What is objective of SOLAS?

Recently two 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).

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