1.1 The Guidelines for the development of a Ship Energy Efficiency
Management Plan have been developed to assist with the preparation of the
Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) required by regulation
26 of MARPOL Annex
VI.
1.2 Taken together, the aims of the SEEMP should assist the international shipping
sector to achieve the goal of Chapter 4 of MARPOL Annex VI set out in regulation
20, which is reducing the carbon intensity of international shipping. The
aims of the SEEMP are threefold:
1.2.1 To encourage companies to incorporate actions to improve the energy efficiency
and carbon intensity of their ships and ship management practices.
1.2.2 To specify the methodology the ship should use to collect the data required by
regulation 27.1 of MARPOL Annex VI and the processes that
should be used to report the data to the ship's Administration or any organization
duly authorized by it.
1.2.3 To specify the methodology the ship should use to calculate the attained annual
operational carbon intensity indicator (CII) as required by regulation 28.1 of MARPOL Annex VI and the processes that
should be used to report the data to the ship's Administration or any organization
duly authorized by it.
1.3 There are three parts to a SEEMP:
1.3.1 Guidance for Part I of the SEEMP required by regulation
26.1 of MARPOL Annex VI, is addressed in sections 3, 4, and 5 of these
Guidelines. The purpose of this part is to provide an approach to monitor ship and
fleet efficiency performance over time and describe ways to improve the ship's
energy efficiency performance and carbon intensity. Part I of the SEEMP applies to
any ship of 400 GT and above.
1.3.2 Guidance for part II of the SEEMP required by regulation
26.2 of MARPOL Annex VI, is addressed in sections 6, 7, and 8 of these
Guidelines. The purpose of this part is to provide a description of the
methodologies that should be used to collect the data required pursuant to regulation
27 of MARPOL Annex VI and the processes that the ship should use to
report the data to the ship's Administration or any organization duly authorized by
it. Part II of the SEEMP applies to any ship of 5,000 GT and above.
1.3.3 Guidance for part III of the SEEMP required by regulations
26.3 and 28.8 of MARPOL Annex VI is addressed in sections 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14 and 15 of these Guidelines. The purpose of this part is to provide:
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.1 a description of the methodology that should be used to calculate the
ship's attained annual operational CII required by regulation 28 of MARPOL Annex VI;
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.2 the processes that should be used to report this value to the ship's
Administration or any organization duly authorized by it;
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.3 the required annual operational CII for the next three years;
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.4 an implementation plan documenting how the required annual operational CII
should be achieved during the next three years;
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.5 a procedure for self-evaluation and improvement; and
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.6 for ships rated as D for three consecutive years or rated as E, a plan of
corrective actions to achieve the required annual operational CII.
1.3.4 Part III of the SEEMP applies to any ship of 5,000 GT and above which falls
into one or more of the categories in regulations 2.2.5, 2.2.7, 2.2.9, 2.2.11, 2.2.14 to 2.2.16, 2.2.22, and 2.2.26 to 2.2.29 of MARPOL Annex VI.
1.3.5 Sample forms of the various sections of the SEEMP are presented in appendices
1, 2, and 2bis for illustrative purposes. A standardized data-reporting
format for the data collection system and operational carbon intensity is presented
in appendix 3. A standardized data reporting format for the trial carbon intensity
indicators on voluntary basis is presented in appendix 4.