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.