Introduction
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Following a request from members to receive an impact-assessment timetable of regulatory issues likely to have an impact on Bulk Carriers, the Secretariat has drawn up the following table to give members advance notification of known legislative changes.
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As an important caveat, the information shown below is insufficient to give companies a full understanding of what is required from them to implement the requirements of International conventions or other national requirements. Further advice from Classification Societies – for example to ABS, DNV and LR, to whom we acknowledge our thanks for some of the core information contained below, and your Flag State must be sought prior to making strategic decisions or incurring capital expenditure.
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The information is in two parts and is designed (errors and omissions excepted) to reflect requirements for Dry Bulk vessels over 10,000 dwt engaged on international voyages :- A) Regulations etc which have entered into force in the last 12 months or so; and B) Regulations etc entering into force in the future. Any date in [square brackets] is estimated and may be subject to change. The requirements are broadly sorted into the Intercargo Work Programme summary headings but are listed in chronological order.
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Information updated to : 24 Dec 2012
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A) Regulations introduced in immediate past appropriate to Intercargo entered tonnage (chronological)
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Enabling convention _x000D_ |
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Description _x000D_ |
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Ship type _x000D_ |
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E.i.f _x000D_ |
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Casualties – Emergency Towing Procedures _x000D_ |
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SOLAS II-1/3-4 _x000D_ |
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Capabilities to tow ship from fore and aft positions _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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1.1.12 _x000D_ |
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Design Standards – Liferafts _x000D_ |
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Life Saving Appliances (LSA Code) _x000D_ |
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Capacity for persons 75kg raised to 82.5 kg _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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1.1.12 _x000D_ |
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Design Standards – smoke extraction _x000D_ |
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SOLAS 11-2 _x000D_ FSS (Fire Safety Systems) Code _x000D_ |
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Electrical and audible signal charges _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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1.1.12 _x000D_ |
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Port State Control – IAPP _x000D_ |
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Supplement of IAPP Certificate _x000D_ |
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To specify the Sulphur content of bunker used by ship as per BDN _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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1.2.12 _x000D_ |
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Air Emissions – EEDI Calculations _x000D_ |
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MARPOL VI _x000D_ |
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Reference EEDI Calculation Guidelines establish the reference lines for each ship type to comply with a required EEDI _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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2.3.12 _x000D_ |
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Air Emissions – EEDI Survey & Certification _x000D_ |
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MARPOL VI _x000D_ |
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Revisions to the EEDI S & C G/L. Preliminary verification at the design stage which should include model tests for determining the ships power curve. Development of an EEDI Technical File (details of how the attained EEDI was created) which is then subject to a final verification after sea trials. _x000D_ |
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2.3.12 _x000D_ |
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Environmental – Recycling _x000D_ |
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Ship Recycling Convention _x000D_ |
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Guidelines for the Authorization of Ship Recycling Facilities (Competent Authority) _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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2.3.12 _x000D_ |
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Environmental – Recycling _x000D_ |
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Ship Recycling Convention _x000D_ |
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Guidelines for the Authorization of Ship Recycling Facilities (Ship Recycling Facility Plan) _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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2.3.12 _x000D_ |
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Reception Facilities – Regional Reception Facilities Plan _x000D_ |
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MARPOL VI; I, II. IV and V, VI _x000D_ |
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Guidelines to assist Governments _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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2.3.12 _x000D_ |
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Reception Facilities – SIDS _x000D_ |
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MARPOL VI; I, II. IV and V _x000D_ |
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Small Island Developing states can develop regional arrangements in / outside Special Areas. Must be approved by the Committee _x000D_ |
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2.3.12 _x000D_ |
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Casualties – Pilot ladders _x000D_ |
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SOLAS V _x000D_ |
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Pilot ladders. To be certificated by the manufacturers. No mechanical pilot hoists _x000D_ |
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1.7.12 _x000D_ |
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Design Standards – Bridge Alarms _x000D_ |
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SOLAS 1/19.2 _x000D_ |
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Bridge Navigation Watch Alarm Systems (BNWAS) – to be installed and working. Earlier systems installed to 1.7.11 may be permissible _x000D_ |
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Cargo _x000D_ |
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1.7.12 _x000D_ |
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Design Standards – Coatings _x000D_ |
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SOLAS 11 – 1/3-2 _x000D_ |
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Double Side Skin Bulk Carriers to be coated in accordance with IMO’s approved Coating Performance Standards. Also dedicated seawater ballast tanks _x000D_ |
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Bulk _x000D_ |
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1.7.12 _x000D_ |
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Design standards – Fire Safety Systems _x000D_ |
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FSS (Fire Safety Systems) Code _x000D_ |
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FSS Code revised : Fixed Fire output systems used as output devices to other FSS e.g. fire dampers _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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1.7.12 _x000D_ |
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Design Standards – Fire Test Procedures (FTP) _x000D_ |
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FTP _x000D_ |
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New procedures for testing _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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1.7.12 _x000D_ |
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Environmental – Invasive Species _x000D_ |
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– USA requirement (Anti Fouling System Convention) _x000D_ |
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For US flagged ships and others operating in US waters. This is a certification compliance issue at this stage given that the AFS Convention entered into force on 17.9.08 (with all coatings made applicable 60 months – i.e. 17.9.13, after this date) _x000D_ |
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21.11.12 _x000D_ |
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Navigation – AIS _x000D_ |
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SOLAS V _x000D_ |
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AIS annual testing to verify correct programming of ships I.D _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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1.7.12 _x000D_ |
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Navigation – EGC _x000D_ |
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SOLAS IV / 7 _x000D_ |
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Enhanced Group Call (ECG) to be type approved by INMARSAT _x000D_ |
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Cargo _x000D_ |
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1.7.12 _x000D_ |
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Port State Control – SOLAS I certs _x000D_ |
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SOLAS 1 _x000D_ |
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Certificate revision when alternative design and arrangements for machinery and electrical installations / fire protection / LSA applied _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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1.7.12 _x000D_ |
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Air Emissions – US ECA _x000D_ |
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Chapter IV _x000D_ |
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ECA to USA / Canada : 1.8.12 = 1.0% S in fuel; 1.1.15 = 0.1%. Steamships built on / before 1.8.11 not designed to use distillates exempted until 1.1.20. For 200nm transit, its 1%. SoX scrubbers OK provided meets equivalence _x000D_ |
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1.8.12 _x000D_ |
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B) Regulations for introduction in future appropriate to Intercargo entered tonnage (chronological)
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Enabling convention _x000D_ |
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Air Emissions – EEDI _x000D_ |
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MARPOL VI _x000D_ |
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Attained EEDI is not to exceed a maximum. Chapter IV – Reg 21 ?. International Energy Efficiency Certificate introduced. _x000D_ |
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B/C & OBO _x000D_ |
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1.1.13 _x000D_ |
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Air Emissions – SEEMP _x000D_ |
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MARPOL VI / Ch IV _x000D_ |
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SEEMP to be provided and kept on board. Ships Energy Efficiency Management Plan _x000D_ |
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1.1.13 _x000D_ |
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Cargoes – IMSBC _x000D_ |
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IMSBC _x000D_ |
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Revisions. New schedules. Shippers to declare whether “Harmful to the Marine Environment” (HME), Exemptions for Special Areas generally withdrawn. See further guidance under “Reception Facilities” on Intercargo website _x000D_ |
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1.1.13 _x000D_ |
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Design Standards – Lifeboats _x000D_ |
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MSC 81(70) _x000D_ |
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New tests for lifeboats and equipment installed – for ships with keel laid after this date 1.1.13 _x000D_ |
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1.1.13 _x000D_ |
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Reception Facilities – Garbage Management Plans _x000D_ |
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MARPOL V _x000D_ |
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Guidelines and revisions : discharge of cargo hold cleaning agents HME in HWW prohibited _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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1.1.13 _x000D_ |
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Navigation – ECDIS _x000D_ |
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SOLAS 1 / 19.2 _x000D_ |
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ECDIS to be fitted unless scrapping within 2 years. Also, Bride Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS) required and operational when underway. _x000D_ |
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Cargo _x000D_ |
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1.7.13 (where keel laid : but age / size dependent) _x000D_ |
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Navigation – Ship Reporting Great Belt _x000D_ |
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SOLAS V / II _x000D_ |
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Mandatory reporting for ships with an air draft greater that 15m in / to ports in BELTREP (Danish Great Belt) _x000D_ |
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1.7.13 _x000D_ |
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Air Emissions – SCR _x000D_ |
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MARPOL VI – NoX Code _x000D_ |
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Scheme B for Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) engines which cannot be pre-certificated on a test bed _x000D_ |
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1.8.13 _x000D_ |
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Reception Facility _x000D_ |
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MARPOL V (see MEPC 219/63) _x000D_ |
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No discharging of cargo hold cleaning agents deemed HME in HWW; no discharge of incinerator ash (previously allowed 12nm outside Non Special Areas) _x000D_ |
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1.8.13 _x000D_ |
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Reception Facilities – Regional plans _x000D_ |
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MARPOL 1; IV; V _x000D_ |
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Reception facilities permissible through “Regional Reception Facilities Plan” for Small Island Developing States _x000D_ |
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1.8.13 _x000D_ |
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Training, Manpower & Human Element _x000D_ |
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Maritime Labour Convention _x000D_ |
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Enters into force _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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20.8.13 _x000D_ |
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Environmental – Invasive Species _x000D_ |
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Anti Fouling System Convention _x000D_ |
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Final date for non-compliant coatings, noting the Convention entered into force on 17.9.08. Most owners will have complied some time in advance of this date. _x000D_ |
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17.9.13 _x000D_ |
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Air Emissions – Puerto Rico ECA : aka US Caribbean Sea _x000D_ |
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MARPOL VI (see MEPC.1/Circ 755) _x000D_ |
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ECA enters into force : 1.1.14 = 1.0% S in fuel; 1.1.15 = 0.1%. Ships not designed to use distillates exempted until 1.1.20. _x000D_ |
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1.1.14 _x000D_ (some exemption to 1.1.20) _x000D_ |
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Casualties _x000D_ |
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Loadline Annex B / Annex II . Reg 47 _x000D_ |
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New definition of the northern boundary of the Southern Winter Seasonal Zone _x000D_ |
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1.1.14 (expected) _x000D_ |
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Design standards – ESP _x000D_ |
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SOLAS XI-I _x000D_ |
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Enhanced Survey Programme – IMO 744 replaced by new International Code on Enhanced Programme of Inspections (A.1049 (27) _x000D_ |
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Bulk _x000D_ |
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1.1.14 _x000D_ |
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Design standards – Fire Safety Systems _x000D_ |
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FSS (Fire Safety Systems) Code _x000D_ |
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FSS Code revised for fixed fire systems _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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1.1.14 _x000D_ |
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Design standards – Lifeboat testing _x000D_ |
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SOLAS III / 20 _x000D_ |
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Free Fall Life Boats (FFLB). Simulated tests OK during annual and 5 year overload (added to already OK 3m abandon ship drills) _x000D_ |
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All _x000D_ |
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1.1.14 _x000D_ |
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Design standards – Speed Logs _x000D_ |
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SOLAS V / 19 _x000D_ |
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Two separate devices for speed through the water and speed
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