RESOLUTION MEPC.332(76)

(adopted on 17 June 2021)

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE 2018 GUIDELINES ON THE METHOD OF CALCULATION OF THE ATTAINED ENERGY EFFICIENCY DESIGN INDEX (EEDI) FOR NEW SHIPS (RESOLUTION MEPC.308(73), AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION MEPC.322(74))

 

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 22 (Attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (attained EEDI)) of MARPOL Annex VI, as amended, requires that the EEDI shall be calculated taking into account the 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Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships, adopted at its sixty-third session by resolution MEPC.212(63), superseded by the 2014 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships (resolution MEPC.245(66)), which were subsequently superseded by the 2018 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships (resolution MEPC.308(73)),

 

NOTING that, at its seventy-fourth session, it adopted, by resolution MEPC.322(74), Amendments to the 2018 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships,

 

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-sixth session, proposed amendments to the 2018 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships (resolution MEPC.308(73), as amended by resolution MEPC.322(74)),

 

1          ADOPTS amendments to the 2018 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships (resolution MEPC.308(73), as amended by resolution MEPC.322(74)), as set out in the annex to the present resolution;

 

2          INVITES Administrations to take into account the aforementioned amendments when developing and enacting national laws which give force to, and implement provisions set forth in regulation 20 of MARPOL Annex VI, as amended;

 

 

3          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 parties;

 

4          AGREES to keep these Guidelines, as amended, under review, in light of experience gained with their implementation.

 

ANNEX

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE 2018 GUIDELINES ON THE METHOD OF CALCULATION OF THE ATTAINED ENERGY EFFICIENCY DESIGN INDEX (EEDI) FOR NEW SHIPS

 

1          A new section 3 is added, as follows:

 

"3           Mandatory Reporting of Attained EEDI Values and Related Information

 

3.1          In accordance with regulation 22.3 of MARPOL Annex VI, for each ship subject to regulation 24, the Administration or any organization duly authorized by it shall report the required and attained EEDI values and relevant information taking into account these Guidelines via electronic communication.

 

3.2          Information to be reported are as follows:

 

.1       applicable EEDI phase (e.g. Phase 1, Phase 2, etc.);

 

.2       identification number (IMO Secretariat use only);

 

.3       ship type;

 

.4       common commercial size reference* (see Note (3) in appendix 5 to these Guidelines), if available;

 

.5       DWT or GT (as appropriate);

 

.6       year of delivery;

 

.7       required EEDI value;

 

.8       attained EEDI value;

 

.9       dimensional parameters (length L_pp (m), breadth B_s (m), and draught (m));

 

.10     V_ref (knots) and P_ME (kW);

 

.11     use of innovative technologies (4th and 5th terms in the EEDI equation, if applicable);

 

.12     short statement* describing the principal design elements or changes employed to achieve the attained EEDI (as appropriate), if available;

 

.13     type of fuel used in the calculation of the attained EEDI, and for dual-fuel engines, the f_DFgas ratio; and

 

.14     ice class designation (if applicable).

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*    Not subject to verification.

 

3.3          The information in paragraph 3.2 is not required to be reported for ships for which the required and attained EEDI values had been already reported to the Organization.

 

3.4          A standardized reporting format for Mandatory Reporting of Attained EEDI Values and Related Information is presented in appendix 5."

 

2          A new appendix 5 is added, as follows:

 

 

"APPENDIX 5

 

STANDARD FORMAT TO SUBMIT EEDI INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE EEDI DATABASE

 

 

Note:

(1)        IMO number to be submitted for Secretariat use only.

(2)        As defined in regulation 2 of MARPOL Annex VI.

(3)        Common commercial size reference (TEU for containership, CEU (RT43) for ro-ro cargo ship (vehicle carrier), cubic meter for gas carrier and LNG carrier), if available, should be provided.

(4)        The exact DWT or GT, as appropriate, should be provided. The Secretariat should round the DWT or GT data up to the nearest 500 when these data are subsequently provided to MEPC. (For containerships, 100% DWT should be provided while 70% of DWT should be used when calculating the EEDI value).

(5)        GT should be provided for a cruise passenger ship having non-conventional propulsion as defined in regulations 2.2.11and 2.2.19, respectively, of MARPOL Annex VI. Both DWT and GT should be provided for a ro-ro cargo ship (vehicle carrier) as defined in regulation 2.2.27 of MARPOL Annex VI.