group of Experts on Search

and Rescue
MSC/Circ.l49
27.09.73
Information on Fishing Vessels

less than 24 m in length
MSC/Circ.l48
25.09.73
Questionnaire on the Use of and

Need for Maritime Radar Beacons
MSC/Circ.l47
l9.06.73
Establishment of a Joint IMO/

IALA Committee on International
Unification of Buoyage Systems
MSC/Circ.l46
0l.06.73
Questionnaire on institutional
arrangements for a maritime
satellite system
99
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.l45
0l.06.73
International Maritime Dangerous

Goods Code. Amendment No.7(l972).
Amendment No. 8(l972)
MSC/Circ.l44
22.05.73
Questionnaire on the use of

radio equipment during
distress cases
MSC/Circ.l43
2l.05.73
Training and qualifications of

officers and crews of ships
carrying hazardous or noxious
chemicals in bulk
MSC/Circ.l42
ll.05.73
VHF Requirements for ships

navigating in waters within
Canadian jurisdiction
MSC/Circ.l4l
03.05.73
Recommendation on the safe

stowage and securing of containers
on deck of vessels which are not
specifically designed and fitted for the
purpose of carrying containers
(supersedes MSC/Circ.133)
MSC/Circ.l40
30.04.73

MSC/Circ.l39
30.04.73
Preparation for World Administrative

Radio Conference for Maritime Mobile
Telecommunications
MSC/Circ.l38
l6.0l.73
Panel of Experts on Maritime

Satellites
MSC/Circ.l37
l6.ll.72
Safety requirements for special

purpose ships
MSC/Circ.l36
l3.ll.72
Recommendation on fire safety

requirements for the construction
and equipment of new tankers
MSC/Circ.l35
l3.ll.72

Equipment of ships carrying
MSC/Circ.l34
08.ll.72
ICS Tanker Safety Guide

(Chemicals)
MSC/Circ.l33
0l.06.72
Recommendation on the Safe

Stowage and Securing of Containers
100
Circ. No.
Title
on Deck on General Cargo Vessels

MSC/Circ.l32
l7.05.72
Fire Safety of Passenger Ships
MSC/Circ.l3l
07.04.72
Joint UN/IMO Conference on

International Container Traffic.
Final Draft International Convention
for Safe Containers (CSC)
MSC/Circ.l30
06.04.72
Marine Pollution
Reports on incidents
involving dangerous goods
MSC.Circ.l29
06.04.72
Marine Pollution
Enforcement of Oilpol 1954
MSC/Circ.l28
29.03.72
Pilot Ladders
MSC/Circ.l27
29.03.72
Decisions by the twenty-fifth session

of the Maritime Safety Committee
MSC/Circ.l26
28.03.72
Exemptions from Radio Requirements

MSC/Circ.60; UK;
MSC/Circ.l25
27.03.72
Revision of the International

Regulations for Preventing
Collisions at Sea, l960
MSC/Circ.l24/
Corr.l
05.05.72
New Traffic Separation Schemes and

Amendments to previously adopted
Schemes approved by the MSC at its
twenty-fifth session
MSC/Circ.l24
24.03.72
New Traffic Separation Schemes and

Amendments to previously adopted
Schemes approved by the MSC at its twenty-fifth session
MSC/Circ.l23
l7.03.72
Proposals for Traffic Separation

Schemes. Consultations with
Hydrographic Offices
MSC/Circ.l22
2l.02.72
Revision of International
Regulations for Preventing
Collisions at Sea
MSC/Circ.l21
23.l2.71
Revision of International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
MSC/Circ.ll9
l8.ll.71
Publication on Ships' Routeing Spanish Edition
101
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.l20
06.l2.71
Second Draft Convention on Safe Containers
MSC/Circ.ll8
l7.ll.71
Marine Traffic Regulations within the St. Lawrence Waterway
MSC/Circ.ll7
08.ll.71
Helicopter Evacuation of Personnel at Sea
MSC/Circ.ll6
2l.l0.71
Equivalent Grain Regulations to Chapter VI of SOLAS l960 (resolution

A.l84(VI) Exchange of Experience Data
MSC/Circ.ll5
New Traffic Regulations for the Waterways of the Federal Republic of 2l.l0.71
Germany
MSC/Circ.ll4
08.l0.77
International Oil Tanker and Terminal Safety Guide
MSC/Circ.ll3
08.l0.71
Interim guidelines for sub-division and stability of air-cushion vehicles

in the displacement mode
MSC/Circ.ll2
07.l0.7l
Provisional Interim Guidelines on Fire Safety Measures for Air Cushion

Vehicles
MSC/Circ.lll
06.l0.71
Unified Definitions of Main Particulars and other Properties of Fishing Vessels
MSC/Circ.ll0
0l.l0.71
Establishment of a Sub-Committee on Standards of Training and watchkeeping

(Terms of reference)
MSC/Circ.l09
0l.l0.71
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. Amendment No. 6 (l97l)
MSC/Circ.l08/Add.3
13.06.79
Recommendations on the Safe Use of Pesticides in Ships
MSC/Circ.l08/Add.2
21.04.78
MSC/Circ.l08/Add.1
15.04.75
MSC/Circ.l08
30.09.71
MSC/Circ.l07
22.07.71
Reports on Collision between MS Pacific Glory and SS Allegro and Stranding

of ST Panther
MSC/Circ.l06
23.06.7l
Casualty Report on a Gas Tanker
MSC/Circ.l05
02.06.71
Tanker Explosions
102
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.l04
0l.06.7l
Oil Pollution - Clean up of the Arrow Oil Spill in Chedabucto Bay
MSC/Circ.103
27.05.71
Circulation of Revised Draft International Convention for the Safe Intermodal

Transport of Containers
MSC/Circ.l02
24.05.7l
Meeting of Coastal States on Problems of Navigation in the Dover Strait
MSC/Circ.l0l
23.04.71
Issue of Cargo Ship Safety

Construction Certificates
MSC/Circ.l00
0l.06.7l
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.Amd 5-l97l
MSC/Circ.99
3l.03.7l
Marine Pollution. Disposal of sewage aboard ships.
MSC/Circ.98
29.03.7l
Circulation of Draft International Convention for Safe Intermodal Transport of

Containers
MSC/Circ.97
02.03.71
Maritime Training "Document for Guidance - l970"
MSC/Circ.96
23.02.7l
Oil Pollution - Clean up of the Arrow Oil Spill in Chedabacto Bay
MSC/Circ.95
l0.02.7l
Limitation of Tank Size of Tankers from the point of view of preventing

pollution of the sea
MSC/Circ.94
2l.l2.70
Oil Pollution - Clean up of the Arrow Oil Spill in Chedabucto Bay
MSC/Circ.93
27.ll.70
Implementation of IMO Recommendations on Ships' Routeing
MSC/Circ.92
25.ll.70
Limitation of Tank Size of Tankers from the point of view of preventing

pollution of the sea
MSC/Circ.9l
l7.ll.70
Passage of Large Tankers through the Strait of Dover
MSC/Circ.90
28.l0.70
Issue of Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificates
MSC/Circ.89
2l.l0.70
Training and Qualifications of Officers and Crew of Ships Carrying Hazardous

or Noxious Cargoes
MSC/Circ.88
l5.l0.70
Tanker Safety Guide (Petroleum)
MSC/Circ.87
Provisional Interim Guidelines on Fire Safety Measures for Air Cushion
103
Circ. No.
Title
l9.l0.70
Vehicles
MSC/Circ.86
l9.l0.70
Recommendation on Fire Safety of Mobile Off-Shore Units
MSC/Circ.85
l9.l0.70
Guidance on the Method of

Completion of Fire Casualty Records Forms
MSC/Circ.84
l6.l0.70
Tank Size of Large Tankers
MSC/Circ.83
l8.09.70
Rules for Classification and Construction of Sea-going Ships, l970, of the

Register of Shipping of the USSR
MSC/Circ.82
0l.09.70
New IMO Publication MERSAR
MSC/Circ.8l
0l.09.70
Safety Standards for Air Cushion Vehicles, Hydrofoil Boats and similar craft
MSC/Circ.80
04.08.70
International Oil Tanker and Terminal Safety Guide
MSC/Circ.79
3l.07.70
Automation in Ships
MSC/Circ.78
27.07.70
IMO Publication on Ships' Routeing
MSC/Circ.77
23.07.70
Code of Safety for Fishermen and Fishing Vessels
MSC/Circ.76
23.04.70
Code Maritime International des Marchandises Dangereuses Amendment No. 4

(l970)
MSC/Circ.75
3l.03.70
Deficiencies in ships and their equipment
MSC/Circ.74
3l.03.70
Vessels with fender lists
MSC/Circ.73
23.03.70
Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (MERSAR)
MSC/Circ.72
23.03.70
Recommendation by the Council of Europe on Fishery Policies in Europe
MSC/Circ.7l/ Add.1
22.l0.70
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code Amd 4-l970
MSC/Circ.7l
l7.03.70
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (Amd 4-l970)
104
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.70
09.03.70
Interim Recommendation for Existing Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals

which are liquid at ambient temperatures and at atmospheric pressure
MSC/Circ.69
06.03.70
Tank Size of Large Tankers
MSC/Circ.68
05.03.70
Weather Messages from Single-Operator Ships
MSC/Circ.67
l8.ll.69
Maritime Meteorology
MSC/Circ.66
l8.ll.69
Automation in Ships
MSC/Circ.65
02.09.69
Safety Standards for Air Cushion Vehicles, Hydrofoil Boats and similar craft
MSC/Circ.64
08.07.69
Seminar on Containerization Bombay (5 December 1968)
MSC/Circ.63
l6.06.69
Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual
MSC/Circ.62
28.05.69
Fire-fighting booklet
MSC/Circ.6l
l4.05.69
Position-reporting systems
MSC/Circ.60
09.05.69
Exemptions from radio requirements
MSC/Circ.59
09.05.69
Maritime Satellites (Radio-communication and Radio-determination)
MSC/Circ.58
08.05.69
Information on hospital, rescue, repair and weather ships which could provide
assistance to fishing vessels
MSC/Circ.57
IMDG Code (French only)
MSC/Circ.56
27.05.69
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. Amd 3-l969 (English only)
MSC/Circ.55
ll.l2.68
Automation in ships
MSC/Circ.54
l5.ll.68
Exemptions from Radio Requirements
MSC/Circ.53
ll.ll.68
Revision of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, l960
105
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.52
l4.l0.68
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. Amd 2-l968 (French only)
MSC/Circ.5l
27.05.68
List of voluntary observing ships
MSC/Circ.50
20.03.68
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code Amd 2-l968
MSC/Circ.49
18.01.68
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. Amd 1-6 (French only)
MSC/Circ.48
l8.0l.68
Safety of drilling rigs
MSC/Circ.47
04.0l.68
Report on the Collision of SS Texaco Massachusetts and M/V Alva Cape
MSC/Circ.46
22.ll.67
Equivalent arrangements under the l948 and l960 Safety Conventions
MSC/Circ.45
23.l0.67
Equivalent Arrangements under the l948 and l960 Safety Conventions
MSC/Circ.44
03.l0.67
Safety aspects of the use of cargo containers for the consignment of goods by
sea
MSC/Circ.43
24.08.67
Report of a fire in ventilation ducts
MSC/Circ.42
l0.08.67
Safety aspects of the use of Cargo Containers for the Consignment of

Goods by Sea
MSC/Circ.4l
l9.06.67
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.Amd 1-1967
MSC/Circ.40
l3.04.67
Safety of drilling rigs
MSC/Circ.39
by 07.04.67
Safety Aspects of the Use of Cargo Containers for the Consignment of Goods
Sea
MSC/Circ.38
20.03.67
Recommendations on Minimum Requirements on Icing of Fishing Vessels
MSC/Circ.37
l7.0l.67
Automation in ships
MSC/Circ.36
07.l2.66
Code of Practice on Safety on Board Fishing Vessels
MSC/Circ.35
04.ll.66
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, l960
106
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.34
l8.07.66
Equivalent Arrangements under the l948 and l960 Safety Conventions (List of
Notifications)
MSC/Circ.33
07.07.66
North Atlantic Ocean Stations
MSC/Circ.32
l3.06.66
North Atlantic Ocean Stations
MSC/Circ.3l
27.05.66
Training of Officers and Seamen
MSC/Circ.30
by l4.02.66
Memo to Administrations on an Approximate Determination of Ship's Stability

Means of the Rolling Period Tests
MSC/Circ.29
l4.02.66
Recommended Practice for Freeing Ports on Fishing Vessels and

Recommended Practice for Exterior Hatch Coamings and Door Sills on
Fishing Vessels
MSC/Circ.28
09.02.66
Establishment of new Sub-Committees

LSA;COM;NAV;STAB;
MSC/Circ.27
2l.l2.65
Pilot Ladders (SOLAS 1960,V/17)
MSC/Circ.26
0l.l2.65
Establishment of new Sub-Committees (supplemented by MSC/Circ.28)
MSC/Circ.25
26.l0.65
Training of Masters, Officers and Seamen
MSC/Circ.24
0l.02.65
Fire-fighting recommendations for explosive cargo
MSC/Circ.23
22.0l.65
Equivalent Arrangements under the l948 Safety Convention
MSC/Circ.22
l2.ll.64
UN Dangerous Goods Labels
MSC/Circ.2l
20.04.64
Carriage of Bulk Cargoes other than Grain
MSC/Circ.20
l5.0l.64
National practices in the carriage of bulk cargoes other than grain
MSC/Circ.l9
ll.l2.63
Request for comments on safety of navigation items
MSC/Circ.l7
07.09.63
Hydrofoil Boats (Norway)
107
Circ. No.
Title
MSC/Circ.l6
08.07.63
Strength of grain fittings
MSC/Circ.l4
22.ll.62
Carriage of bulk cargoes other than grain
MSC/Circ.l3
l3.08.62
MSC/Circ.l2
03.07.62
Carriage of hydrogen in merchant ships
MSC/Circ.ll
l5.06.62
MSC/Circ.10
12.03.62
Order on the safety of navigation in Greenland waters
MSC/Circ.9
l2.03.62
National practices in carriage of bulk cargoes other than grain
MSC/Circ.8
08.12.61
Use of radar information
MSC/Circ.7
23.05.6l
Consumption of Sea-Water by
MSC/Circ.6
17.03.61
International Code of Signals Table of allocation of international call sign

series
MSC/Circ.5
14.02.61
Request for replies to MSC/Circ.4
MSC/Circ.4
05.09.60
Proposed revision of the International Code of Signals
MSC/Circ.3
26.04.60
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil,

Report of proceedings, including resolutions, of the un-official International
Conference on Oil Pollution of the Sea, 3-4 July 1959, Copenhagen
MSC/Circ.2
26.04.60
Consumption of sea water by shipwrecked mariners
MSC/Circ.1
03.12.59
Comments on draft provisional rules of procedure of the MSC
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NUMERICAL LIST OF CIRCULARS ISSUED

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF PARAGRAPH 1.1.4 OF THE LSA CODE

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATION II-1/26.3

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION ON FALL PREVENTER DEVICES

UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD

UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS CHAPTERS II-1 AND XII, OF

APPLICATION OF SOLAS REGULATIONS XII/3, XII/7 AND XII/11

LIST OF CERTIFICATES AND DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE

GUIDELINES FOR VERIFICATION OF DAMAGE STABILITY

GUIDANCE ON THE VALIDITY OF RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE SOLAS CONVENTION AND

THE IBC AND IGC CODES

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE

UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF THE 2000 HSC CODE, AS AMENDED

UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS CHAPTER II-2 AND

GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF ALTERNATIVES AND

GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING AND APPROVING PROCEDURES

GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION AND

EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDMENT 02-13 TO THE

CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS THE INTERNATIONAL

GUIDANCE ON ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN PARTIES TO ALLOW

GUIDANCE ON THE PREPARATION, REPORTING AND REVIEW OF

PROCEDURES REGARDING THE CONSIDERATION OF

GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS AND ROCEDURES

FOR RECOVERY OF PERSONS FROM THE WATER

MSC.1/Circ.1446/Rev.1 RECOMMENDED INTERIM MEASURES FOR PASSENGER SHIP

RECOMMENDED INTERIM MEASURES FOR PASSENGER SHIP

CLARIFICATION OF THE TERM "FIRST SCHEDULED DRY-DOCKING"

INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR FLAG STATES ON MEASURES TO

INTERIM GUIDANCE TO PRIVATE MARITIME SECURITY OMPANIES

INSPECTION PROGRAMMES FOR CARGO TRANSPORT UNITS

INTERIM MEASURES FOR EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

ILLUSTRATIONS OF SEGREGATION OF CARGO TRANSPORT UNITS

CONVERSION TABLE (RECORD OF AMENDMENTS) FOR PART 7

CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS INTERNATIONAL MARITIME

UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS REGULATION II-2/21.4

AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF THE FTP CODE

UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS CHAPTER II-2

UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF SOLAS REGULATION II-2/10.6.4 AND

REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION

GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROVAL OF HELICOPTER FACILITY

REVISED GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN AND APPROVAL OF FIXED

CLARIFICATION OF SOLAS REGULATIONS V/19.2.3.4 AND V/19.2.9.2

PILOT TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS

UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF COLREG 1972, AS AMENDED

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATION II-1/3-5

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATIONS II-1/29.3 AND

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATION II-1/48.3

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF PARAGRAPH 1.2.2.6 OF THE LSA

UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CODE OF SAFETY FOR

GUIDELINES ON EXEMPTIONS FOR CRUDE OIL TANKERS SOLELY

AWARENESS OF COUNTERFEIT AND SUBSTANDARD LIFE-SAVING

GUIDELINES FOR THE STANDARDIZATION OF LIFEBOAT CONTROL

GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF A VISIBLE

GUIDELINES FOR PASSENGER SHIP TENDERS

UNIFIED INTERPRETATION OF SOLAS REGULATIONS II-1/28 AND II1/29

AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTICAL

GUIDANCE TO PROSPECTIVE GMDSS SATELLITE SERVICE

BASIC SAFETY GUIDANCE FOR YACHT RACES OR OCEANIC

PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES RELATING TO THE REVIEW AND

EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS