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Additional new documents for specific ship types
Summary of major developments
New approvals or adoptions
- Adopted - Amendment to the IGC Code - paragraph 16.9 - Alternative fuels and technologies - on the possibility to use toxic cargo as fuel if accepted by the Administration
- Adopted - Amendments to the NOx Technical Code with regard to certification of an engine subject to substantial modification or being certified to a Tier to which the engine was not certified at the time of its installation
- Adopted - Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI and the NOx Technical Code on the use of multiple engine operational profiles for a marine diesel engine
- Adopted - Amendments to the IGF Code – 2028
- Approved - Draft IMO Net Zero Framework
- Approved - Draft amendments to SOLAS regulation V/23, draft MSC resolution on Performance standards and consequential draft amendments to the 1994 and 2000 HSC Codes and the 2008 SPS Code, to improve the safety of pilot transfer arrangements (642)
- Approved - Draft amendments to SOLAS II-1 in relation to the application of the IGF Code to confirm gaseous fuels are within its scope
- Approved - Draft amendments to paragraph 8.3.5 and annex 1 of the 1994 and 2000 HSC Code
- Approved - Draft amendments to the IGC Code - 2028 version
- Approved - Draft Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI concerning an Emissions Control Areas for both NOx and SOx in the North-East Atlantic
- Approved - Draft amendments to MARPOL Annex VI regulation 27 on DCS data access
- Approved - Draft amendment to MLC, 2006 Standard A2.5.1 on repatriation
- Approved - Draft amendments to MLC, 2006 Standard A2.4 on shore leave
- Approved - Draft amendment to the MLC, 2006 on the investigation of marine casualties
- Approved - Draft amendment to the MLC, 2006 on onboard complaints procedures
- Approved - Draft amendments to the MLC, 2006 on the prevention of shipboard violence and harassment, including sexual harassment, bullying, and sexual assault
Significant new items being considered or milestones in ongoing development
- Review of the Ballast Water Management Convention
- Review of the Short-Term Reduction Measure (CII and EEXI)
- Development of a safety regulatory framework to support the reduction of GHG emissions from ships using new technologies and alternative fuels
- The review of the STCW Convention
- Development of a goal-based instrument for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)
- Evaluation of adequacy of fire protection, detection and extinction arrangements in vehicle, special category and ro-ro spaces in order to reduce the fire risk of ships carrying new energy vehicles