MEPC.346(78)-2022GuidelinesfortheDevelopmentofaShipEnergyEfficiencyManagementPlan(SEEMP)

MEPC 78/17/Add.1Annex 8,page 1ANNEX 8RESOLUTION MEPC.346(78)(adopted on 10 June 2022)2022 GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SHIP ENERGY EFFICIENCYMANAGEMENT PLAN (SEEMP)THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE.RECALLING Article 38(a)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee)conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollutionfrom ships,NOTING that the Committee,at its seventy-sixth session,adopted,by resolutionMEPC.328(76),the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex VI,which will enter into force on1 November 2022,NOTING IN PARTICULAR that the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex VI (MARPOL Annex V)contains amendments concerning mandatory goal-based technical and operational measuresto reduce the carbon intensity of international shipping,NOTING FURTHER that regulation 26 of MARPOL Annex VI requires each ship to keep onboard a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan(SEEMP),to be developed and reviewed,taking into account the guidelines adopted by the Organization,RECOGNIZING that the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex VI require relevantguidelines for uniform and effective implementation of the regulations and to provide sufficientlead time for industry to prepare,NOTING that the Committee,at its seventieth session,adopted,by resolution MEPC.282(70),the 2016 Guidelines for the development of a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan(SEEMP).HAVING CONSIDERED,at its seventy-eighth session,the draft 2022 Guidelines for thedevelopment of a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan(SEEMP).ADOPTS the 2022 Guidelines for the development of a Ship Energy EfficiencyManagement Plan(SEEMP),as set out in the annex to the present resolution;2INVITES Administrations to take the annexed Guidelines into account whendeveloping and enacting national laws which give force to and implement requirements setforth in regulation 26 of MARPOL Annex VI;REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex VI and other Member Governments tobring the annexed Guidelines to the attention of masters,seafarers,shipowners,shipoperators and any other interested parties;I:MEPC78MEPC 78-17-Add.1.docx