The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-fourth session (7 to 16 May 2008),
following a recommendation of the fiftieth session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and
Equipment, approved Guidelines for owners/operators on preparing emergency towing
procedures, set out in the annex, aimed at assisting owners/operators in preparing ship-specific
emergency towing procedures for ships subject to SOLAS regulation II-1/3-4