Conventions Changes in 2022

2022 Table 1 : International conventions and mandatory codes

Convention Resolution No. Applicable Date Description
MARPOL MEPC.324(75) 2022/04/01 Amendments to MARPOL Annexes VI
BWM MEPC.325(75) 2022/06/01 Amendments to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004
SOLAS MSC.477(102) 2022/06/01 Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code)
MARPOL MEPC.328(76) 2022/11/01 Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI
MARPOL MEPC.329(76) 2022/11/01 Amendments to MARPOL Annex I
MARPOL MEPC.330(76) 2022/11/01 Amendments to MARPOL Annexes I and IV

2022 Table 2 : Technical provisions and documents that are commonly used

Convention Resolution No. Applicable Date Description
SOLAS MSC.471(101) 2022/07/01 Performance Standards for Float-Free Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) Operating on 406 MHz
SOLAS MSC.493(104) 2022/07/01 Amendments to the Performance Standards for Shipborne Simplified Voyage Data Recorders (S-VDRs) (Resolution MSC.163(78), as Amended)
SOLAS MSC.494(104) 2022/07/01 Amendments to the Performance Standards for Shipborne Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs) (Resolution MSC.333(90))
MARPOL MEPC.340(77) 2022/06/01 2021 Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems
N/A A.1155(32) 2022/01/01 Procedures for Port State Control, 2021
N/A MSC.1/Circ.1640 2022/06/01 Amendments to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual
MARPOL MEPC.335(76) 2022/11/01 2021 Guidelines on the Shaft/Engine Power Limitation System to Comply with the EEXI Requirements and Use of a Power Reserve
MARPOL MEPC.338(76) 2022/11/01 2021 Guidelines on the Operational Carbon Intensity Reduction Factors Relative to Reference Lines (CII Reduction Factor Guidelines, G3)
MARPOL MEPC.346(78) 2022/11/01 2022 Guidelines for the Development of a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP)
MARPOL MEPC.347(78) 2022/11/01 Guidelines for the Verification and Company Audits by the Administration of Part III of the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP)
MARPOL MEPC.348(78) 2022/11/01 2022 Guidelines for Administration Verification of Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Data and Operational Carbon Intensity
MARPOL MEPC.350(78) 2022/11/01 2022 Guidelines on the Method of Calculation of the Attained Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI)
MARPOL MEPC.351(78) 2022/11/01 2022 Guidelines on Survey and Certification of the Attained Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI)
MARPOL MEPC.352(78) 2022/11/01 2022 Guidelines on Operational Carbon Intensity Indicators and the Calculation Methods (CII Guidelines, G1)
MARPOL MEPC.353(78) 2022/11/01 2022 Guidelines on the Reference Lines for Use with Operational Carbon Intensity Indicators (CII Reference Lines Guidelines, G2)
MARPOL MEPC.354(78) 2022/11/01 2022 Guidelines on the Operational Carbon Intensity Rating of Ships (CII Rating Guidelines, G4)
MARPOL MEPC.355(78) 2022/11/01 2022 Interim Guidelines on Correction Factors and Voyage Adjustments for CII Calculations (CII Guidelines, G5)