IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee Meeting Agenda
Press Release
Friday, September 28, 2012
Implementation of energy-efficiency, ballast water management & ship-recycling
rules on agenda for IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee.
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International
Maritime Organization (IMO) meets for its 64th session from 1 to 5 October
2012, at IMO Headquarters in London.
As well as discussing matters relating to the implementation of
energy-efficiency, ballast water management and ship-recycling regulations, the
MEPC will also consider formally designating the Saba Bank, in the
North-eastern Caribbean area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as a
Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA).
Main items for committee consideration are as follows:
Work to continue on energy-efficiency measures for ships
The MEPC is expected to continue its work on further developing technical and
operational measures relating to energy-efficiency measures for ships, based on
a work plan agreed at the last session. This follows the adoption of the new
chapter 4 of MARPOL Annex VI, which enters into force on 1 January 2013 and
includes new requirements mandating the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI),
for new ships, and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) for all
ships.
Ballast water treatment
The MEPC is expected to reiterate the need for those countries that have not
yet done so to ratify the International Convention for the Control and
Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, to achieve its entry
into force at the earliest opportunity. To date, 36 States, with an aggregate
merchant shipping tonnage of 29.07 per cent of the world total, have ratified
the Convention.
Recycling of ships
The MEPC is expected to consider draft Guidelines for Survey and Certification
of Ships under the Hong Kong Convention (Survey and Certification Guidelines)
and Guidelines for Inspection of Ships under the Hong Kong Convention
(Inspection Guidelines), which have been further developed by the
intersessional correspondence group on Ship-Recycling Guidelines.
Saba Bank PSSA designation
The MEPC will consider formally designating the Saba Bank, in the North-eastern
Caribbean area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as a Particularly Sensitive
Sea Area (PSSA), following approval in principle at the last session.
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