This document has been revoked by resolution MEPC.352(78)
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 from
ships,
NOTING that it adopted, by resolution MEPC.328(76), the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex
VI, which is expected to enter into force on 1 November 2022 upon its deemed
acceptance on 1 May 2022,
NOTING IN PARTICULAR that the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex
VI contains amendments concerning mandatory goal-based technical and
operational measures to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping,
NOTING FURTHER that regulation 28.1 of MARPOL Annex
VI requires ships to which this regulation apply to calculate the attained
annual operational CII taking into account the guidelines developed by the Organization,
RECOGNIZING that the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex
VI require relevant guidelines for uniform and effective implementation of
the regulations and to provide sufficient lead time for industry to prepare,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-sixth session, draft 2021 Guidelines on operational
carbon intensity indicators and the calculation methods (CII Guidelines, G1),
1 ADOPTS the 2021 Guidelines on operational carbon intensity indicators and the
calculation methods (CII Guidelines, G1), as set out in the annex to the present
resolution;
2 INVITES Administrations to take the annexed Guidelines into account when developing and
enacting national laws which give force to and implement requirements set forth in
regulation 28.1 of MARPOL Annex
VI;
3 REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex
VI and other Member Governments to bring the annexed Guidelines to the
attention of masters, seafarers, shipowners, ship operators and any other interested
parties;
4 AGREES to consider substantiated proposals for CII correction factors for certain ship
types, operational profiles and/or voyages with a view to enhancing, as appropriate, the
annexed Guidelines before entry into force of the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL
Annex VI;
5 AGREES to keep the Guidelines under review in light of experience gained with their
implementation and in light of the review of CII regulations to be completed by the
Organization by 1 January 2026 as identified in regulation 28.11 of MARPOL Annex
VI.