Regarding amendments of IBC Code which will enter into force from 1 June 2014 Tec No.:TEC- 983 (168kb) Contact:Hull Department Issued:14 Mar 2014 Amendments to the IBC Code (MSC340(91)/MEPC225(64)), which are applicable to chemical tankers, will enter into force from 1 June 2014. In the new amendments, a part of the contents in Chapters 17, 18 and 19 will be revised. A brief overview of each chapter and the main focus of the amendments are summarized below. In addition, a summary table of new cargoes and existing cargoes, the requirements of which have been revised, has been prepared as a reference as shown in attachment 1. [Overview of Amended Chapters] Chapter 17: Summary of minimum requirements for products to which the IBC Code applies Chapter 18: List of products to which the IBC Code does not apply Chapter 19: Comparison table of Index names and Product names to which the IBC Code applies
Introduction to the Outcomes of MEPC65 Tec No.:TEC- 958 (54kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:18 Jul 2013 A summary of the decisions taken at the sixty-fifth session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC65) held from 13 to 17 May 2013 is provided as below for your information. 1. Ballast Water Management Convention Ballast Water Management Convention was adopted in 2004 in order to prevent the adverse effects to the maritime environment caused by the transfer of ballast water. The Convention will enter into force 12 months after ratification by 30 states, representing 35% of the world merchant shipping tonnage. With Germany ratifying the Convention on 20 June 2013, the number of member countries has reached 37 countries representing 30.32% of the world merchant fleet tonnage. As of now, the Convention has not come into effect. Upon the enfor
Introduction to the Outcomes of MEPC 64 Tec No.:TEC- 944 (32kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:15 Feb 2013 A summary of the decisions taken at the sixty-fourth session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 64) held from 1 to 5 October 2012 is provided below for your information. 1. Ballast Water Management Convention Adopted in 2004, the Ballast Water Management Convention will enter into force 12 months after ratification by 30 states, representing 35% of the world merchant shipping tonnage. As of the end of December 2012, it has not yet come into effect with ratification by 36 countries, representing 29.07% of the world merchant fleet tonnage. (1) Review of the availability of ballast water treatment technologies and status of progress in their installation MEPC has been continuously conducting technical reviews to address issues regardin
Introduction to the Outcomes of MEPC63 Tec No.:TEC- 914 (190kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:20 Jul 2012 A summary of the decisions taken at the sixty-third session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 63) held from 27 February 2012 to 2 March 2012 is provided below for your information. 1. Mandatory requirements adopted Key mandatory requirements adopted during this session are summarized below. (1) Amendments to MARPOL Annexes relating to Small Islands Developing States (Attachment 1) Amendments to MARPOL Annexes I, II, IV, V, and VI were adopted, aimed at enabling Small Islands Developing States*1 to comply with requirements regarding reception facilities for ship waste through regional arrangements. The amendments are expected to enter into force on 1 August 2013. Note*1: Refers to small island states in the Pacific, the West Indies,
Application of "Approved Method" to existing diesel engines under the provisions of MARPOL ANNEX VI - Certification of an Approved Method for MAN B&W S60MC engines - Tec No.:TEC- 878 (1010kb) Contact:Machinery Department Issued:25 Nov 2011 As already advised in ClassNK Technical Information No. TEC-0771 dated 13 May 2009, marine diesel engines with a power output of more than 5,000 kW and a per cylinder displacement at or above 90 liters installed onboard ships constructed on or after 1 January 1990 but prior to 1 January 2000 are to comply with Tier I emission limits using an Approved Method, provided that an Approved Method for that engine has been certified by an Administration (Reg. 13.7.1 of ANNEX VI). Since the Administration of Denmark notified that they had certified an Approved Method for MAN B&W S60MC engines on 5 October 2011 and the IMO published the relevant information on 10 October 2011 in MEPC.1/Circ.770 as attached, this ClassNK Technical Information provides the relevant i
Introduction of the outcomes of MEPC62 Tec No.:TEC- 872 (332kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:10 Nov 2011 A summary of the decisions taken at the sixty-second session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 62) held from 11 July 2011 to 15 July 2011 is provided below for your reference. 1. Adopted mandatory requirements The main mandatory requirements adopted at this session are as follows. (1) Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI: Mandatory requirement of Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) and Ship Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) (reference is made to the Attachment 1) Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI making the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) and the Ship Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) mandatory were adopted, and will become effective from 1 January 2013.(refer to the item 5. below) (2) Amendments to MARPOL Annex IV: Discharge require
Designation of United States Caribbean Emission Control Area under MARPOL ANNEX VI (Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Tec No.:TEC- 866 (129kb) Contact:Machinery Department Issued:4 Oct 2011 Information on Emission Control Areas (hereinafter referred to as ECA) specified in MARPOL ANNEX VI (hereinafter referred to as ANNEX VI) has already been provided in ClassNK Technical Information No.TEC-0654 issued on 13 April 2006, No.TEC-0771 issued on 13 May 2009 and No.TEC-0832 issued on 11 November 2010. In this connection, the United States Caribbean Sea area has been designated as a new ECA in accordance with the amendments to ANNEX VI adopted at the 62nd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 62) held in July 2011. The relevant information has been circulated by the IMO as the attached Resolution MEPC.202(62). This ClassNK Technical Information provides information relating to the above matter. 1. Sea area newly designate
Appraisal services for energy efficiency improvement of ships Tec No.:TEC- 863 (80kb) Contact:Hull Department Issued:30 Aug 2011 Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI making the "Energy Efficiency Design Index" (EEDI)*1) and the "Ship Efficiency Management Plan" (SEEMP)*2) mandatory were adopted at the 62nd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 62) held in July 2011, and will become effective from 1 January 2013. ClassNK has already started to offer appraisal services related to improving the energy efficiency of ships prior to the effective date of the amendments. This ClassNK Technical Information provides information relating to the appraisal services along with a summary of the outcomes of MEPC 62. 1. Summary of MEPC 62 outcomes (1) Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI were adopted that make the EEDI and SEEMP mandatory. A brief outline of the amendments is given be
Introduction of the outcomes of MEPC56 Tec No.:TEC- 707 (50kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:17 Aug 2007 This is a summary report of the decisions and discussions taken at the fifty-sixth session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 56) held on 9 - 13 July 2007. 1. Adoption of Mandatory Instruments The following amendments to the Mandatory Instruments were adopted at this session. The text of the adopted amendments will be posted on the IMO web-site(http://www.imo.org > Information Resources > Index of IMO Resolutions > MEPC). (1) Amendments to MARPOL 73/78 Annex I (Resolution MEPC.164(56)) The editorial amendment to regulation 38.2.5 of MARPOL 73/78 Annex I (Reception facilities outside Special Areas) was adopted. (2) Amendments to MARPOL 73/78 Annex IV (Resolution MEPC.164(56)) The amendment to regulation 11.1.1 of MARPOL 73/78 Anne
Introduction of the outcomes of IMO MEPC 55 Tec No.:TEC- 682 (362kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:17 Nov 2006 This is a summary report of the decisions and discussions taken at the fifty-fifth session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 55) held on 9 - 13 October 2006. 1. Adoption of Mandatory Instruments The following amendments to the Mandatory Instruments were adopted at this session. (1) Amendments to the revised MARPOL 73/78 Annex I (refer to Attachment 1) The amendments to the regulation 1.11 (Special Area) of the revised MARPOL 73/78 Annex I to add new paragraph (10) concerning the designation of the Southern South African Waters as a Special Area were adopted at this session and will enter into force on 1 March 2008. (2) Amendments to MARPOL 73/78 Annex III (refer to Attachment 2) The amendments to the MARPOL 73/78 Annex III to int
Introduction of the outcomes of MEPC 54 Tec No.:TEC- 657 (509kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:27 Apr 2006 This is a summary report of the decisions and discussions taken at the fifty-forth session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 54) held on 20 - 24 March 2006. 1. Adoption of Mandatory Instruments (1) Relating amendments to the revised MARPOL 73/78 Annex I (refer to Attachment 1) The following amendments to the revised MARPOL 73/78 Annex I adopted at this session and will enter into force on 1 August 2007. (i) Protection of oil fuel tanks (Regulation 12A) The amendment to revised MARPOL Annex I to add new regulation (12A) concerning oil fuel tank protection and the consequential amendments to the IOPP Certificate Supplement (Form A and B) were adopted. This regulation will apply to all ships with an aggregate oil fuel capacity of 600 m
Introduction of the outcomes of MEPC 52 Tec No.:TEC- 608 (1263kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:22 Nov 2004 This is a summary of the decisions taken at the fifty-second session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 52) held from 11 to 15 October 2004. 1. Adoption of Mandatory Instruments The revised MARPOL 73/78 Annex I, MARPOL 73/78 Annex II and IBC Code were adopted at this session. (1) MARPOL 73/78 - Annex I (See Attachment 1) The revised MARPOL Annex I for the prevention of pollution by oil from ships was adopted and is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2007. As a result of various amendments to MARPOL Annex I since its entry into force in 1983, the regulations become quite in complicated for users. For the purpose of making them user-friendly, MARPOL Annex I was re-constructed. For your reference, a table of contents of revised t
Introduction of the outcomes of MEPC51 Tec No.:TEC- 580 (352kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:22 Apr 2004 A summary of the decisions taken at the fifty-first session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 51) held from 29 March to 2 April 2004 is given hereunder for your information. 1. Adoption of Mandatory Instruments The following amendments to Annex IV and Annex V of MARPOL 73/78 were adopted at this session. (1) MARPOL 73/78 - Annex IV (See Attachment 1) The revised MARPOL Annex IV containing regulations for the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships was adopted and is expected to enter into force on 1 August 2005. The revised MARPOL Annex IV is the revision of original Annex IV, which was entered into force on 27 September 2003. The outline of Annex IV of MARPOL 73/78 and the details for the implementation are provided in Class
Introduction of the outcomes of MEPC50 Tec No.:TEC- 557 (814kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:12 Dec 2003 A summary of the decisions taken at the fiftieth session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 50) held from 1 December to 4 December 2003 is given hereunder for your information. The amendments to MARPOL Annex I concerning further acceleration of the phase-out timetable for single hull tankers and a banning the carriage of heavy grade oil in single hull tankers, and consequential amendments to CAS were adopted at MEPC50. The amendments to these regulations will enter into force on 5 April 2005. 1. Earlier phasing out for single hull tankers (reference is made to the Attachment 1) The outlines of the amendment to Reg.13G are as follows; The cut-off dates for tankers on each Category are given below table. However, for Category 2 or
Introduction of the outcomes of MEPC49 Tec No.:TEC- 542 (490kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:8 Aug 2003 A summary of the decisions taken at the forty-ninth session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 49) held from 14 July to 18 July 2003 is given hereunder for your information. 1. Phasing out for single hull tankers (reference is made to the Attachment 1) The amendment to MARPOL Annex I, based on EU proposal demanding further acceleration of the phase-out timetable for single hull tankers, a ban on the carriage of heavy grades of oil in single hull tankers and CAS to be applied to tankers of 15 years of age and over, was approved with some pending issues. An extra session of MEPC as MEPC50 will be held in December 2003 to consider the adoption of the amendment to the MARPOL Annex I. The Annex will enter into force in April 2005. (1) E
Introduction of the outcomes of MEPC 48 Tec No.:TEC- 494 (110kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:15 Dec 2002 A summary of the decisions taken at the forty-eighth session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 48) held from 7 October to 11 October 2002 is given hereunder for your information. 1. Information on the coming into effect of mandatory instruments (1) MARPOL Annex IV (Regulations for the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships) The Secretary-General reported that the ratification of the Annex by Norway paves the way for it to come into force, which will take place on 27 September 2003. Further details regarding the implementation of Annex IV by ClassNK will be advised by a separate ClassNK Technical Information. ClassNK has already carried out confirmations of voluntary compliance with this Annex. If the vessel has an appraisal c
IMO the 47th session of the Maritime Environment Protection Committee (Agendas concerning technical issues affecting ship's structure) Tec No.:TEC- 457 (122kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:25 May 2002 IMO held the 47th session of the Maritime Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) from 4 to 8 March 2002. Technical matters which are relevant to this society discussed at the session are briefly given hereunder. For your information, no mandatory resolution was adopted at this session. 1. Agenda item 2-Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water (Draft instrument) (1) The Committee discussed the draft instrument on the issue of ballast water management standards, for the draft "International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship's Ballast Water and Sediments". (2) The Committee, considering the ballast water exchange was currently the only management option available to the shipping sector and the necessity to make substantial progress o
Mandatory instruments adopted at 46th Session of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC46, April 2001) ? Acceleration of phasing out scheme of existing single hull tankers Tec No.:TEC- 404 (663kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:19 Jun 2001 At the 46th session of IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC46) held from 23 April to 27 April 2001, amendments were made to the MARPOL convention as one of the countermeasures after the ERIKA accident. Present phasing out scheme of existing single hull tankers is further accelerated as given hereunder. 1 New Phasing out schedule in accordance with new MARPOL Regulation I/13G Under new scheme given in the table attached, tankers are categorised as follows: (a) "Category 1 oil tanker" means an oil tanker of 20,000 tons deadweight and above carrying crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil or lubricating oil as cargo, and of 30,000 tons deadweight and above carrying oil other than the above, which does not comply with the requirements for ne
Requirements adopted by IMO at MEPC 45 Tec No.:TEC- 383 (175kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:16 Nov 2000 The following is a summary of the decision made by IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee held from 2 to 6 October 2000 regarding adoption of requirements. Further details for the implementation by this society will be informed in due course. 1 Amendments of Annex V to the MARPOL 73/78 Convention (Resolution MEPC.89(45)) The following amendments are adopted, which will enter into force on 1 March 2002. (1) Regulation 1(2) The definition of "Nearest Land" has been inserted. (2) Regulation 3(1)(a) and 5(2)(a)(I) "incinerator ashes from plastic products which may contain toxic or heavy metal residues" will be prohibited to dispose into the sea, both inside/outside of the special areas. (3) Regulation 9(1)(b) and 9(3)(a) as well as appendi
Implementation of recently adopted Conventions by IMO. Tec No.:TEC- 376 (594kb) Contact:External Affairs Department Issued:14 Sep 2000 Please find attached a table which summarizes conventions recently adopted by IMO arranged by the its scheduled date of implementation and entry into force, for your information.