Team leaders from the five audit teams set up to verify rules of construction of recognized organizations, for oil tankers and bulk carriers, are meeting this week at IMO (7-8 May) to discuss the finalization of harmonized reports, for submission to the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 96) in May 2016. Once approved, the groundwork will be laid for new oil tankers and bulk carriers to be constructed according to the goal based standards, which are mandatory under SOLAS for oil tankers and bulk carriers constructed after 1 July 2016. The GBS meeting was opened by IMO Secretary-General Sekimizu.