| Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, adopted at IMO MEPC 58 on 10 October 2008, will become effective from 1 July 2010. |
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1. Rewriting of the new certificate (International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate) In accordance with MSC-MEPC.5/Circular. 6, the new certificate is to be issued at the first periodical survey or occasional survey (MARPOL Annex VI) on or after 1 July 2010. 2. Control of Emission of Ozone Depleting Substances MARPOL Regulation 12 does not apply to permanently sealed equipment where there are no refrigerant charging connections or potentially removable components containing ozone depleting substances (such as refrigerators for domestic use). However, each ship is to maintain a list of equipment containing ozone depleting substances as well as an Ozone Depleting Substances Record Book on or after 1 July 2010. A sample “List of equipment containing ozone depleting substances” is attached for your reference (Attachment 1). Entries in the Ozone Depleting Substances Record Book are to be recorded in terms of mass (kg) of the substance and are to be completed without delay on each occasion, with respect of the following: (a) recharge, full or partial, of equipment containing ozone depleting substances; (b) repair or maintenance of equipment containing ozone depleting substances; (c) discharge of ozone depleting substances to the atmosphere: (c-1) deliberate, and (c-2) non-deliberate; (d) discharge of ozone depleting substances to land-based reception facilities; and (e) supply of ozone depleting substances to the ship. The Ozone Depleting Substances Record Book may form part of an existing log-book or electronic recording system, as approved by the administration. 3. Approval scheme and onboard survey of “VOC Management Plan” for Crude Oil Tankers A tanker carrying crude oil*) is required to have a “VOC Management Plan” approved by the Administration onboard on and after 1 July 2010. Such tankers are kindly requested to submit a VOC Management Plan for approval with a completed application form (see Attachment 2). For your reference, a sample of VOC Management Plan is also attached as Attachment 3 and we hope that the sample will help you in developing a suitable VOC Management Plan for each applicable ship in your fleet. For your information, the onboard examination of the approved VOC Management Plan will be carried out at the first periodical survey or occasional survey carried out on or after 1 July 2010. (Note) * An oil tanker that is categorized as either a “Crude oil tanker” or “Crude oil/product carrier” under “Type of Ship” in Form B of the IOPP Certificate. 4. Fuel oil change-over In accordance with the revised MARPOL regulation 14, ships using separate fuel oils to operate within and outside of an Emission Control Area are required to carry a written procedure showing how the fuel oil changeover is to be done on or after 1 July 2010. Although it was not mandatory, for all practical purposes, such a written procedure used to be onboard ship for the safe conduct of fuel changeover. This written procedure need not be approved by the classification society and administration. The volume of low sulphur fuel oils in each tank as well as the date, time, and position of the ship when the changeover in fuel takes place prior to entry of the ship into an Emission Control Area or that commences after exit from such as area, is required to be recorded in the log-book.
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This ClassNK Technical Information provides additional information on the modified regulations other than the outline of the amendments to Regulation 13 Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Regulation 14 Sulphur Oxides (SOx) and Particulate Matters already described in ClassNK Technical Information No.TEC-0771.
