RESOLUTION MEPC.263(68)

 

(adopted on 15 May 2015)

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE 2014 GUIDELINES ON THE METHOD OF CALCULATION

OF THE ATTAINED ENERGY EFFICIENCY DESIGN INDEX (EEDI) FOR NEW SHIPS

(RESOLUTION MEPC.245(66))

 

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 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 20 (Attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (attained EEDI)) of MARPOL Annex VI, as amended, requires that the EEDI shall be calculated taking into account guidelines developed by the Organization,

 

NOTING FURTHER the 2012 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships, adopted at its sixty-third session by resolution MEPC.212(63), and the amendments thereto, adopted at its sixty-fourth session by resolution MEPC.224(64),

 

NOTING FURTHER that, at its sixty-sixth session, it adopted, by resolution MEPC.245(66), 2014 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships,

 

RECOGNIZING that the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI require 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, proposed amendments to the 2014 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships,

 

1          ADOPTS amendments to the 2014 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships, as set out in the annex to the present