1 The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), at its
seventy-sixth session, in considering the Report of the Working Group
on Bulk Carrier Safety concerning the issue of the risk control options
on ship/terminal interface improvement for bulk carriers, noted the
need to harmonize training programmes for terminal operators worldwide.
2 MSC 76, further noted that the above concern
could be addressed by the application of the Code of Practice for
the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers (BLU
Code) and that the risk control options in the under development
Manual on loading and unloading of solid bulk cargoes for terminal
representatives would address the concerns referred to above.
3 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-eighth
session 12 to 21 May 2004, agreed that the application of the BLU Code would address the concerns on risk control
options above and urges Member Governments, shipowners and operators
and terminals as well as terminal representatives to apply the guidance
contained therein.
4 Member Governments are invited to bring the BLU Code and, in particular, guidance on risk control
options contained in the BLU Code to the
attention of shipowners, shipmasters, shippers, terminals as well
as terminal representatives and other parties concerned.