Mar. 3 2019 Home Class & statutory PPR 6 - 18 TO 22 FEBRUARY 2019 MAJOR OUTCOMES OF THE 6TH SESSION OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION LinkedIn Twitter Facebook share Convention AFS Anti Fouling System BWM Ballast Water Management IACS UI IBC Code MARPOL Annex I Oil Pollution MARPOL Annex VI Air Pollution POLAR Code International code of safety for ships operating in polar waters Recycling of ships Flag ALL FLAGS Ship typeAll Sea going Ship types PPR 6 - 18 TO 22 FEBRUARY 2019 MAJOR OUTCOMES OF THE 6TH SESSION OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION The main topic which PPR 6 addressed was the implementation of the Sulphur cap 2020. PPR 6 agreed to the draft 2019 Guidelines on consistent implementation of the 0.50% sulphur limit under MARPOL Annex VI, for submission to MEPC 74, with a view to adoption, recalling that the draft MEPC circular on Guidance on the development of a ship implementation plan for the consistent implementation of the 0.50% sulphur limit under MARPOL Annex VI, which had been approved by MEPC 73 as MEPC.1/Circ.878. PPR 6 also agreed to the draft MEPC Circular 2019 guidelines for onboard sampling for the verification of the sulphur content of the fuel oil used on board ships, as amended, for submission to MEPC 74, with a view to approval, and to the draft guidance for port State control on contingency measures for addressing non-compliant fuel oil with a view to considering possible concrete proposals, as a matter of urgency, at MEPC 74. But PPR 6 made no progress on the revision of the 2015 EGCS Guidelines, even if this issue is very relevant owing to the 2020 deadline . Some progress were accomplished concerning HFO carriage and balck carbon impact in Arctic waters. PPR 6 - 18 to 22 February 2019 major outcomes of the 6th session of the Sub-Committee for pollution prevention The main topic which PPR 6 addressed was the implementation of the Sulphur cap 2020. PPR 6 agreed to the draft 2019 Guidelines on consistent implementation of the 0.50% sulphur limit under MARPOL Annex VI, for submission to MEPC 74, with a view to adoption, recalling that the draft MEPC circular on Guidance on the development of a ship implementation plan for the consistent implementation of the 0.50% sulphur limit under MARPOL Annex VI, which had been approved by MEPC 73 as MEPC.1/Circ.878. PPR 6 also agreed to the draft MEPC Circular 2019 guidelines for onboard sampling for the verification of the sulphur content of the fuel oil used on board ships, as amended, for submission to MEPC 74, with a view to approval, and to the draft guidance for port State control on contingency measures for addressing non-compliant fuel oil with a view to considering possible concrete proposals, as a matter of urgency, at MEPC 74. PPR 6 made no progress on the revision of the 2015 EGCS Guidelines, despite a draft text being available in the annex to the CG report and a number of papers providing detailed proposals for changes to this draft. Plenary tacitly agreed with the Chair’s proposal not to task the Air Pollution Working Group at PPR 6 to consider the Guidelines. The Sub-Committee also tacitly concurred with the Chair’s proposal not to re-establish the CG to progress the revision of the Guidelines. Of interest was the reason the Chair gave for not re-establishing the CG between PPR 6 and PPR 7 – the knowledge that the EU Member States have submitted a paper to MEPC 74 seeking to modify the scope of this output. Hence, PPR 6 decided to forw