Last update : 2025/10/07
Result 9
| Subjects | Requirement Resolution No. Entry into force  | 
	New Ship Existing Ship  | 
	Ship types | Size | Implementation Date | Convention | TEC | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watertight doors on cargo ships | 
IBC Code MEPC.345(78) 2024/07/01  | 
New Ship | Chemical Tankers | All | 1 July 2024 | IBC Code | |
| Existing Ship | Chemical Tankers | All | 1 July 2024 | ||||
| Short-term measures for reduction of GHG (Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII)) | 
MARPOL Annex VI MEPC.328(76) 2022/11/01  | 
New Ship | Bulk carrier, Gas carrier (LPG carrier), Tanker, Containership, General cargo ship, Refrigerated cargo carrier, Combination carrier, Ro-ro cargo ships (Vehicle carrier), Ro-ro cargo ship, Ro-ro passenger ship, LNG carrier and Cruise passenger ship | 5,000 GT and above | 1 January 2023 | MARPOL | 1245 | 
| Existing Ship | Bulk carrier, Gas carrier (LPG carrier), Tanker, Containership, General cargo ship, Refrigerated cargo carrier, Combination carrier, Ro-ro cargo ships (Vehicle carrier), Ro-ro cargo ship, Ro-ro passenger ship, LNG carrier and Cruise passenger ship | 5,000 GT and above | 1 January 2023 | ||||
| Ban of use of heavy fuel oil in Arctic waters | 
MARPOL Annex I MEPC.329(76) 2022/11/01  | 
New Ship | All | All | 1 July 2024 (1 July 2029 for ships to which regulation 12A of this Annex or regulation 1.2.1 of chapter 1 of part II-A of the Polar Code applies) | MARPOL | 1245 | 
| Existing Ship | All | All | 1 July 2024 (1 July 2029 for ships to which regulation 12A of this Annex or regulation 1.2.1 of chapter 1 of part II-A of the Polar Code applies) | ||||
| Short-term measures for reduction of GHG (EEXI) | 
MARPOL Annex VI MEPC.328(76) 2022/11/01  | 
New Ship | Bulk carrier, Gas carrier (LPG carrier), Tanker, Containership, General cargo ship, Refrigerated cargo carrier, Combination carrier, Ro-ro cargo ships (Vehicle carrier), Ro-ro cargo ship, Ro-ro passenger ship, LNG carrier and Cruise passenger ship (Except ships which have non-conventional propulsion such as diesel electric, turbine or hybrid propulsion system, but in this context, except LNG carrier and cruise passenger ship) | 400GT and above | 1 January 2023 | MARPOL | 1245 1250  | 
| Existing Ship | Bulk carrier, Gas carrier (LPG carrier), Tanker, Containership, General cargo ship, Refrigerated cargo carrier, Combination carrier, Ro-ro cargo ships (Vehicle carrier), Ro-ro cargo ship, Ro-ro passenger ship, LNG carrier and Cruise passenger ship (Except ships which have non-conventional propulsion such as diesel electric, turbine or hybrid propulsion system, but in this context, except LNG carrier and cruise passenger ship) | 400GT and above | the first annual, intermediate or renewal survey of IAPP Certificate on or after 1 January 2023 | ||||
| Sampling and Analysis at Commissioning of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) | 
BWM Convention MEPC.325(75) 2022/06/01  | 
New Ship | All | All | 1 June 2022 | BWM Convention | 1228 | 
| Existing Ship | All | All | 1 June 2022 | ||||
| 2021 Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems | 
MARPOL Annex VI Res. MEPC.340(77) 2022/06/01  | 
New Ship | All | All | EGCS installed on ships the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 June 2022;  or EGCS installed on ships the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction before 1 June 2022 which have a contractual delivery date of EGCS to the ship on or after 1 June 2022  | 
MARPOL | 1259 | 
| Existing Ship | All | All | EGCS with the actual delivery to the ship on or after 1 June 2022; or amendments, as those specified in paragraphs 4.2.2.4 or 5.6.3 of the 2021 EGCS Guidelines, to EGCS undertaken on or after 1 June 2022 | ||||
| Amendments to IMDG Code | 
IMDG Code MSC.477(102) 2022/06/01  | 
New Ship | Ships carrying IMDG cargo | All | 1 June 2022 Administrations may apply it on a voluntary basis as from 1 January 2021.  | 
SOLAS | 1229 | 
| Existing Ship | Ships carrying IMDG cargo | All | 1 June 2022 Administrations may apply it on a voluntary basis as from 1 January 2021.  | 
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| Sampling of fuel oil used on board | 
MARPOL Annex VI MEPC.324(75) 2022/04/01  | 
New Ship | All | All | 1 April 2022 | MARPOL | 1261 | 
| Existing Ship | All | All | the first renewal survey on or after 1 April 2023 | ||||
| 1. Strengthening of EEDI phase 3 requirements 2. Reference line for large bulk carriers | 
MARPOL Annex VI MEPC.324(75) 2022/04/01  | 
New Ship | Containerships, Gas carriers, General Cargo ships, LNG carriers and Cruise Passenger ships | 400GT or over | Ships contracted for construction on or after 1 April 2022 | MARPOL | 1228 | 
| Existing Ship |