May. 4 2021 Home Class & statutory Report of PPR 8 meeting - 22 to 26 March 2021 LinkedIn Twitter Facebook share Convention GENERAL Flag ALL FLAGS Ship typeAll Sea going Ship types The 8th session of the Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 8), was held remotely from 22 to 26 March 2021. The 8th session of the Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 8), was held remotely from 22 to 26 March 2021. PPR 8 has agreed to : Inclusion of a generic entry for “Palm oil mill effluent (POME) technical oil” in List 1 of the MEPC.2/Circular (no expiry dates) & Chapter 17 of the IBC Code (item 3) Consider that microfouling cleaning should not be limited to its performance in dry-dock only (item 4) Development of a standardized sampling, conditioning and measurement protocol applicable to Black carbon emissions & Consideration of potential regulatory options in a phased-approach with guidelines in the short-term (item 5) The draft guidelines contained in annex 2 of the Correspondence Group report on Development of measures to reduce risks of use and carriage of HFO as fuel by ships in Arctic waters - The provisions applicable to ship operators and the provisions applicable to maritime Administrations had been grouped in respective sections (item 6) Exclusion of grey water from the list of diluents make existing type-approved systems non-compliant since they have been approved with the inclusion of grey water as a diluent (item 7) The application criteria for existing ships was not decided at PPR 8, as this is a matter of policy expected to be decided by MEPC 76 (item 7) PPR 8 has approved : The report of the 26th session of the Working Group on the Evaluation of Safety and Pollution Hazards of Chemicals contained in paper PPR 8/3 (item 3) The terms of reference for the Correspondence Group (item 7 & 11) PPR 8 - Report Download