RESOLUTION MEPC.261(68)

 

(adopted on 15 May 2015)

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE 2014 GUIDELINES ON SURVEY AND CERTIFICATION

OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY DESIGN INDEX (EEDI)

(RESOLUTION MEPC.254(67))

 

 

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 conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

 

RECALLING ALSO that, at its sixty-second session, it adopted, by resolution MEPC.203(62), Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (inclusion of regulations on energy efficiency for ships in MARPOL Annex VI),

 

NOTING that the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex VI entered into force on 1 January 2013,

 

NOTING ALSO that regulation 5 (Surveys) of MARPOL Annex VI, as amended, requires ships to which chapter 4 applies shall also be subject to survey and certification taking into account guidelines developed by the Organization,

 

NOTING FURTHER that, at its sixty-third session, it adopted, by resolution MEPC.214(63), 2012 Guidelines on survey and certification of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), which were further amended at its sixty-fifth session, by resolution MEPC.234(65),

 

NOTING FURTHER that, at its sixty-seventh session, it adopted, by resolution MEPC.254(67), 2014 Guidelines on survey and certification of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI),

 

RECOGNIZING that the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI require the adoption of relevant guidelines for the smooth and uniform implementation of the regulations and to provide sufficient lead time for industry to prepare,

 

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-eighth session, draft amendments to the 2014 Guidelines on survey and certification of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI),

 

1          ADOPTS amendments to the 2014 Guidelines on survey and certification of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), as set out in the annex to the present resolution;

 

2          INVITES Administrations to take the aforementioned amendments into account when developing and enacting national laws which give force to and implement provisions set forth in regulation 5 of MARPOL Annex VI, as amended;

 

3          ENDORSES the use of ISO standard 15016:2105 for ships for which the sea trial is conducted on or after 1 September 2015 and encourages the application of the standard prior to that date;

 

4          REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex VI and other Member Governments to bring the amendments to the attention of shipowners, ship operators shipbuilders, ship designers and any other interested groups;

 

5          AGREES to keep these guidelines, as amended, under review in light of the experience gained with their application.

 

 

ANNEX

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE 2014 GUIDELINES ON SURVEY AND CERTIFICATION

OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY DESIGN INDEX (EEDI)

(RESOLUTION MEPC.254(67))

 

1          Paragraphs 4.3.5 and 4.3.6 are replaced with the following:

 

"4.3.5      Sea conditions should be measured in accordance with ITTC Recommended Procedure 7.5-04-01-01.1 Speed and Power Trials Part 1; 2014 or ISO 15016:2015.”

 

4.3.6       Ship speed should be measured in accordance with ITTC Recommended Procedure 7.5-04-01-01.1 Speed and Power Trials Part 1; 2014 or ISO 15016:2015, and at more than two points of which range includes the power of the main engine as specified in paragraph 2.5 of the EEDI Calculation Guidelines."

 

2          Paragraphs 4.3.8 and 4.3.9 are replaced with the following:

 

"4.3.8      The submitter should develop power curves based on the measured ship speed and the measured output of the main engine at sea trial. For the development of the power curves, the submitter should calibrate the measured ship speed, if necessary, by taking into account the effects of wind, current, waves, shallow water, displacement, water temperature and water density in accordance with ITTC Recommended Procedure 7.5-04-01-01.2 Speed and Power Trials Part 2; 2014 or ISO 15016:2015. Upon agreement with the shipowner, the submitter should submit a report on the speed trials including details of the power curve development to the verifier for verification.

 

4.3.9       The submitter should compare the power curves obtained as a result of the sea trial and the stimated power curves at the design stage. In case differences are observed, the attained EEDI should be recalculated, as necessary, in accordance with the following: