Technical Circular No: 024/2024
1. In March 2024, MEPC 81 had adopted amendments to Appendix IX of MARPOL Annex VI (vide IMO Resolution MEPC 385(81)), introducing increased data granularity requirements, including inter alia the reporting of fuel consumption per consumer type, data on transport work and use of onshore power. These amendments will be entering into force on 1 August 2025. The revised format is detailed in Appendix to this technical circular for ready reference.
2. Noting the fact that the aforementioned amendments are entering into force in the middle of a calendar year, which would result in two distinct levels of granularity for the data gathered in that calendar year, MEPC 82 considered a Unified Interpretation (UI) regarding the application of these amendments.
3. Consequently, on 4 October 2024 MEPC 82 approved MEPC.1/Circ.913 on “Guidance on the application of the amendments to appendix IX of MARPOL Annex VI adopted by resolution MEPC.385(81) on inclusion of data on transport work and enhanced granularity in the IMO Ship Fuel Consumption Database (IMO DCS)”.
4. Based on the above, shipowners and managers are guided as follows:
- For ships flying the flag of the Administration that implements the amendments on the entry-into-force date (1 August 2025), the SEEMP is to be revised and verified prior to 1 January 2026 and data to be collected with existing level of granularity for the entire year of 2025, and with increased granularity from 1 January 2026. Those planning to retrofit flow meters or employ other methodologies should complete these actions within the same time frame.
- For ships flying the flag of the Administration that implements the amendments early (1 January 2025), the SEEMP is to be revised and verified prior to 1 January 2025 and data to be collected with increased granularity throughout the entire year of 2025 and beyond. Those planning to retrofit flow meters or employ other methodologies should complete these actions within the same time frame
- For ships delivered on or after 1 August 2025 data, SEEMP is to be developed to include a description of data collection methodology and the data is to be collected at the enhanced level of granularity from the date of delivery and onwards.
Enclosure:
Disclaimer:
This Technical Circular and the material contained in it is provided only for the purpose of supplying current information to the reader and not as an advice to be relied upon by any person. While we have taken utmost care to be as factual as possible, readers/ users are advised to verify the exact text and content of the Regulation from the original source/ issuing Authority.