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Information on Designated Ports at which VOC Emissions are regulated

Nautilus backs IMO call to cut death rate

'Sustainable Development: IMOs contribution beyond Rio+20' IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has launched this year's World Maritime Day theme, "Sustainable development: IMO's contribution beyond Rio+20", calling on Governments and the shipping industry to join together and provide a positive contribution towards formulating sustainable maritime development goals.Speaking at a reception to mark the launch of the theme, at the end of the first day of the 56th session of the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection (FP), Mr. Sekimizu said that, as the United Nations' international regulatory body for shipping, IMO has been, and continues to be, the focal point for, and the driving force behind, efforts to ensure that the industry becomes greener and cleaner."I am confident that, through this initiative, the theme chosen by the IMO Council for the 2013 World Maritime Day, - "Sustainable development: IMO's contribution beyond Rio+20" - will be something in which IMO, the shipping industry and all other stakeholders, who are keen to turn the concept of sustainability into a tangible reality, will be able to join together, and make a very positive contribution," he said.The development of sustainable development goals for the maritime transport sector, will be IMO's own contribution to the United Nations led work ...

Amendments to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual

Says IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu Speaking at the opening of the IMO's first meeting of the year, the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu told delegates that it was his vision that halving lives lost at sea and eradicating pirate attacks, as well as ensuring the release of all hostages can, and should, be legitimate targets, for the Organization and for shipping in the years to come.Mr Sekimizu said that the number of lives lost annually at sea has been over 1,000 for each of the past five years. Despite the difficulty in obtaining precise and reliable data for such losses, he said that approximate figures for 2012 included approximately 100 lives lost in the fishing sector, 400 in domestic operations, and around 500 in other categories, including international shipping*.An ambitious, but achievable target, he said, would be to aim for a 50 per cent reduction, to no more than 500 lives lost annually, by 2015. He said that the matter could be addressed at the IMO Symposium on Future Ship Safety in June, and went on to identify a number of mechanisms that could help the target to be reached, specifically:implementation of the Torremolinos Protocol through the ...

New regulations aimed at improving the energy efficiency of international shipping entered into force on 1 January 2013. The amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) were adopted in July 2011.They add a new chapter 4 Regulations on energy efficiency for ships to MARPOL Annex VI, to make mandatory the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), for new ships, and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) for all ships. Other amendments to Annex VI add new definitions and the requirements for survey and certification, including the format for the International Energy Efficiency Certificate.The regulations apply to all ships of 400 gross tonnage and above. However, under regulation 19, the Administration may waive the requirements for new ships up to a maximum of 4 years.The EEDI is a non-prescriptive, performance-based mechanism that leaves the choice of technologies to use in a specific ship design to the industry. As long as the required energy-efficiency level is attained, ship designers and builders would be free to use the most cost-efficient solutions for the ship to comply with the regulations.The SEEMP establishes a mechanism for operators to improve the energy efficiency of ships. Ships are required to keep ...

New, stricter, safety standards for lifeboat release and retrieval systems Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) aimed at preventing accidents during lifeboat launching entered into force on 1 January 2013.The amendments, adopted in May 2011, add a new paragraph 5 to SOLAS regulation III/1, to require lifeboat on-load release mechanisms not complying with new International Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) Code requirements to be replaced, no later than the first scheduled dry-docking of the ship after 1 July 2014 but, in any case, not later than 1 July 2019.The SOLAS amendment is intended to establish new, stricter, safety standards for lifeboat release and retrieval systems, and will require the assessment and possible replacement of a large number of lifeboat release hooks.Information submitted by flag States on their assessments of existing lifeboat hooks is available on the Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS) under Evaluation of Hooks.Source: IMO

Panama Canal Administrator Meets with the ICS and the IMO

Interim Guidelines for Determining Min Propulsion Power for Ship in Adverse Conditions

EC Sulphur Directive 1999/32/EC is amended by Directive 2012/33/EU Lloyd's Register has issued Statutory Alert regarding Amendment to EC sulphur regulations to align them with MARPOL Annex VI as follows:With effect from 18 December, 2012, the EC Sulphur Directive 1999/32/EC is amended by Directive 2012/33/EU in order to align the EC regulations on sulphur content of marine fuels with the IMO regulations.The key elements of the amendment are as follows:1. The EC regulations are aligned with the revised Annex VI to MARPOL, both inside and outside EU SOx Emission Control Areas (SECAs)*2. The 0.50% limit outside EU SECAs will apply in EC waters from 1 January, 2020, regardless of the outcome of the IMO fuel availability review, which is due by 2018.3. Emission abatement methods (e.g. exhaust gas cleaning systems, mixtures of marine fuel and boil-off gas, and biofuels) are permitted for ships of all flags in EC waters as long as they continuously achieve reductions of SOx emissions which are at least equivalent to using compliant marine fuels.The requirements are summarised in the table below.Source: Lloyd's Register* The current EU SOx SECAs are the Baltic Sea, North Sea and English Channel.** This is referred to as the "General Standard" ...