Amendments to the IMO Codes entering into force in 2024

In 2024, numerous amendments to the IMO Codes will enter into force. Most of them will enter into force on January 1st, 2024, and only four on July 1st of the same year.

These are amendments to the IMDG, FSS, IGF, MODU, HSC, LSA, SPS, IGC, ESP, and IBC Codes.

The exception is Resolution MSC.527(106) related to the International Code of Safety for Ships Carrying Industrial Personnel (IP Code). Resolution MSC.527(106) does not include amendments because the IP Code was recently adopted for the first time.

The International Maritime Organization issued most of these documents in 2022.

These are the resolutions adopted by the IMO Maritime Safety Committee, only one of the resolutions listed below was adopted by the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee.

For more information, please see the documents below (available only to subscribers):

IMDG CODE (MSC.501(105)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods

FSS CODE (MSC.457(101)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Code for Fire Safety Systems

FSS CODE (MSC.484(103)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Code for Fire Safety Systems

IGF CODE (MSC.458(101)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or Other Low-Flashpoint Fuels

IGF CODE (MSC.475(102)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or Other Low-Flashpoint Fuels

1979 MODU CODE (MSC.504(105)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 1979

1989 MODU CODE (MSC.505(105)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 1989

2009 MODU CODE (MSC.506(105)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 2009

1994 HSC CODE (MSC.498(105)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 1994

2000 HSC CODE (MSC.499(105)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000

LSA CODE (MSC.485(103)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Life-Saving Appliance Code

LSA CODE (MSC.459(101)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Life-Saving Appliance Code

1983 SPS CODE (MSC.502(105)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships, 1983

2008 SPS CODE (MSC.503(105)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships, 2008

IGC CODE (MSC.476(102)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk

IGC CODE (MSC.492(104)), coming into force on January 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk

2011 ESP CODE (MSC.525(106)), coming into force on July 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections During Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011

IP CODE (MSC.527(106)), coming into force on July 1st, 2024:

International Code of Safety for Ships Carrying Industrial Personnel

IBC CODE (MSC.526(106)), coming into force on July 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk

IBC CODE (MEPC.345(78)), coming into force on July 1st, 2024:

Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (Watertight doors)

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