Annex - Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI (Record requirements for operational compliance with NOX Tier III emission control areas)
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Annex - Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI (Record requirements for operational compliance with NOX Tier III emission control areas)

 This document has been consolidated into MARPOL Annex VI

Annex VI - Regulation for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ship

Chapter 3 - Requirements for control of emissions from ships

Regulation 13 – Nitrogen oxides (NOX)

1 A new paragraph 5.3 is added after existing paragraph 5.2, as follows:
  • "5.3 The tier and on/off status of marine diesel engines installed on board a ship to which paragraph 5.1 of this regulation applies which are certified to both Tier II and Tier III or which are certified to Tier II only shall be recorded in such logbook as prescribed by the Administration at entry into and exit from an emission control area designated under paragraph 6 of this regulation, or when the on/off status changes within such an area, together with the date, time and position of the ship."

2 In paragraph 5.1.1, the symbol "NOX" is replaced with the symbol "NO2".


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