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The Conference,

 HAVING ADOPTED amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, concerning the safety of ro-ro passenger ships,

 NOTING that, in accordance with new SOLAS regulation II-2/28-1, ships constructed on or after 1 July 1997 are required to have bulkheads and other partitions forming vertical divisions along escape routes arranged in such a way as to allow them to be used as walking surfaces at large angles of heel,

 BEING OF THE OPINION that the safety of passengers on ro-ro passenger ships constructed before 1 July 1997 should be improved by arranging escape routes in such a way that passengers could escape at large angles of heel,

 RECOGNIZING that implementation of the fire protection requirements of the 1992 SOLAS amendments may entail modifications to the accommodation spaces of passenger ships,

 URGES Contracting Governments to ensure that, when ro-ro passenger ships constructed before 1 July 1997 undergo modifications to the accommodation spaces, consideration is given to the fitting thereon of bulkheads and partitions of the standard prescribed in SOLAS regulation II-2/28-1.

Parent topic: Resolution 3 - Escape arrangements in ships constructed before 1 July 1997 – (Adopted on 29 November 1995)
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