Good maintenance on board ships – Edition January 2015 by Class NK
18 Μαΐου, 2015 | Posted by in IMO | ISM | ISPS | Marpol | MOU | PARIS MOU | PSC | SOLAS | STCW | TOKYO MOU - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο Good maintenance on board ships – Edition January 2015 by Class NK)List of amendments came into force on 1st of July 2012 and expected in the coming years
5 Ιουλίου, 2012 | Posted by in ECA | Marpol | SOLAS - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο List of amendments came into force on 1st of July 2012 and expected in the coming years)
1 July 2012 : Entry into force of 2010 amendments to SOLAS Amendments to SOLAS to make mandatory the International Code for the Application of Fire Test Procedures (2010 FTP Code).The 2010 FTP Code provides the international requirements for laboratory testing, type-approval and fire test procedures for products referenced under SOLAS chapter II-2. It comprehensively revises and updates the current Code, adopted by the MSC in 1996.
Other amendments entering into force:
• Amendments to SOLAS regulation V/18 to require annual testing of automatic identification systems (AIS)
• Amendments to SOLAS regulation V/23 on pilot transfer arrangements, to update and to improve safety aspects for pilot transfer.(refer also to our previous post http://www.ombros-consulting.com/?p=861 )
• Amendments to safety certificates in the SOLAS appendix and SOLAS Protocol of 1988, relating to references to alternative design and arrangements.
1 August 2012: Effective date for North American ECA North American Emission Control Area (SOx, and NOx and PM) becomes effective, under MARPOL Annex VI. (refer also to our previous post http://www.ombros-consulting.com/?p=957 )
29 September 2012: Entry into force of STCW-F ConventionEntry into force of International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F).The Convention will apply to crews of seagoing fishing vessels generally of 24 metres in length and above.The Convention is the first attempt to make standards of safety for crews of fishing vessels mandatory internationally.The STCW-F Convention consists of 15 Articles and an annex containing technical regulations. Chapter I contains General Provisions and Chapter II deals with Certification of Skippers, Officers, Engineer Officers and Radio Operators.
1 January 2013: Entry into force of May 2011 SOLAS amendments
A new paragraph 5 of SOLAS regulation III/1 is added to require lifeboat on-load release mechanisms not complying with new International Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) Code requirements to be replaced no later than the first scheduled dry-docking of the ship after 1 July 2014 but, in any case, not later than 1 July 2019.
The SOLAS amendment is intended to establish new, stricter, safety standards for lifeboat release and retrieval systems, aimed at preventing accidents during lifeboat launching, and will require the assessment and possible replacement of a large number of lifeboat release hooks.
1 January 2013: entry into force of July 2011 amendments to MARPOL Annex VI energy efficiency (refer also to our previous post http://www.ombros-consulting.com/?p=883 )
Annex VI emissions
Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI Regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships to designate certain waters adjacent to the coasts of Puerto Rico (United States) and the Virgin Islands (United States) as an ECA for the control of emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulphur oxides (SOX), and particulate matter under. Another amendment makes old steamships exempt from the requirements on sulphur relating to both the North American and United States Caribbean Sea ECAs. The new ECA takes effect 12 months after entry into force.
Annex IV sewage
Amendments to MARPOL Annex IV Prevention of pollution by sewage from ships to include the possibility of establishing “Special Areas” for the prevention of such pollution from passenger ships and to designate the Baltic Sea as a Special Area under this Annex.
Annex V garbage (refer also to our previous post http://www.ombros-consulting.com/?p=1124 )
Revised MARPOL Annex V Regulations for the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships, developed following a comprehensive review to bring the Annex up to date.
1 August 2013: Entry into force of 2012 amendments to MARPOL
Amendments to MARPOL Annexes I, II, IV, V and VI which are aimed at enabling small island developing Statesto comply with requirements for port States to provide reception facilities for ship waste through regional arrangements. Parties participating in a regional arrangement must develop a Regional Reception Facilities Plan and provide particulars of the identified Regional Ships Waste Reception Centres; and particulars of those ports with only limited facilities.
1 January 2014: Entry into force of 2010 October MARPOL amendments
Revised MARPOL Annex III Regulations for the prevention of pollution by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form adopted in order for changes to the Annex to coincide with the next update of the mandatory International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, specifying that goods should be shipped in accordance with relevant provisions.
1 January 2014: United States Caribbean ECA becomes effective
United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area (SOx, NOx and PM) becomes effective, under MARPOL Annex VI.
1 January 2014: Entry into force of 2012 May SOLAS amendments
Amendments to the following:
• SOLAS regulation II-1/8-1, to introduce a mandatory requirement for new passenger ships for either onboard stability computers or shore-based support, for the purpose of providing operational information to the Master for safe return to port after a flooding casualty;
• SOLAS regulation III/20.11.2 regarding the testing of free-fall lifeboats, to require that the operational testing of free-fall lifeboat release systems shall be performed either by free-fall launch with only the operating crew on board or by a simulated launching;
• SOLAS regulation V/14 on ships’ manning, to require Administrations, for every ship, to establish appropriate minimum safe manning levels following a transparent procedure, taking into account the guidance adopted by IMO (Assembly resolution A.1047(27) on Principles of minimum safe manning); and issue an appropriate minimum safe manning document or equivalent as evidence of the minimum safe manning considered necessary;
• SOLAS chapter VI to add a new SOLAS regulation VI/5-2, to prohibit the blending of bulk liquid cargoes during the sea voyage and to prohibit production processes on board ships;
• SOLAS chapter VII to replace regulation 4 on documents, covering transport information relating to the carriage of dangerous goods in packaged form and the container/vehicle packing certificate; and
• SOLAS chapter XI-1 regulation XI-1/2 on enhanced surveys, to make mandatory the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code, resolution A.1049(27)).
1 January 2014: Amendments to LL Protocol
Amendments to regulation 47 of the 1988 LL Protocol to the International Convention on Load Lines (LL), 1966 to shift the Winter Seasonal Zone off the southern tip of Africa further southward by 50 miles.
8 June 2015: Amendments to 1996 LLMC Protocol
Amendments to increase the limits of liability in the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims were adopted in April 2012.
New limits:
Under the amendments to the 1996 Protocol, the limits are raised as follows:
The limit of liability for claims for loss of life or personal injury on ships not exceeding 2,000 gross tonnage is 3.02 million SDR (up from 2 million SDR).
For larger ships, the following additional amounts are used in calculating the limitation amount:
• For each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 1,208 SDR (up from 800 SDR)
• For each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 906 SDR (up from 600 SDR)
• For each ton in excess of 70,000, 604 SDR (up from 400 SDR).
The limit of liability for property claims for ships not exceeding 2,000 gross tonnage is 1.51 million SDR (up from 1 million SDR).
For larger ships, the following additional amounts are used in calculating the limitation amount:
• For each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 604 SDR (up from 400 SDR)
• For each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 453 SDR (up from 300 SDR)
• For each ton in excess of 70,000 tons, 302 SDR (up from 200 SDR).
Source: http://www.imo.org/about/conventions/pages/action-dates.aspx
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Simplified overview of the discharge provisions of the revised MARPOL Annex V (MEPC.201(62))
3 Ιουλίου, 2012 | Posted by in Marpol - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο Simplified overview of the discharge provisions of the revised MARPOL Annex V (MEPC.201(62)))Click here to read a simplified overview of the discharge provisions of the revised MARPOL Annex V (resolution MEPC.201(62)) which will enter into force on 1 January 2013 .
For more detailed guidance regarding the respective discharge requirements please refer to the text of MARPOL Annex V or to the 2012 Guidelines for the Implementation of MARPOL Annex V).
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North American Emission Control Area (ECA) under MARPOL Annex VI
7 Μαΐου, 2012 | Posted by in ECA | Marpol | PARIS MOU - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο North American Emission Control Area (ECA) under MARPOL Annex VI)
As from 1st August 2012 the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) will come into effect. Under this new regulation, all ships sailing within 200 nautical miles of the North American coastline, including Canada, will be required to use fuel oil with a maximum sulphur content of 1% and 0.10% m/m on and after 1 January 2015. Ships constructed on or after 1 January 2016 shall comply with the NOx emission limits specified in regulation 13.5.1.1 of MARPOL Annex VI, when operating within the North American ECA.
The North American ECA covers three distinct areas:
1. Off the North American Atlantic/Gulf Coasts;
2. Off the North American Pacific coast; and
3. Around certain parts of Hawaii.
It also includes the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Great Lakes and rivers (such as Mississippi) which are accessed by international shipping. The new appendix VII to MARPOL Annex VI contains the definition and boundaries with full coordinates of the North American ECA. Diagrams showing geographical distribution of the North American ECA are set out in IMO MPEC 723 and the full list of coordinates may be found in the new Appendix VII to MARPOL Annex VI ( reference MARPOL Annex VI, Appendix VII).
The lower emission standards are already in effect from 1 July 2010, for existing Baltic Sea and North Sea ECAs, including the requirements for recording data on entry and exit.
From 1st August 2012, Transport Canada’s Port State Control Officers will check ships’ compliance with ECA requirements including:
— The ship’s bunker delivery receipt to verify the sulphur content of fuel oil supplied
— The Material Safety Data Sheet of the fuel oil on board
— The ship’s record of fuel oil changeover procedures prior to entering into ECA areas
— The record of shipboard incinerator usage.
In cases where a vessel cannot comply with ECA requirements due to non-availability of low sulphur fuel oil during voyage, owners must show proof that an attempt had been made to obtain low-sulphur fuel oil.
Port State Control will consider on a case-by-case basis if a penalty will be imposed for non-compliance.
Ships are required to have the following certificates/documents on board:
1. International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) certificate
2. Engine International Air Pollution Prevention (EIAPP) certificate
3. Technical file of each applicable marine diesel engine
4. Record book of engine parameters for each marine diesel engine
5. Written procedures covering fuel oil change oil operations.
Mandatory Ship Energy Efficiency Management plan
2 Μαΐου, 2012 | Posted by in Marpol - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο Mandatory Ship Energy Efficiency Management plan)
The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its fifty-ninth session (13 to 17 July 2009), recognizing the need to develop management tools to assist a shipping company in managing the environmental performance of its ships, agreed to circulate the Guidance for the development of a ship energy efficiency management plan, as set out in the MEPC.1_Circ.683
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.
The amendments to MARPOL Annex VI Regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships, add a new chapter 4 to Annex VI on Regulations on energy efficiency for ships to make mandatory the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), for new ships, and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) for all ships. Other amendments to Annex VI add new definitions and the requirements for survey and certification, including the format for the International Energy Efficiency Certificate.
The regulations apply to all ships of 400 gross tonnage and above and are expected to enter into force on 1 January 2013.
However, under regulation 19, the Administration may waive the requirement for new ships of 400 gross tonnage and above from complying with the EEDI requirements. This waiver may not be applied to ships above 400 gross tonnage for which the building contract is placed four years after the entry into force date of chapter 4; the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction four years and six months after the entry into force; the delivery of which is after six years and six months after the entry into force; or in cases of the major conversion of a new or existing ship, four years after the entry into force date.
The EEDI is a non-prescriptive, performance-based mechanism that leaves the choice of technologies to use in a specific ship design to the industry. As long as the required energy-efficiency level is attained, ship designers and builders would be free to use the most cost-efficient solutions for the ship to comply with the regulations.
The SEEMP establishes a mechanism for operators to improve the energy efficiency of ships.
Summary of MEPC 62 outcomes
Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI were adopted that make the EEDI and SEEMP mandatory. A brief outline of the amendments is given below.
(a) The Attained EEDI of each new ship for which the building contract order is placed on or after 1 January 2013 (in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 July 2013) or the delivery of which is on or after 1 July 2015, is to comply with the EEDI limit value specified based on the EEDI reference line† for each type of ship in cases where the deadweight exceeds a certain value. However, the Administration may waive this requirement up to four years. The EEDI limit values will become more stringent in a step by step manner from 1 January 2015 by introducing a specified reduction rate from the EEDI reference line. † The EEDI reference line is the average line of the EEDI determined for existing ships of the same type expressed by an exponential function of the deadweight calculated by the IMO by using data on ships built during the ten year period from 1999 to 2008.
(b) All ships (both new and existing ships) with a gross tonnage of 400 tons or above will be required to retain a SEEMP onboard on or after 1 January 2013.
New Guidance for the recording of operations in the Oil Record Book-Part I (All Ships)
12 Νοεμβρίου, 2011 | Posted by in Marpol | PSC - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο New Guidance for the recording of operations in the Oil Record Book-Part I (All Ships))
The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its sixty-second session, (11 to 15 July 2011), approved a revised text of the Guidance for recording of operations in the Oil Record Book Part I – Machinery space operations (all ships) (MEPC 62/24, paragraph 7.23), set out in the annex.
The Guidance is intended to facilitate compliance with MARPOL requirements on board ships by providing advice to crews on how to record the various operations in the Oil Record Book by using the correct codes and item numbers in order to ensure a more uniform port State control procedure. IMO MEPC.1 Circ.736 Rev.2 dated on 6th of October 2011.
Administrations of Parties to MARPOL are invited to encourage implementation of the annexed Guidance for use aboard ships flying their flags and to disseminate it among all stakeholders including ship operators, surveyors and port State control officers.
MEPC.1/Circ.736/Rev.1. is revoked.
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