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2018
CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES OF OUR LATEST CIRCULARS

2018
CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES OF OUR LATEST CIRCULARS
The EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR)
The EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR) is coming into general application on 31 December 2018.
Guidance on the development of a ship implementation plan for the consistent implentation of the 0,50% Sulphur limit under MARPOL ANNEX VI
MEPC 70 agreed to “1 January 2020” as the effective date of implementation for ships to comply with global 0.50% m/m sulphur content of fuel oil requirement and adopted resolution MEPC.280(70) on the Effective date of implementation of the fuel oil standard in regulation 14.1.3 of MARPOL Annex VI. The guidance is part of a set of guidelines being developed by IMO for consistent implementation of the MARPOL regulation coming into effect from 1 January 2020.
BIMCO ParisMoU Guide
BIMCO has issued the attached guide which provides general advice and helps shipowners/managers to comply with regulations when calling at a port or anchorage within the Paris MoU region. More detailed guidelines and instructions are available at the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)’s and the Paris Memorandum of Understanding of Port State Control’s (Paris MoU) homepages: www.emsa.europa.eu and www.parismou.org respectively.
ICS Provisional Guidance for Compliance with the 2020 ‘Global Sulphur Cap’
From 1 January 2020, in accordance with MARPOL Annex VI1, the Sulphur content of fuel oil used on board commercial ships trading outside Sulphur Emission Control Areas (ECAs)2 must not exceed 0.50% m/m.
Requirements with respect to FFEs
The purpose of the present circular is to remind and the attention of INSB Class Surveyors and INSB clients regarding the requirements with respect to fire fighters equipment, since some mistakes have been revealed during the evaluation of the survey reports.
Annual testing of VDR, S-VDR
Present circular is developed followed a PSC detention of an INSB Classed/certified ship where a detainable deficiency assigned also with “RO responsibility”
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Flag | Circular PSC-032
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Administration has issued the attached circular (PSC-032) in order to provide managing companies and ships’ officers with a tool intended to keep their ships ready for Port State Control Inspections and avoid an eventual detention together with administrative measures.
The 2016 amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
The amendments were agreed at the second meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee on 10 February 2016. These amendments will enter into force on 8 January 2019.
New BMP and other security updates
BMP5 is the fifth edition of the Best Management Practices (BMP), which are jointly produced by shipping organisations, with the support of military organisations, to help ship operators, Masters and mariners prepare for external threats to safety. This edition helps mariners detect, deter and delay threats in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. The guidance is written primarily for oil tankers and gas carriers, but much of the advice will be appropriate to other types of ship. It complements guidance on piracy in the latest IMO MSC circulars, but also addresses other threats specific to the region.
IMO Fuel Oil Consumption data collection system
A similar scheme to EU MRV has also been adopted by IMO; according to Regulation 22A of MARPOL Annex VI which enters into force on 1 March 2018, all ships above 5000 GT will have to report their annual CO2 emissions from 1 January 2019 onwards.