Proposed Amendments to the CII Guidelines, G1 and the 2024 SEEMP Guidelines to Prevent Unintended Impacts on the CII Calculation
Proposal for a Unified Interpretation for Implementing Regulation D-3 of the BWM Convention
This document provides a proposal for a unified interpretation to clarify the installation date provisions applicable to ballast water management systems (BWMS) approved taking into account the 2016 Guidelines (G8) (resolution MEPC.279(70)), with a view to ensuring consistent implementation under the Convention. This proposal is based on the identified inconsistencies and interpretational difficulties between regulation D-3 and the BWMS Code regarding permitted installation dates, as well as recent port State control (PSC) observations under the Paris and Tokyo MOU concentrated inspection campaigns (CIC), which indicate that these inconsistencies have resulted in confusion within the industry.
Proposal for Converting the Interim Guidance on the application of the BWM Convention to Ships operating in Challenging Water Quality Conditions into a Standard Guidance
This document provides a proposal to convert the Interim guidance on the application of the BWM Convention to ships operating in challenging water quality conditions (resolution MEPC.387(81)) into a standard guidance, to streamline the reactive bypass and decontamination procedures, and to mitigate constraints arising from the designation of ballast water exchange (BWE) areas under the current Guidance. The proposal takes into account the ongoing review of the BWM Convention, the operational challenges encountered by ships and crews in implementing the existing procedures, and study results demonstrating that the application of ballast water exchange plus treatment (BWE + BWT) alone ensures compliance with the D-2 standard even when ballast water is bypass-taken under CWQ conditions.
The Impact of Adverse Weather on Fuel Consumption and CII Rating
Development of measures to prevent the loss of containers at sea (CCC 10/11/5)
This document proposes improvements to be considered for the safe transport, stowage and securing of containers based on preliminary results of the TopTier project.
Development of measures to prevent the loss of containers at sea (CCC 10/11)
Review of current and future work of the Organization to prevent the loss of containers at sea and to mitigate the impacts of such incidents.
Amendments to the IMDG Code and Supplements - Informal Correspondence Group on UN 1361 (charcoal)
This document is submitted by WSC as coordinator of an informal Correspondence Group on UN 1361 (charcoal), which was established with interested Member States and international organizations following E&T 38, to consider annex 5 to document CCC 9/6.