SOLAS/MARPOL:
Latest amendments on the way and List of amendments expected to enter into
force in the coming years
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January 2011: Entry into force of December 2008 amendments to SOLAS
Amendments
to SOLAS chapter VI to make mandatory the International Ma...ritime Solid Bulk
Cargoes Code (IMSBC Code) The IMSBC Code will replace the Code of Safe Practice
for Solid Bulk Cargoes (BC Code), which was first adopted as a
recommendatory code in 1965 and has been updated at regular intervals since
then.
The
aim of the mandatory IMSBC Code is to facilitate the safe stowage and shipment
of solid bulk cargoes by providing information on the dangers associated with
the shipment of certain types of cargo and instructions on the appropriate
procedures to be adopted.
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January 2011: Entry into force of June 2009 amendments to SOLAS
ECDIS
and BNWAS to be made mandatory under SOLAS
Amendments
to SOLAS regulation V/19, to make mandatory the carriage of Electronic Chart
Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) and Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm
Systems (BNWAS), under SOLAS chapter V, Safety of Navigation. The requirements
will be mandatory for new ships and phased-in for existing ships.
Other
SOLAS amendments coming into force:
•
an amendment to SOLAS regulation II-1/3-5.2, to prohibit all new installations
of asbestos on board ships, without exceptions; and
•
amendments to the title of Chapter VI to read, Carriage of Cargoes "and
Oil Fuels" and to Regulation VI/5-1 on Material safety data sheets (MSDS)
to require MSDS to be provided for ships carrying oil or oil fuel, prior to the
loading of such oil as cargo in bulk or bunkering of oil fuel. The MSC also
approved Recommendations for material safety data sheets (MSDS) for MARPOL
Annex I type cargoes and oil fuels.
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January 2011: Entry into force of July 2009 amendments to MARPOL
MARPOL
Annex I - transfer of oil cargo between oil tankers at sea
Amendments
to MARPOL Annex I for the prevention of marine pollution during some
ship-to-ship (STS) oil transfer operations.
The
new chapter 8 on Prevention of pollution during transfer of oil cargo between
oil tankers at sea will apply to oil tankers of 150 gross tonnage and above and
will require any oil tanker involved in oil cargo STS operations to have, on
board, a plan prescribing how to conduct STS operations (the STS Plan), which
would be approved by its Administration.
Notification
to the relevant coastal State will be required not less than 48 hours in
advance of the scheduled STS operations although some relaxation to this rule
is allowed in certain, very specific, cases. The regulations are not intended
to apply to bunkering operations.
Consequential
amendments to the International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP) Certificate,
the Supplement to the IOPP Certificate and the Oil Record Book.
Amendments
to MARPOL Annex I regulations 1, 12, 13, 17 and 38, relating to the on board
management of oil residue (sludge). The amendments clarify long standing
requirements and remove existing ambiguities in order to facilitate compliance
by ships' crews. Definitions for oil residue (sludge), oil residue (sludge)
tanks, oily bilge water and oily bilge water holding tanks are introduced for
the first time. Related amendments to the Supplement to the IOPP Certificate,
Form A and Form B, and to the Oil Record Book.
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August 2011: Entry into force of March 2010 amendments to MARPOL
Amendments
to MARPOL Annex VI (Prevention of air pollution from ships) to formally
establish a North American Emission Control Area, in which emissions of sulphur
oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter from ships will be
subject to more stringent controls than the limits that apply globally.
New
MARPOL regulation, to protect the Antarctic from pollution by heavy grade oils,
in MARPOL Annex I (Regulations for the prevention of pollution by oil) on
Special requirements for the use or carriage of oils in the Antarctic area, a
new chapter 9 with a new regulation 43, which would prohibit the carriage, in
bulk as cargo, or carriage and use as fuel, of: crude oils having a density, at
15°C, higher than 900 kg/m3; oils, other than crude oils, having a density, at
15°C, higher than 900 kg/m3 or a kinematic viscosity, at 50°C, higher than 180
mm2/s; or bitumen, tar and their emulsions. An exception is envisaged for
vessels engaged in securing the safety of ships or in a search-and-rescue
operation.
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January 2012: Entry into force of May 2010 amendments to SOLAS
Goal-based
standards
International
Goal based Ship Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, along
with amendments to Chapter II-1. The new SOLAS regulation II-1/3-10 will apply
to oil tankers and bulk carriers of 150m in length and above. It will require
new ships to be designed and constructed for a specified design life and to be
safe and environmentally friendly, in intact and specified damage conditions,
throughout their life. Under the regulation, ships should have adequate
strength, integrity and stability to minimize the risk of loss of the ship or
pollution to the marine environment due to structural failure, including
collapse, resulting in flooding or loss of watertight integrity.
Corrosion
andfire protection
A
new SOLAS regulation II-1/3-11 on Corrosion protection of cargo oil tanks of
crude oil tankers, to require all such tanks to be protected against corrosion,
with related performance standards also adopted.
Amendments
to SOLAS regulation II-2/4.5.7 on Gas measurement and detection and to SOLAS
regulation II-2/7.4.1 relating to fixed fire detection and fire alarm systems.
Amendments to the International Code for Fire Safety Systems (FSS Code).
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January 2012: Entry into force of June 2010 Manila amendments to STCW
Major
revisions to the International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (the STCW Convention), and its
associated Code adopted at a Diplomatic Conference in Manila, the Philippines,
held from 21 to 25 June 2010.
"The
Manila amendments to the STCW Convention and Code" are aimed at bringing
the Convention and Code up to date with developments since they were initially
adopted in 1978 and further revised in 1995; and to enable them to address
issues that are anticipated to emerge in the foreseeable future.
Amongst
the amendments adopted, there are a number of important changes to each chapter
of the Convention and Code, including:
*
Improved measures to prevent fraudulent practices associated with certificates
of competency and strengthen the evaluation process (monitoring of Parties'
compliance with the Convention);
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Revised requirements on hours of work and rest and new requirements for the
prevention of drug and alcohol abuse, as well as updated standards relating to
medical fitness standards for seafarers;
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New certification requirements for able seafarers;
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New requirements relating to training in modern technology such as electronic
charts and information systems (ECDIS);
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New requirements for marine environment awareness training and training in
leadership and teamwork;
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New training and certification requirements for electro-technical officers;
Updating
of competence requirements for personnel serving on board all types of tankers,
including new requirements for personnel serving on liquefied gas tankers;
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New requirements for security training, as well as provisions to ensure that
seafarers are properly trained to cope if their ship comes under attack by
pirates;
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Introduction of modern training methodology including distance learning and
web-based learning;
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New training guidance for personnel serving on board ships operating in polar
waters; and
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New training guidance for personnel operating Dynamic Positioning Systems.
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