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 27.12 of MARPOL Annex VI specifies that the
Secretary-General of the Organization shall maintain an anonymized database such
that identification of a specific ship will not be possible,
NOTING FURTHER that regulation 27.13 of MARPOL Annex VI requires that the IMO
Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database be undertaken and managed by the
Secretary-General of the Organization, pursuant to guidelines developed 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 seventy-first session, adopted, by resolution MEPC.293(71), the 2017 Guidelines the development and
management of the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-eighth session, draft 2022 Guidelines for the
development and management of the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database,
1 ADOPTS the 2022 Guidelines for the development and management of the IMO Ship
Fuel Oil Consumption Database, 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
27 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 carbon intensity of international shipping shall be
completed by 1 January 2026;
5 REVOKES the 2017 Guidelines the development and management of the IMO Ship Fuel
Oil Consumption Database adopted by resolution MEPC.293(71).