SOLAS, MARPOL amendments entered into force on 1 January 2014
A number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and the 1988 Load Lines Protocol entered into force or took effect from 1 January 2014. The amendments cover passenger ship safety (in relation to safe return to port after a flooding casualty); the testing of free-fall lifeboats; minimum safe manning levels; prohibition of blending onboard; the revised MARPOL Annex III; the United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area; and the Winter Seasonal Zone off the southern tip of Africa.
2012 May SOLAS amendments
The SOLAS amendments which entered into force on 1 January 2014 include the following:
- amendment to SOLAS regulation II-1/8-1, to introduce a mandatory requirement for new passenger ships for either onboard stability computers or shore-based support, for the purpose of providing operational information to the Master for safe return to port after a flooding casualty;
- amendment to SOLAS regulation III/20.11.2 regarding the testing of free-fall lifeboats, to require that the operational testing of free-fall lifeboat release systems shall be performed either by free-fall launch with only the operating crew on board or by a simulated launching;
- amendment to SOLAS chapter V to add a new regulation V/14 on ships' manning, to require Administrations, for every ship, to establish appropriate minimum safe manning levels following a transparent procedure, taking into account the guidance adopted by IMO (Assembly resolution A.1047(27) on Principles of minimum safe manning); and issue an appropriate minimum safe manning document or equivalent as evidence of the minimum safe manning considered necessary;
- amendment to SOLAS chapter VI to add a new regulation VI/5-2, to prohibit the blending of bulk liquid cargoes during the sea voyage and to prohibit production processes on board ships;
- amendment to SOLAS chapter VII to replace regulation 4 on documents, covering transport information relating to the carriage of dangerous goods in packaged form and the container/vehicle packing certificate; and
- amendment to SOLAS regulation XI-1/2 on enhanced surveys, to make mandatory the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code, resolution A.1049(27)).
2010 October MARPOL amendments
The amendments which entered into force on 1 January 2014 include a revised MARPOL Annex III Regulations for the prevention of pollution by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form, to include changes to the Annex to coincide with the next update of the mandatory International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, specifying that goods should be shipped in accordance with relevant provisions.
United States Caribbean ECA now effective
The United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area (SOx, NOx and PM) came into effect, under MARPOL Annex VI, on 1 January 2014, bringing in stricter controls on emissions of sulphur oxide (SOx), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulate matter for ships trading in certain waters adjacent to the coasts of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
The ECA was designated under MARPOL amendments adopted in July 2011. There are now four three designated ECAs in effect globally: the United States Caribbean Sea ECA and the North American ECA; and the sulphur oxide ECAs in the Baltic Sea area and the North Sea area.
2012 May SOLAS amendments
The SOLAS amendments which entered into force on 1 January 2014 include the following:
- amendment to SOLAS regulation II-1/8-1, to introduce a mandatory requirement for new passenger ships for either onboard stability computers or shore-based support, for the purpose of providing operational information to the Master for safe return to port after a flooding casualty;
- amendment to SOLAS regulation III/20.11.2 regarding the testing of free-fall lifeboats, to require that the operational testing of free-fall lifeboat release systems shall be performed either by free-fall launch with only the operating crew on board or by a simulated launching;
- amendment to SOLAS chapter V to add a new regulation V/14 on ships' manning, to require Administrations, for every ship, to establish appropriate minimum safe manning levels following a transparent procedure, taking into account the guidance adopted by IMO (Assembly resolution A.1047(27) on Principles of minimum safe manning); and issue an appropriate minimum safe manning document or equivalent as evidence of the minimum safe manning considered necessary;
- amendment to SOLAS chapter VI to add a new regulation VI/5-2, to prohibit the blending of bulk liquid cargoes during the sea voyage and to prohibit production processes on board ships;
- amendment to SOLAS chapter VII to replace regulation 4 on documents, covering transport information relating to the carriage of dangerous goods in packaged form and the container/vehicle packing certificate; and
- amendment to SOLAS regulation XI-1/2 on enhanced surveys, to make mandatory the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code, resolution A.1049(27)).
2010 October MARPOL amendments
The amendments which entered into force on 1 January 2014 include a revised MARPOL Annex III Regulations for the prevention of pollution by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form, to include changes to the Annex to coincide with the next update of the mandatory International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, specifying that goods should be shipped in accordance with relevant provisions.
United States Caribbean ECA now effective
The United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area (SOx, NOx and PM) came into effect, under MARPOL Annex VI, on 1 January 2014, bringing in stricter controls on emissions of sulphur oxide (SOx), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulate matter for ships trading in certain waters adjacent to the coasts of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
The ECA was designated under MARPOL amendments adopted in July 2011. There are now four three designated ECAs in effect globally: the United States Caribbean Sea ECA and the North American ECA; and the sulphur oxide ECAs in the Baltic Sea area and the North Sea area.
Winter Seasonal Zone moved south under amendments to LL Protocol
Amendments to regulation 47 of the 1988 Protocol to the International Convention on Load Lines (LL), 1966 to shift the Winter Seasonal Zone off the southern tip of Africa further southward by 50 miles, came into effect on 1 January 2014.
Source: IMO
DATE：2014.1.3
SOLAS和MARPOL修正案2014年1月1日正式生效
一系列国际海事公约修正案包括：《国际海上人命安全公约》（SOLAS）、《国际防止船舶造成污染公约》（MARPLO）和《1966年国际载重线公约1988年议定书》已经于2014年1月1日正式生效。
修订案主要内容包括客船安全（客船进水事故后安全返港）；自由下落式救生艇释放系统的操作实验；最低安全配员标准；禁止在海上航行时进行散装液体货物混合和生产作业；经修正的MARPOL附则III；MARPOL附则VI下北美加勒比海排放控制区；非洲南段的冬季区域延伸。
SOLAS 2012年5月修正案
SOLAS修正案于2014年1月1日生效内容包括：
SOLAS第II-1/8-1条，引入有关新客船船载稳性计算机或岸基支持的强制性规定，为船长在进水事故发生后安全返港提供操作性信息。
SOLAS 第III/20.11.2条有关自由下落式救生艇的试验的内容要求自由下落式救生艇释放系统操作试验应该在只有操作人员在船的自由下落放艇状态下或者在模拟放艇状态下进行。
SOLAS 第V/14条有关船舶配员，要求主管机关以透明的程序为每艘船舶建立合适的最低配员标准，并要求考虑IMO通过的指南；发布适当的最低安全配员文件或者等效文件作为必要的最低安全配员证明。
SOLAS第VI章增加了新的SOLAS第VI/5-2条，禁止在航次中进行散装液货的混合，并禁止在船进行生产活动。
SOLAS第VII章替换了第4条有关单证的规定，涵盖了有关运输包装危险货和集装箱/车辆包装证书的运输信息。
SOLAS第XI-1章第XI-1/2条有关加强检验的内容，使A.1049(27) 2011年散货船和油船检验期间的强化检查方案国际规则（2011 ESP Code)）具有强制性。
MARPOL 2010年10月修正案
MARPOL修正案于2014年1月1日生效内容包括：
经修正的MARPOL附则III -防止包装有害物质污染规则。该修订意在使附则与具有强制性的国际海运危险品（IMDG）规则的下一轮更新相契合，以要求有关货物必须按照相关条款的要求进行运输。
北美加勒比海排放控制区
在MARPOL附则VI下北美加勒比海排放控制区（SOx, NOx 和PM）生效。
《1966年国际载重线公约》1988年议定书修正案
《1966年国际载重线公约》1988年议定书第47条的修正案将非洲南端的冬季区域向南延伸50海里。
来源：IMO
日期：2014年1月3日
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