What are recent/new chapters added in SOLAS?

Chapter XIII – Verification of compliance 

Makes mandatory from 1 January 2016 the IMO Member State Audit Scheme. 

Chapter XIV – Safety measures for ships operating in polar waters

The chapter makes mandatory, from 1 January 2017, the Introduction and part I-A of the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the Polar Code).

ANUBHAV GAUTAM