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 adopted, at its seventy-sixth session, 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 FURTHER that regulation 28.1 of MARPOL Annex VI requires ships to which
this regulation apply to calculate the attained annual operational CII taking into
account the 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-sixth session, adopted, by resolution MEPC.336(76), the 2021 Guidelines on
operational carbon intensity indicators and the calculation methods (CII
Guidelines, G1),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-eighth session, the draft 2022 Guidelines on
operational carbon intensity indicators and the calculation methods (CII
Guidelines, G1),
1 ADOPTS the 2022 Guidelines on operational carbon intensity indicators and the
calculation methods (CII Guidelines, G1), 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,
5 REVOKES the 2021 Guidelines on operational carbon intensity indicators and the
calculation methods (CII Guidelines, G1) adopted by resolution MEPC.336(76).