Amendments to both MARPOL Annex II and the
IBC Code adopted earlier this year will enter into force on 1 January 2021.
This statutory news discusses the changes, the impacts on our customers and the
actions to take.
IBC Code amendments.
To close an existing gap between how the
IBC Code products have been assessed before and after 2004, the IMO decided to
reassess all existing products in the IBC Code using the same criteria. This
work has now been finalized and adopted as amendments to chapters 17, 18 and 21
of the IBC Code.
As
the carriage requirements for most products have changed, this will impact on
the Certificate of Fitness or NLS (noxious liquid substances) Certificate
listing the products a tanker is certified to carry. When new amendments to
chapter 17 and 18 of the IBC Code are adopted, the IMO has decided that a new
Certificate of Fitness based on the new amendments shall be issued prior to the
entry into force date of the amendments and kept on board with the existing
certificate. The revised certificate will have the same expiry date as the
existing certificate and is effective, and supersedes the existing certificate,
on 1 January 2021. When cargo is loaded prior to 1 January 2021, and unloaded
after this date, the relevant provisions of the IBC Code at the time of loading
are applicable until the cargo has been unloaded.
The
implications of this is that the range of products a ship is certified to carry
will differ before and after 1 January 2021.
MARPOL
amendments
Pollution
of north European coastlines are assumed to be partly the result of tank
cleaning residues after carriage of vegetable oils and paraffin waxes. Hence,
amendments to MARPOL Annex II imposing prewash requirements in the port of
unloading for certain high-viscosity or low-melting-point persistent floating
products have been adopted. The stricter requirements apply within a defined
area stretching from Gibraltar in the south all the way along the Norwegian
coast including the Baltic Sea, as well as the UK and Ireland. As part of the
amendments, the standard format of the P&A (procedures and arrangements)
manual, which is required to be approved Amendments to both MARPOL Annex II and
the IBC Code adopted earlier this year will enter into force on 1 January 2021.
This statutory news discusses the changes, the impacts on our customers and the
actions to take. on behalf of the flag administration, has been revised. This
further calls for an update and re-approval of the P&A manual.
Certificate
issuance and P&A manual approval
Both
the IBC Code and the MARPOL amendments are related in the way that they affect
tankers trading with substances subject to both the IBC Code and the MARPOL
Annex II. The entry into force dates (1 January 2021) are therefore aligned. To
accommodate an efficient approval process and re-issuance of certificates, a
solution for requesting the new certificate and P&A manual approval has
been set up in the DNV GL Veracity portal.
To
request the new certificate and the approval, please send a survey request
through Veracity and choose “MARPOL/IBC Code 2019 Amendments” under “Occasional
surveys/audits”. Further instructions can be found in the Owner’s Preparation
Note, which will become available when placing the request. An RR (Retroactive
Requirement) has also been issued to formally inform each vessel.
Both
the existing (IBC Code and MARPOL) certificate and the new certificate,
including the respective cargo lists, will be shown in the Veracity portal, and
the certificate in force will be tagged as valid. If for any reason the
certificate must be re-issued at a later date before 1 January 2021, both
certificates will be re-issued.
Recommendations
For
DNV GL to manage a timely delivery – and also because the range of products
which may be carried after 2021 is defined by the new Certificate of Fitness
and possible obligations towards charterers – we recommend an early, rather
than last-minute, request.
References
MEPC.315(74) – Amendments to MARPOL Annex
II
MEPC.318(74) – 2019 Amendments to the IBC
Code
MSC.460(101) – 2019 Amendments to the IBC
Code
MSC-MEPC.5/Circ.7 – Guidance on replacement
of IBC Code Certificates
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