The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meeting from June 3-12 is expected to adopt a new mandatory code for gas-fuelled ships.
The MSC is expected to adopt the draft International Code of Safety for Ships using Gases or other Low-flashpoint Fuels (IGF Code), along with draft amendments to make the Code mandatory under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (Solas).
As a fuel with lower emissions than fuel oil and marine diesel oil, the use of gas as fuel, particularly liquefied natural gas (LNG), has increased in recent years. But gas as fuel poses its own set of safety challenges, which need to be properly managed.
The IGF Code aims to minimize the risk to the ship, its crew and the environment, having regard to the nature of the fuels involved.
The committee will also consider cyber security matters and passenger ship safety, as well as a number of items put forward by the sub-committees.
Source: IMO
IMO mandatory code for gas-fuelled ships expected
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