Abstract
International acceptance of high-performance marine vehicles for commercial operations has been facilitated by the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) development of a series of safety standards for such craft, commencing with the Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft of1977 and continuing to the present day. The author, as the Australian delegate, has led many of the IMO working and correspondence groups that have carried out much of this work, and been closely associated with the remainder. This paper provides an overview of this series of standards, including notable features of their development. It covers up to and including the 2006 amendments to the 2000 High-Speed Craft Code for relatively conventional high-speed vessels, and the WIG Craft Interim Guidelines and the associated principles and recommendations for operating personnel of such high-speed craft of the future.
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