The IMO’s Sub-committee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety (SLF) at its latest meeting (SLF 55) this week reviewed and finalised the draft Guidelines for the verification of damage stability requirements. The Sub-committee had, at its last meeting in January 2012, also developed draft amendments to mandatory instruments. These amendments to MARPOL Annex I, IBC, BCH, GC and I...