Feb. 15 2018 Home Class & statutory PPR 5 – 5 to 9 February 2018 insight of the major outcomes of the fifth session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 5) LinkedIn Twitter Facebook share Convention AFS Anti Fouling System BWM Ballast Water Management IACS UI IBC Code MARPOL Annex I Oil Pollution MARPOL Annex II NLS MARPOL Annex VI Air Pollution Greenhouse Gases Flag ALL FLAGS Ship typeAll Sea going Ship types PPR 5 – 5 to 9 February 2018 insight of the major outcomes of the fifth session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 5) MARINE & OFFSHORE DIVISION MANAGEMENT L-C&R PPR 5 – 5 to 9 February 2018 insight of the major outcomes of the fifth session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 5) SUMMARY Very important progresses were achieved at PPR 5 in matter of prevention of pollution of air from ships (item 7 and, 13). PPR 5 agreed to : a prohibition of the carriage of non-compliant fuel oil for combustion purposes with a sulphur content exceeding 0.50% with a view for submission to MEPC 72 for approval as an urgent matter ; a draft reporting protocol for voluntary measurement studies to collect Black Carbon data. It has developed the outline of draft Guidelines for consistent implementation of regulation 14.1.3 of MARPOL Annex VI which will be complemented at an intersessional meeting on consistent implementation of regulation 14.1.3 of MARPOL Annex VI which will be held from 9 to 3 July 2018. Still concerning MARPOL Annex VI (item 9 and 10), PPR 5 agreed to : draft 2018 Guidelines for the discharge of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) bleed-off water, for submission to MEPC 73, with a view to adoption;. draft amendments to the NOX Technical Code 2008, for approval at MEPC 73, with a view to adoption at MEPC 74 ; draft consequential amendments to the 2017 Guidelines addressing additional aspects to the NOX Technical Code 2008 with regard to marine diesel engines fitted with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Systems (resolution MEPC.291(71)), for consideration by MEPC 73 with a view to approve in principle and adoption at MEPC 74. Concerning MARPOL Annex II (item 3 and 4), PPR 5 agreed to : the IBC code draft new paragraph 15.15, draft revised chapters 17, 18, 19 and 21, and the consequential draft amendments emanating from the development of the draft MARPOL Annex II amendments, for submission to MEPC 73 and MSC 100, with a view to approval and subsequent adoption ; the consequential draft amendments to the BCH Code ; the draft MEPC circular on Guidelines for the carriage of energy-rich fuels and their blends, for submission to MEPC 73 with a view to approval. Concerning BWM issue (item 5, 6 and 23), PPR5 agreed to the draft Guidance on System Design Limitations of ballast water management systems and their monitoring for submission to MEPC 73 with a view to approval and dissemination as a BWM.2 circular. PPR 5 has also agreed to : · draft MEPC resolution for Revised guidelines for the application of MARPOL Annex I requirements to FPSOs and FSUs, for submission to MEPC 73, with a view to adoption (item 14) ; · the draft MEPC resolution on the Guidelines for the use of electronic record books under MARPOL, for submission to MEPC 73 for consideration, with a view to approval in principle and subsequent adoption at MEPC 74 in conjunction with associated draft amendments to MARPOL and the NOX Technical Code (item 18). Item 3 - Safety and pollution hazard