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,
RECALLING ALSO that it adopted, by resolution MEPC.203(62), Amendments to the annex of the Protocol of 1997 to
amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as
modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (inclusion of regulations on energy
efficiency for ships in MARPOL Annex
VI),
NOTING that the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex
VI entered into force on 1 January 2013,
NOTING ALSO that regulation 20 (Attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (attained EEDI)) of
MARPOL Annex VI, as amended, requires that the EEDI shall be calculated taking into
account the guidelines developed by the Organization,
NOTING FURTHER that the 2012 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained
Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships, adopted by resolution MEPC.212(63), and, the amendments thereto, adopted by resolution MEPC.224(64),
NOTING FURTHER that it adopted, by resolution MEPC.245(66), the 2014 Guidelines on the method of calculation
of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships, and by
resolutions MEPC.263(68) and MEPC.281(70), amendments thereto,
RECOGNIZING that the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex
VI require relevant guidelines for the smooth and uniform implementation of
the regulations,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-third session, proposed 2018 Guidelines on the
method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new
ships,
1 ADOPTS the 2018 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained
Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships, as set out in the annex to
the present resolution;
2 INVITES Administrations to take the aforementioned amendments into account when
developing and enacting national laws which give force to and implement provisions set
forth in regulation
20 of MARPOL Annex VI, as amended;
3 REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex
VI and other Member Governments to bring the amendments to the attention of
shipowners, ship operators, shipbuilders, ship designers and any other interested
parties;
4 AGREES to keep these Guidelines, under review, in the light of experience
gained with their implementation;
5 SUPERSEDES the 2014 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy
Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships adopted by resolution MEPC.245(66), as amended by resolutions MEPC.263(68) and MEPC.281(70), and MEPC.1/Circ.866.