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, at its sixty-second session, the Committee
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 amendments to MARPOL Annex
VI adopted at its sixty-second session by resolution MEPC.203(62), including a new
chapter 4 for regulations on energy efficiency for ships in Annex
VI, entered into force on 1 January 2013,
NOTING ALSO that regulation
20 (Attained EEDI) of MARPOL Annex VI, as amended, requires
that the Energy Efficiency Design Index shall be calculated taking
into account the guidelines developed by the Organization,
NOTING FURTHER the 2012 Guidelines on the method of
calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI)
for new ships, adopted at its sixty-third session by resolution MEPC.212(63), and the amendments
thereto, adopted at its sixty-fourth session by resolution MEPC.224(64),
RECOGNIZING that the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI require the adoption of relevant
guidelines for the smooth and uniform implementation of the regulations
and to provide sufficient lead time for industry to prepare,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-sixth session, the 2014
Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency
Design Index (EEDI) for new ships,
1. ADOPTS the 2014 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 annexed
Guidelines 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 annexed Guidelines related to the Energy Efficiency Design
Index (EEDI) 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;