Jan. 27 2015 Home Class & statutory IMO PPR 2 OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY REPORT LinkedIn Twitter Facebook share Convention BWM Ballast Water Management IBC Code MARPOL Annex I Oil Pollution MARPOL Annex II NLS MARPOL Annex V Garbage MARPOL Annex VI Air Pollution OSV Chemical Code Recycling of ships Flag ALL FLAGS Ship typeAll Sea going Ship types IMO PPR 2 OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY REPORT Report on PPR 2 Introduction The Sub-Committee (SC) on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) had its second session from 19 to 23 January 2015, which took place in IMO headquarters in London. PPR replaces the former sub-committee BLG in the new IMO structure. This report provides an overview on the agenda items discussed. Agenda of PPR 2 Agenda item Subject 1 Adoption of the agenda 2 Decisions of other IMO bodies 3 Safety and pollution hazards of chemicals and preparation of consequential amendments to the IBC Code, taking into account recommendations of GESAMP-EHS 4 Code for the transport and handling of limited amounts of hazardous and noxious liquid substances in bulk on offshore support vessels 5 Guidelines for port State control under the 2004 BWM Convention, including guidance on ballast water sampling and analysis 6 Production of a manual entitled "Ballast Water Management – How to do it" 7 Improved and new technologies approved for ballast water management systems and reduction of atmospheric pollution 8 Consideration of the impact on the Arctic of emissions of Black Carbon from international shipping 9 Guidelines related to MARPOL Annex VI and the NOX Technical Code in accordance with the Action Plan endorsed by MEPC 64 10 Guidance for international offers of assistance in response to a marine oil pollution incident 11 Revised section II of the Manual on oil pollution-contingency planning 12 Guide on oil spill response in ice and snow conditions 13 Updated IMO Dispersant Guidelines 14 Updated OPRC Model training courses 15 Unified interpretation to provisions of IMO environment related Conventions 16 Biennial agenda and provisional agenda for PPR 3 17 Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2016 18 Any other business 19 Report to the Marine Environment Protection Committee AIR POLLUTION FROM SHIPS CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPACT ON THE ARCTIC OF EMISSIONS OF BLACK CARBON FROM INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING, UNIFIED INTERPRETATION TO PROVISIONS OF IMO ENVIRONMENT-RELATED CONVENTIONS (items 2, 8 & 15) (WP 5) The Sub-Committee: - agreed to the draft amendments to the 2009 Guidelines for exhaust gas cleaning systems (resolution MEPC.184(59)), on CO2 measurement methods and on pH determination either by means of direct measurement, or by using a calculation-based methodology calculation; - agreed to the draft amendments to the NOX Technical Code 2008, concerning testing of gas-fuelled engine and dual fuel engines for NOX Tier III strategy; - agreed to the draft MEPC circular on Guidance on the application of regulation 13 of MARPOL Annex VI Tier III requirements to dual fuel and gas fuelled engines; - agreed to the draft amendments to the 2011 Guidelines addressing additional aspects to the NOX Technical Code 2008 with regard to particular requirements related to marine diesel engines fitted with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Systems (resolution MEPC.198(62)) (on the basis of UI MPC 105); - agreed that the Bond et al. definition should be recommended to MEPC for approval as the definition of Black Carbon for international shipping, for the primary reason that