Newly adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Regulation V/23 on Pilot transfer arrangements in International Maritime Organization (IMO) Resolution MSC.572(110), and IMO Resolution MSC.576(110), Performance standards for pilot transfer arrangements will enter into force on 1 January 2028.
Revised IMO Circular MSC.1/Circ.1428/Rev.1 on required pilot transfer arrangements for pilots and other personnel, is meant to be implemented alongside these amendments.1 1.3
This Yacht Technical Circular clarifies the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator’s (the “Administrator’s”) policies regarding compliance with the adopted amendments for yachts.
All yachts on which pilots may be employed are required to be provided with pilot transfer arrangements.
Pilot transfer arrangements provided and installed on or after 1 January 20282 must be designed, manufactured, constructed, secured, and installed in accordance with the introduction and parts A, B, and C of IMO Resolution MSC.576(110).
Pilot transfer arrangements provided and installed before 1 January 2028 on yachts to which SOLAS Chapter I applies must comply with the requirements in §2.2 above, not later than the first survey3 on or after 1 January 2029.