RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee conferred upon
it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from
ships,
NOTING that it adopted, by resolution MEPC.328(76), the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex
VI, which is expected to enter into force on 1 November 2022 upon its deemed
acceptance on 1 May 2022,
NOTING IN PARTICULAR that the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex
VI contains amendments concerning mandatory goal-based technical and
operational measures to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping,
NOTING FURTHER that ships may be equipped with a Shaft / Engine Power
Limitation system in order to comply with regulation 25 (Required EEXI),
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-sixth session, draft 2021 Guidelines on the shaft /
engine power limitation system to comply with the EEXI requirements and use of a
power reserve,
1 ADOPTS the 2021 Guidelines on the shaft / engine power limitation system to comply
with the EEXI requirements and use of a power reserve, 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 regulations 23 and 25 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 and in light of the review of EEXI regulations to be completed
by the Organization by 1 January 2026 as identified in regulation 25.3 of MARPOL Annex
VI;
5 NOTES that the Guidelines may be consolidated with possible future guidelines on the
shaft / engine power limitation system under the EEDI framework as appropriate upon
consideration by the Committee, taking into account circumstances and technical
limitation of existing ships.