IMO issues a circular with a new reporting format for power reserve usage

The International Maritime Organization has issued a circular MEPC.1/Circ.908 with Format for Reporting to the Organization Uses of a Power Reserve.

This circular was published on 25 April 2024.

1. The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its eightieth session (3 to 7 July 2023), adopted by resolution MEPC.375(80), Amendments to the 2021 Guidelines on the shaft/engine power limitation system to comply with the EEXI requirements and use of a power reserve. The resolution requests that on an annual basis by 30 June every year, the Administration should report to the Secretariat uses of a power reserve over a 12-month period from 1 January to 31 December for the preceding calendar year, with the information recorded in accordance with the relevant guidance in the Guidelines.
2. The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its eighty-first session (18 to 22 March 2024), approved the Format for reporting to the Organization uses of a power reserve.
3. Administrations are invited to report uses of a power reserve, if any, by email to ghg@imo.org, using the format set out in the annex.

Annex

Format for Reporting to the Organization Uses of a Power Reserve

Ship type:
IMO number:
DWT:
GT:
Maximum unlimited shaft/engine power (kW):
Limited shaft/engine power (kW):

1. Reason for override (select at least one option):

.1 Operating in adverse weather

.2 Operating in ice-infested waters

.3 Participation in search and rescue operations

.4 Avoidance of pirates

.5 Engine maintenance

.6 Description of other reasons consistent with regulation 3.1 of MARPOL Annex VI

2. Beaufort number and wave height or ice condition, as applicable, to be entered in case of using the power reserve under adverse weather conditions.

For more information, please see the document below (available only to subscribers):

FORMAT FOR REPORTING TO THE ORGANIZATION USES OF A POWER RESERVE