Ports welcome IMO energy efficiency measures - Maritime Journal

Posted July 28, 2011 - Maritime Journal

The first ever mandatory energy efficiency measures for international shipping, Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) and Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP), were adopted last week.
The breakthrough came at the 62nd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held in London.
The Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) are newly incorporated into the MARPOL Annex VI regulations, adding a new chapter 4 ‘Regulations on Energy Efficiency for Ships’. Both measures of EEDI and SEEMP are expected to enter into force on 1 January, 2013, to be applied to ships of 400 gross tonnage and over.
As a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) of worldwide ports that collaborate and provide input to the IMO, the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) welcomed the IMO’s actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping.
“IAPH and its member base of approximately 200 ports worldwide welcomes and supports these significant policy developments by the International Maritime Organization, said IAPH President Geraldine Knatz, executive director of the Port of Los Angles. “These measures, coupled with global air quality improvement initiatives like the IAPH World Ports Climate Initiative (WPCI) and Environment Ship Index (ESI), demonstrate how we can collaborate at the port to port technical level, and at the international regulatory level, to achieve greater greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the international shipping industry.”

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