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,
NOTING that the Committee, at its seventy-sixth session, adopted, by resolution MEPC.328(76), the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex VI, which
will enter into force on 1 November 2022,
NOTING IN PARTICULAR that the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex VI
(MARPOL Annex VI) contains amendments concerning mandatory goal-based technical and
operational measures to reduce the carbon intensity of international shipping,
NOTING FURTHER that regulation 26 of MARPOL Annex VI requires each ship to keep on board a Ship
Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP), to be developed and reviewed, taking into
account the guidelines adopted by the Organization,
RECOGNIZING that the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex VI
require relevant guidelines for uniform and effective implementation of the regulations
and to provide sufficient lead time for industry to prepare,
NOTING that the Committee, at its seventieth session, adopted, by resolution MEPC.282(70), the 2016 Guidelines for the development of a
Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-eighth session, the draft 2022 Guidelines for the
development of a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP),
1 ADOPTS the 2022 Guidelines for the development of a Ship Energy Efficiency
Management Plan (SEEMP), as set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 INVITES Administrations to take the annexed Guidelines into account when developing and
enacting national laws which give force to and implement requirements set forth in regulation 26
of MARPOL Annex VI;
3 REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex VI and
other Member Governments to bring the annexed Guidelines to the attention of masters,
seafarers, shipowners, ship operators and any other interested parties;
4 AGREES to keep the Guidelines under review in light of experience gained with their
implementation, also taking into consideration that in accordance with regulations 25.3 and 28.11 of MARPOL Annex VI a review of the technical and
operational measures to reduce the carbon intensity of international shipping shall be
completed by 1 January 2026;
5 REVOKES the 2016 Guidelines for the development of a Ship Energy Efficiency
Management Plan (SEEMP) adopted by resolution MEPC.282(70).