IMO amends Standard Specification for Shipboard Incinerators

The International Maritime Organization has issued Resolution MEPC.368(79), adopting the amendments to the 2014 Standard Specification for Shipboard Incinerators.

This document was published on January 1st, 2023.

The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC),

Recalling Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the function of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee) conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

Recalling also that, at its fortieth session, the Committee adopted, by resolution MEPC.76(40), the Standard specification for shipboard incinerators, in respect of regulation 16.6.1 and appendix IV to MARPOL Annex VI,

Noting that, at its forty-fifth session, the Committee adopted, by resolution MEPC.93(45), Amendments to the standard specification for shipboard incinerators,

Noting also that, at its sixty-fourth session, the Committee decided that incinerators with a capacity greater than 1,500 kW and up to 4,000 kW could be type-approved under the existing standard specification for shipboard incinerators,

Noting further that, at its sixty-sixth session, the Committee adopted, by resolution MEPC.244(66), the 2014 Standard specification for shipboard incinerators, which superseded the Standard specification for shipboard incinerators adopted by resolution MEPC.76(40), as amended by resolution MEPC.93(45),

Recognizing the need to remove the discrepancies between resolution MEPC.244(66) and SOLAS chapter II-2 on fire protection requirements for incinerators and waste stowage spaces,

1. Adopts the Amendments to the 2014 Standard specification for shipboard
incinerators (resolution MEPC.244(66)), as set out in the annex to the present resolution;

2. Invites the Parties to MARPOL Annex VI and other Member Governments to bring the above amendments to the attention of all Parties concerned.

Annex: Amendments to the 2014 Standard Specification for Shipboard Incinerators (Resolution MEPC.244(66))

1. In the table of contents, the entry for annex 2 is deleted and the entries for annex 3, annex 4, and annex 5 are renumbered as annex 2, annex 3, and annex 4, respectively.

2. Paragraph 1.5 is replaced by the following:

"1.5 This Specification provides emission requirements in annex 1. Provisions for incinerators integrated with heat recovery units and provisions for flue gas temperature are given in annex 2 and annex 3, respectively."

3. Annex 2 is deleted in its entirety and annexes 3, 4, and 5 are renumbered as annexes 2, 3, and 4, respectively.