MARPOL

Definitions and Amendments

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Ravi Erianto Asmara 04211540000029
Deliar Mahardika Candra 04211540000091
Ade Fahja 04211646000017
Fajar Rizcy Estrada 04211646000019
Definition of MARPOL
The International Convention of Marine Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is an
international convention covering prevention of pollution of marine environment by
ships.
This Convention includes regulations which aimed at preventing and minimizing
pollution from ships. The ships pollution which mentioned here is pollution that
caused by accident and routine operations of ships.
This Convention currently includes six technical annexes (next slide). Special Areas
with strict controls on operational discharges are included in most of annexes.
Annex
Annex I : Regulations for the prevention of pollution by Oil
(Entered into force 2 October 1983)

Annex II : Regulations for the Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk
(Entered into force 2 October 1983)

Annex III : Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form
(Entered into force 1 July 1992)

Annex IV : Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships

(Entered into force 27 September 2003)

Annex V : Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships

(Entered into force 31 December 1988)

Annex VI : Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships

(Entered into force 19 May 2005)
History
The MARPOL Convention was adopted on 2 November 1973 at IMO
The Protocol of 1978 was adopted in response to tanker accidents in 1976-1977
The MARPOL Convention 1973 had not yet used on 1978, so the 1978 MARPOL
Protocol absorbed the earlier convention
The combined instrument (73/78) used on 2 October 1983.
A Protocol was adopted to amend the convention in 1997
A new annex VI was added which used on 19 May 2005
Amendments
Through years
Amendments 1984-1990
1984 Annex I amendments (MEPC.14(20)) extensive amendments to Annex I which had been agreed over the
years - 7 January 1986
1985 Annex II amendments (MEPC.16(22)) extensive amendments to Annex II in preparation for its
implementation pumping, piping, control, etc. (IBC and BCH Codes) - 6 April 1987
1985 Protocol I amendments (MEPC.21(22)) Reporting Protocol - 6 April 1987
1987 Annex I amendments (MEPC.29(25)) designation of the Gulf of Aden as a special area - 1 April 1989
1989 Annex II amendments (MEPC.34(27)) lists of chemicals - 13 October 1990
1989 Annex V amendments (MEPC.36(28)) designation of the North Sea as a special area - 18 February 1991
1990 Annexes I and II amendments (MEPC.39(29)) harmonized system of survey and certification - 3 February
2000

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Amendments 1990-1992
1990 Annexes I and V amendments (MEPC.42(30)) designation of the Antarctic area as a special area - 17 March
1992
1991 Annex I amendments (MEPC.47(31)) new regulation 26 (Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan) and other
amendments - 4 April 1993
1991 Annex V amendments (MEPC.48(31)) designation of the Wider Caribbean area as a special area - 4 April
1993
1992 Annex I amendments (MEPC.51(32)) discharge criteria - 6 July 1993
1992 Annex I amendments (MEPC.52(32)) oil tanker design - 6 July 1993
1992 Annex II amendments (MEPC.57(33)) lists of chemicals and the designation of the Antarctic area as a special
area - 1 July 1994
1992 Annex III amendments (MEPC.58(33)) total revision of Annex III with the IMDG code as a vehicle for its
implementation - 28 February 1994

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Amendments 1994-2000
1994 Annexes I, II, III and V amendments (Conference resolutions 1-3) port State control on operational
requirements - 3 March 1996
1995 Annex V amendments (MEPC.65(37)) guidelines for garbage management plans - 1 July 1997
1996 Protocol I amendments (MEPC.68(38)) Reporting Protocol - 1 January 1998
1997 Annex I amendments (MEPC.75(40)) designation of North West European waters as a Special Area; new
regulation 25A - 1 February 1999
1999 Annexes I and II amendments (MEPC.78(43)) amendments to regulations 13G and 26 and IOPP Certificate of
Annex I and addition of new regulation 16 to Annex II - 1 January 2001
2000 Annex III amendments (MEPC.84(44)) deletion of clause relating to tainting of seafood - 1 July 2002
2000 Annex V amendments (MEPC.89(45)) amendments to regulations 1, 3, 5 and 9 to the Record of Garbage
Discharge - 1 March 2002
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Amendments 2001-2004
2001 amendments to the Condition Assessment Scheme (MEPC.94(46)) - 1 September 2002
2001 Annex I amendments (MEPC.95(46)) amendments to regulation 13G of Annex I - 1 September 2002
2002 amendments to the Condition Assessment Scheme (MEPC.99(48)) - 1 March 2004
2003 amendments to the Annex (regulation 13G, addition of new regulation 13H and consequential amendments
to the Supplement to the IOPP Certificate of Annex 1) (MEPC.111(50)) - 5 April 2005
2003 amendments to the Condition Assessment Scheme (MEPC.112(50)) - 5 April 2005
2004 Annex IV amendments (MEPC.115(51)) - 1 August 2005
2004 Annex V amendments (MEPC.116(51)) - 1 August 2005
2004 amendments to the Annex (revised Annex I) amendments (MEPC.117(52)) - 1 January 2007
2004 amendments to the Annex (revised Annex II) amendments (MEPC.118(52)) - 1 January 2007
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Amendments 2005-2007
2005 amendments to the Condition Assessment Scheme (MEPC.131(53)) - 1 January 2007
2006 amendments to the Annex (amendments to regulation 1, addition to regulation 12A, consequential
amendments to the IOPP Certificate and amendments to regulation 21 of revised Annex I) (MEPC.141(54)) - 1
August 2007
2006 amendments to the Annex (addition of regulation 13) to Annex IV (MEPC.143(54)) - 1 August 2007
2006 amendments to the Annex (amendments to regulation 1 of Annex 1 designation of the Southern African
Waters as a Special Area) (MEPC.154(55)) - 1 March 2008
2006 amendments to the Condition Assessment Scheme (MEPC.155(55)) - 1 March 2008
2006 amendments to the Annex (revised Annex III) (MEPC.156(55)) - 1 January 2010
2007 Annex I and Annex IV amendments (MEPC.164(56)) Reception facilities outside special areas Discharge of
sewage - 1 December 2008
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Amendments 2009-2012
2009 amendments (addition of a new chapter 8 to MARPOL Annex I and consequential amendments to the
Supplement to the IOPP Certificate, Form B) (MEPC.186(59)) - 1 January 2011
2009 amendments (to regulations 1, 12, 13, 17 and 38 of MARPOL Annex I, Supplement to the IOPP Certificate
and Oil Record Book, Parts I and II) (MEPC.187(59)) - 1 January 2011
2010 amendments (addition of a new chapter 9 to MARPOL Annex I) to the Annex (MEPC.189(60)) - 1 August
2011
2010 Revised Annex III (MEPC.193(61)) amendments to the Annex - 1 January 2014
2011 amendments (Special Area Provisions and the Designation of the Baltic Sea as a Special Area under MARPOL
Annex IV) (MEPC.200(62)) - 1 January 2013
2011 amendments (Revised MARPOL Annex V) (MEPC.201(62)) - 1 January 2013
2012 amendments (Regional arrangements for port reception facilities under MARPOL Annexes I, II, IV and V) to
the Annex of MARPOL 73/78 (MEPC.216(63)) - 1 August 2013
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Amendments 2013-2014
2013 amendments (Form A and Form B of Supplements to the IOPP Certificate under MARPOL Annex I)
(MEPC.235(65)) - 1 October 2014
2013 amendments (condition assessment scheme under MARPOL Annex I) (MEPC.236(65)) - 1 October 2014
2013 amendments (Annexes I and II to make the RO Code mandatory) (MEPC.238 (65)) - 1 January 2015
2014 amendments (Annexes I, II, III, IV and V to make the use of the III Code mandatory) (MEPC.246(66)) - 1
January 2016
2014 amendments (Annex I - Mandatory carriage requirements for a stability instrument) (MEPC.248(66)) - 1
January 2016
2014 amendments (MARPOL Annex I, regulation 43) (MEPC.256(67)) - 1 March 2016
2014 amendments (Annex III, Appendix criteria for the identification of harmful substances in packaged form)
(MEPC.257(67)) - 1 March 2016
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Amendments 2015-2016
2015 amendments (Annexes I, II, IV and V to make use of environment-related provisions of the Polar Code
mandatory) (MEPC.265(68)) - 1 January 2017
2015 amendments (Annex I - regulation 12) (MEPC.266(68)) - 1 January 2017
2016 amendments (Annex II - Appendix I) MEPC.270(69)) - 1 September 2017
2016 Amendments (Annex IV regulations 1 and 11) (MEPC.274(69)) - 1 September 2017
2016 Amendments (MARPOL Annex I Appendix II) (MEPC.276(70)) - 1 March 2018
2016 Amendments (MARPOL Annex V) (MEPC.277(70)) - 1 March 2018

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Amendments of Annex VI
Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL PROT 1997) (Annex VI
on the prevention of air pollution from ships)
2005 amendments to the Annex (amendments to MARPOL Annex VI and the NOx Technical Code) (MEPC.132(53))
- 22 November 2006
2008 amendments to the Annex of the Protocol (revised MARPOL Annex VI) amendments (MEPC.176(58)) - 1 July
2010
2008 amendments to the NOx Technical Code (MEPC.177(58)) - 1 July 2010
2010 amendments (North American Emission Control Area) to the Annex (MEPC.190(60)) - 1 August 2011
2010 amendments (Revised form of Supplement to the IAPP Certificate) (MEPC.194(61)) - 1 February 2012

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Amendments of Annex VI
2011 amendments (Designation of the United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area and exemption of
certain ships operating in the North American Emission Control Area and the United States Caribbean Sea
Emission Control Area under regulations 13 and 14 and appendix VII of MARPOL Annex VI) (MEPC.202(62)) - 1
January 2013
2011 amendments (Inclusion of regulations on energy efficiency for ships in MARPOL Annex VI) (MEPC.203(62)) -
1 January 2013
2012 amendments (Regional arrangements for port reception facilities under MARPOL Annex VI and Certification
of marine diesel engines fitted with Selective Catalytic Reduction systems under the NOx Technical Code 2008) to
the Annex to MARPOL Annex VI (MEPC.217(63)) - 1 August 2013
2014 amendments (to make the use of the III Code mandatory) (MEPC.247(66)) - 1 January 2016
2014 amendments (to MARPOL Annex VI and to the NOX Technical Code 2008) (MEPC.251(66)) - 1 September
2015

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Amendments of Annex VI
2014 amendments (MARPOL Annex VI, regulations 2 and 13 and the Supplement to the IAPP certificate)
(MEPC.258(67)) - 1 March 2016
2016 amendments (MARPOL Annex VI, regulations 13 (MEPC.271(69)); - 1 September 2017
2016 amendments to the NOx Technical Code (MEPC.272(69)); - 1 September 2017
2016 amendments (MARPOL Annex VI, Data collection system for fuel consumption) (MEPC.278(70)); - 1 March
2018
2017 amendments (MARPOL Annex VI, Designation of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea Emission Control Areas for
NOX Tier III control) (Information to be included in the bunker delivery note)) MEPC.[]**(71)); - 1 January 2019

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** Resolution number to be assigned on completion of the report.
References
IMO, History of MARPOL International Maritime Organization, www.imo.org >
KnowledgeCentre > Pages
IMO, List of instrument.pdf