Resolution
MEPC.141(54)
AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973
(Adopted on 24 March 2006)
(Amendments to regulation 1, addition to regulation
12A, consequential amendments
to the IOPP Certificate and amendments to regulation 21 of the revised
Annex I of MARPOL 73/78)
THE
MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,
RECALLING
article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the
Committee) conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention
and control of marine pollution,
NOTING
article 16 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1973 Convention") and
article VI of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for
the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the
"1978 Protocol") which together specify the amendment procedure of
the 1978 Protocol and confer upon the appropriate body of the Organization the
function of considering and adopting amendments to the 1973 Convention, as
modified by the 1978 Protocol (MARPOL 73/78),
NOTING
ALSO that the revised Annex I to MARPOL 73/78 was adopted by resolution
MEPC.117(52) and is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2007,
HAVING
CONSIDERED proposed amendments to regulation 1, proposed new regulation 12A,
consequential amendments to the Supplement (Forms A and B) of the IOPP
Certificate, and proposed amendments to regulation 21 of the revised Annex I to
MARPOL 73/78,
1.
ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of the 1973 Convention, the
amendments to the revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, the text of which is set out
at Annex to the present resolution;
2.
DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973 Convention,
that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 February 2007,
unless prior to that date, not less than one-third of the Parties or Parties
the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50 per cent of
the gross tonnage of the world’s merchant fleet, have communicated to the
Organization their objection to the amendments;
3.
INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of
the 1973 Convention, the said amendments shall enter into force on 1 August
2007 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4.
REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article 16(2)(e) of the 1973
Convention, to transmit to all Parties to MARPOL 73/78 certified copies of the
present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex; and
5.
REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit to the Members of the
Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL 73/78 copies of the present
resolution and its Annex.
Annex.
AMENDMENTS TO THE REVISED MARPOL ANNEX I
1.
Addition of paragraph 28.9 to regulation 1
The
following new paragraph 28.9 is added after the existing paragraph 28.8 of
regulation 1:
"28.9 ship delivered on or after 1 August 2010 means a ship:
.1
for which the building contract is placed on or after 1 August 2007; or
.2
in the absence of a building contract, the keels of which are laid or which are
at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 February 2008; or
.3
the delivery of which is on or after 1 August 2010; or
.4
which have undergone a major conversion:
.1
for which the contract is placed after 1 August 2007; or
.2
in the absence of contract, the construction work of which is begun after 1
February 2008; or
.3
which is completed after 1 August 2010."
2.
Addition of new regulation 12A on oil fuel tank protection
The
following new regulation 12A is added after the existing regulation 12:
"Regulation 12A.
Oil fuel tank protection
1. This regulation shall apply to all ships with an aggregate oil
fuel capacity of 600 m3 and above which are delivered on or after 1
August 2010, as defined in regulation 1.28.9 of this Annex.
2. The application of this regulation in determining the location
of tanks used to carry oil fuel does not govern over the provisions of
regulation 19 of this Annex.
3. For the purpose of this regulation, the following definitions
shall apply:
.1
"Oil fuel" means any oil used as fuel oil in connection with the
propulsion and auxiliary machinery of the ship in which such oil is carried.
.2
"Load line draught (dS)" is the vertical distance, in
metres, from the moulded baseline at mid-length to the waterline corresponding
to the summer freeboard draught to be assigned to the ship.
.3
"Light ship draught" is the moulded draught amidships corresponding
to the lightweight.
.4
"Partial load line draught (dP)" is the light ship draught
plus 60% of the difference between the light ship draught and the load line
draught dS. The partial load line draught (dp) shall be
measured in metres.
.5
"Waterline (dB)" is the vertical distance, in metres, from
the moulded baseline at mid-length to the waterline corresponding to 30% of the
depth DS.
.6
"Breadth (BS)" is the greatest moulded breadth of the
ship, in metres, at or below the deepest load line draught (dS).
.7
"Breadth (BB)" is the greatest moulded breadth of the
ship, in metres, at or below the waterline (dB).
.8
"Depth (DS)" is the moulded depth, in metres, measured at
mid-length to the upper deck at side. For the purpose of the application,
"upper deck" means the highest deck to which the watertight
transverse bulkheads except aft peak bulkheads extend.
.9
"Length (L)" means 96% of the total length on a waterline at 85% of
the least moulded depth measured from the top of the keel, or the length from
the foreside of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if
that be greater. In ships designed with a rake of keel the waterline on which
this length is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline. The length
(L) shall be measured in metres.
.10
"Breadth (B)" means the maximum breadth of the ship, in metres,
measured amidships to the moulded line of the frame in a ship with a metal
shell and to the outer surface of the hull in a ship with a shell of any other
material.
.11
"Oil fuel tank" means a tank in which oil fuel is carried, but
excludes those tanks which would not contain oil fuel in normal operation, such
as overflow tanks.
.12
"Small oil fuel tank" is an oil fuel tank with a maximum individual
capacity not greater than 30 m3.
.13
"C" is the ship’s total volume of oil fuel, including that of the
small oil fuel tanks, in m3, at 98% tank filling.
.14
"Oil fuel capacity" means the volume of a tank in m3, at
98% filling.
4. The provisions of this regulation shall apply to all oil fuel
tanks except small oil fuel tanks, as defined in 3.12, provided that the
aggregate capacity of such excluded tanks is not greater than 600 m3.
5. Individual oil fuel tanks shall not have a capacity of over
2,500 m3.
6. For ships, other than self-elevating drilling units, having an
aggregate oil fuel capacity of 600 m3 and above, oil fuel tanks
shall be located above the moulded line of the bottom shell plating nowhere
less than the distance h as specified below:
h =
B/20 m or,
h =
2.0 m, whichever is the lesser.