IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has issued amendments to the Code for Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU Code), adopted at the latest MSC meeting that was held from 20th to 29th of April 2022.
The amendments, which were approved at MSC 104, relate to the modernization of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems (GMDSS) and were adopted at MSC 105 in conjunction with adoption of the related amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention.
Chapter 11 - Radiocommunication and Navigation was replaced entirely "to provide minimum provisions for navigation equipment and for distress and safety radiocommunications between mobile offshore drilling units, including associated survival craft, and coast stations, ships and supporting aircraft".
The amendments enter into force 01 January 2024.
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