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 ALSO that regulation 27.7 of MARPOL Annex VI requires that ship fuel
oil consumption data be verified according to procedures established by the
Administration, taking into account guidelines developed by the Organization,
NOTING FURTHER that regulation 28.6 of MARPOL Annex VI specifies that the
attained annual operational CII shall be documented and verified against the
required annual operational CII to determine operational carbon intensity rating,
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-first session, adopted, by resolution MEPC.292(71), the 2017 Guidelines for Administration
verification of ship fuel oil consumption data,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-eighth session, draft 2022 Guidelines for
Administration verification of ship fuel oil consumption data and operational
carbon intensity,
1 ADOPTS the 2022 Guidelines for Administration verification of ship fuel oil
consumption data and operational carbon intensity, 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
27 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 regulations 25.3 and 28.11 of MARPOL Annex VI a review of the technical and
operational measures to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping shall be
completed by 1 January 2026;
5 REVOKES the 2017 Guidelines for Administration verification of ship fuel oil
consumption data adopted by resolution MEPC.292(71).