This is an update of one previously approved by IMO and circulated under MSC/Circ.568/Rev.1. The current poster was approved by the IMO NAV57 Committee in July 2011 and was ratified at IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee in May 2012 as part of a revision of SOLAS Regulation 23.
The new 2012 poster covers these items, including ‘Safe Approach of the Pilot Boat ’ and provision for the ‘Installation of Pilot Ladder Winch Reels ’ and the requirements detailed in the new SOLAS Ch V Reg 23,that enters in to force on the 1st July 2012.