• International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code – Amendment 39-18 The IMDG Code amends the following classification categories:
Class 1: Explosives – hazard divisions for packages containing pyrotechnic substances are revised.
Class 3: Flammable liquids – the marking, labelling and testing of packages containing viscous liquids are revised.
Class 4: Flammable solids – revision of the classification of self-reactive substances.
Class 5: Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides – packing instructions and methods are revised. Class 8: Corrosive substances – a completely new Chapter 2.8 is adopted.
Class 9: Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles, and environmentally hazardous substances – the marking and packaging of lithium batteries are consolidated.
MSC.1/Circ.1588 recommends voluntary application of the amendments as of January 1, 2019.
• BCH Code – Model Form of Certificate of Fitness Revised text has been added to the model form to correlate with recent amendments to paragraph 2.2.6 of the Code, which requires provision of an approved stability instrument on board, or other approved methods for ensuring safe loading of cargoes.
• IBC Code – Model Form of Certificate of Fitness Revised text has been added to the model form to correlate with recent amendments to paragraph 2.2.6 of the Code, which requires provision of an approved stability instrument onboard, or other approved methods for ensuring safe loading of cargoes.
• SPS Code Revisions The form of the Record of Equipment for Compliance with the SPS Code (Form SPS) has been revised in the ‘Radio Facilities’ section to refer to the use of a “Recognized mobile satellite service ship earth station”, rather than referring to a “Inmarsat ship earth station”.
MARPOL Amendments
• Sulphur Content in Fuel Oil (MARPOL VI Regulation 14) Sulphur content of any fuel oil used on board ships outside of Sox Emission Control Areas (Global Cap) shall not exceed 0.5% m/m on or after 1 January 2020.
• Ozone-depleting substances, Hydro chlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Refrigerants (MARPOL Annex VI) According to MEPC.176(58), regulation 12 of MARPOL Annex VI states that installations which contain hydro chlorofluorocarbons shall be prohibited: – On ships constructed on or after 1st January 2020 or
– In the case of ships constructed before 1st January 2020 which have a contractual date of the equipment to the ship on or after 1st January 2020, or in the absence of a contractual delivery date, the actual delivery of the equipment to the ship on or after 1st January 2020. However, this does not apply to permanently sealed equipment where there are no refrigerant charging connections or potentially removable components containing ozone depleting substances.
• Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) (New Chapter 4 of MARPOL Annex VI) The CO2 reduction level includes three phases; Phase 2 starts on 01/01/2020.
The new chapter 4 Regulations on energy efficiency for ships to MARPOL Annex VI, makes 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.
EEDI reflects the amount of CO2 generated per tonne- mile (cargo carrying capacity). It constitutes a uniform approach to calculating a ship’s energy efficiency during design and building of new ships and will be used to control CO2 levels emitted for future ships by encouraging improvements in ship design.
• Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database Guidelines (MARPOL VI) These 2017 Guidelines provide guidance to assist: – Administrations in developing their program to verify ship’s fuel oil consumption data;
– The IMO Secretariat on the development and management of the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database, and describe methods that will be used to anonymize ship data to ensure the completeness of the database.
With thanks to Safety4Sea for their hard work to gather details about the new regulations and amendments
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