The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Marine Environment Protection Committee - Resolution MEPC.230(65) – 2013 Guidelines as Required by Regulation 13.2.2 of MARPOL Annex VI in Respect of Non-Identical Replacement Engines Not Required to Meet the Tier III Limit – (Adopted on 17 May 2013) - The Marine Environment Protection Committee,

The Marine Environment Protection Committee,

 RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,

 RECALLING ALSO that, at its fifty-eighth session, the Committee adopted, by resolution MEPC.176(58), a revised MARPOL Annex VI (hereinafter referred to as "MARPOL Annex VI") which significantly strengthens the emission limits for nitrogen oxides (NOx) in light of technological improvements and implementation experience,

 NOTING that regulation 13.2.2 of MARPOL Annex VI specifies which NOx emission standard shall be applied when a marine diesel engine is replaced with a non-identical marine diesel engine,

 RECOGNIZING the need to develop guidelines to set forth the criteria of when it is not possible for a replacement engine to meet the standards in regulation 13.5.1.1 (Tier III),

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-fifth session, the guidelines as required by regulation 13.2.2 in respect of non-identical replacement engines not required to meet the Tier III limit, proposed by the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases at its seventeenth session,

  • 1 ADOPTS the Guidelines as required by regulation 13.2.2 in respect of non-identical replacement engines not required to meet the Tier III limit, as set out at annex to the present resolution;

  • 2 INVITES Administrations to take the annexed Guidelines into account when certifying a marine diesel engine which is replaced with a non-identical marine diesel engine;

  • 3 REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex VI and other Member Governments to bring the annexed Guidelines to the attention of shipowners, ship operators, shipbuilders, marine diesel engine manufacturers, and any other interested groups; and

  • 4 AGREES to keep these Guidelines under review in light of the experience gained.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.230(65) – 2013 Guidelines as Required by Regulation 13.2.2 of MARPOL Annex VI in Respect of Non-Identical Replacement Engines Not Required to Meet the Tier III Limit – (Adopted on 17 May 2013)
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