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, 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 28.6 of MARPOL Annex VI requires ships to which this
regulation apply to determine operational carbon intensity rating taking into account
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, at its seventy-sixth session, the Committee adopted, by resolution MEPC.339(76) the 2021 Guidelines on the operational
carbon intensity rating of ships (CII rating guidelines, G4),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-eighth session, draft 2022 Guidelines on the
operational carbon intensity rating of ships (CII rating guidelines, G4),
1 ADOPTS the 2022 Guidelines on the operational carbon intensity rating of ships (CII
rating guidelines, G4), 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 28.6 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, of additional data collected and analysed, 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 the operational carbon intensity rating of ships (CII
rating guidelines, G4), adopted by resolution MEPC.339(76).