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 carbon intensity of international
shipping,
NOTING ALSO that regulation 28.1 of MARPOL Annex VI requires ships to which
this regulation apply to calculate the attained annual operational carbon intensity
indicator (CII) taking into account the guidelines developed by the Organization,
NOTING FURTHER that the in adopting resolution MEPC.336(76) on the 2021 Guidelines on
operational carbon intensity indicators and the calculation methods (CII
Guidelines, G1), the Committee agreed to consider substantiated proposals
for CII correction factors for certain ship types, operational profiles and/or
voyages with a view to enhancing, as appropriate, the CII Guidelines (G1), before
entry into force of the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex
VI,
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,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-eighth session, the draft 2022 Interim
Guidelines on correction factors and voyage adjustments for CII calculations
(CII Guidelines, G5),
1 ADOPTS the 2022 Interim Guidelines on correction factors and voyage adjustments
for CII calculations (CII Guidelines, G5), 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 28.1 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 regulation 28.11 of MARPOL Annex VI a review of the
operational measure to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping shall be
completed by 1 January 2026.