MEPC 75で採択されたMARPOL条約附属書VIの改正、2022年4月発効

第75回IMO海洋環境保護委員会(MEPC75)が、2020年11月16日から20日に開催されました。今回採択されたMARPOL条約附属書VIの改正は2022年4月より発効します。主な改正点はEEDIフェーズ3規制の継続審議、燃料油サンプリングに関する新規制等です。MEPC75の主な審議結果は、2020年11月26日付のこちらの記事をご覧ください。

On 26.11.2020, the Club provided a summary on the outcome of IMO’s MEPC 75 which took place remotely from 16-20 November 2020.

This summary which can be accessed in full here included a report on the adoption by MEPC 75 of the below amendments to MARPOL Annex VI. These amendments will enter into force on 1 April 2022.

1. Strengthening of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) "phase 3" requirements

   This amendment brought forward the entry into effect date of phase 3 from 2025 to 1 April 2022 for several ship types including gas carriers, general cargo ships and LNG carriers. As such, ships built (with their keels laid) on or after 1 April 2022, must be significantly more energy efficient than the baseline.

2. New provisions for fuel oil sampling, testing and verification

   Amendments to Regulation 14, ‘Sulphur oxides (SOX) and particulate matter’, to require one or more  sampling points to be fitted or designated for the purpose of taking representative samples of fuel oil in use, were approved. Ships built (with their keels laid) on or after 1 April 2022 must have fitted or designated sampling points for taking samples of fuel oil in use.