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MARITIME AUTHORITY OF JAMAICA

Maritime Pollution Prevention at a Glance – Annex VI Activities

Kingston, Jamaica2018 October 04-05

Marcus M. Blake

Marine Surveyor

REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON MARPOL ANNEX VI 1

Presenters: Maritime Authority of Jamaica

Vannessia Stewart

Legal Officer

Legislative Framework: MARPOL Convention

Accession to MARPOL in 1991

Accession to the 1997 Protocol in August 2008

MARPOL Annex VI came into force on 19 May 2005


Legislative Framework: MARPOL Convention – Local Situation

• Not [yet] incorporated into Jamaica's Domestic law.

• Draft Shipping (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 2018 will incorporate the Convention including Annex VI provisions and Ship Energy Efficiency regulations.


Legislative Framework: OTHER LEGISLATION

• National Climate Change Policy and Action Plan (JNCCPA) (2013)

• The Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) (Air Quality) Regulations, 2006

Reg. 3 – Regulations presently; fixed installations only.

• The NRCA team is in the process of updating the Air Quality Regulations to incorporate provisions covering the regulation and monitoring of emissions from transportation sources


Legislative Framework: Other Relevant Treaties • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),

New York, 1992

Date of Accession - January 6, 1995

Broadly, the objective of the UNFCCC is to stabilize the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the

atmosphere to levels which would prevent the occurrence of dangerous climate events as a result of

human activity.

• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change, Kyoto, 1997

Date of Accession - June 28, 1999

The Kyoto Protocol extends the 1992 UNFCCC and commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse

gas emissions, based on scientific agreement that global warming is occurring and that accumulating

CO2 emissions resulting from human actions have predominantly caused it.


Legislative Framework: MARPOL ANNEX VI

• Challenges in the incorporation of Annex VI

• Competing legislative priorities: Low priority of MARPOL legislation

in general

• Man-power constraints: legislative drafters

• Complexity of technical provisions

• Absence of national policy

• Political will: Lack of inclusive vision


Enforcement & Compliance will require the cooperation and active inputs of all the industry players, for Port States particularly at the local level: The areas in which training & sensitization will be required

REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON MARPOL ANNEX VI

Enforcement & Compliance Framework forMARPOL Annex VI, Chapter 4

International Maritime industry players within regulatory and legal frameworks [2nd IMO GHG Study 2009]

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Port Activity Players [Meersman, Van de Voorde and Vanelslander]

Administrative & Institutional Framework for

MARPOL Annex VI, Chapter 4

Ministry of Economic Growth & Job

Creation - Department: Land,

Environment & Climate Change

Met ServiceNational Environment and

Planning Agency

Ministry of Transport and

Mining

Maritime Authority of Jamaica

National Task Force


• Enforcement: Flag State and Port State Control

Port State Control for Annex VI: Chapter II, Regulation 10

Maritime Authority of Jamaica

Directorate of Safety Environment

and Certification

Flag Administration

Inspector & Surveyors/RO’s/NESs

Port State Control

Officers




Enforcement: Flag State and Port State Control






MARPOL

Administrative Framework forMARPOL Annex VI, Chapter 4

• Accomplished, 2016 – 2017

Establishment of GloMEEP National Task Force (government agencies, local universities, shipping interests) – March 2016

Appointment of Consultants (legislation, GHG baseline study, strategy) – September 2016

National Consultants trained by IMO

National Task Force approved Draft National Strategy and Draft Legislation and the results of a national Rapid Assessment – February 2017

Local Port Emissions (Prevention and Control of Shipping and Port Air Emissions) Workshop – May 2018

Appointment of Consultants for Port Emissions study – April 2018


Administrative Framework forMARPOL Annex VI, Chapter 4

• Accomplished, 2018 Local Port Emissions (Prevention and Control of Shipping and Port Air Emissions) Workshop –

May 2018

Appointment of Consultants for Port Emissions study – April 2018

Meetings have been held with the Ship Agents Committee of the Shipping Association of Jamaica The MTCC Data Collection Project was discussed

The Data Collection Form explained and disseminated

Contact was made with Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited operated by CMA CGM The Data Collection Form and the form and brief on the Project sent.

Meeting facilitated between MTCC and the Ship Agents Committee where the Agents challenges in collecting the Data were discussed and agreements on information sharing reached.


National GloMEEP Consultants –IMO Training in Georgia


• Work in Progress, 2018

Participation in MTCC Caribbean Ship Fuel Oil Consumption datacollection

Flagged vessel owners/operators preparing for IMO DCSrequirements – 1 January 2019

National Port Emissions strategy being formulated


Administrative Framework forMARPOL Annex VI, Chapter 4 - GloMEEP Project

• Inter-agency Committee (GloMEEP National Task Force):• Ministry of Transport and Mining • Maritime Authority • Port Authority • National Environment and Planning Agency • Shipping Association of Jamaica • University of Technology Jamaica• University of the West Indies • Caribbean Maritime University • Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation – Climate Change Division

• Vision 2030 | National Development Plan

• Guidelines on the management of MARPOL Annex I and V waste developed• Similar inter-agency framework could be used for MARPOL Annex VI implementation

Administrative Framework for

MARPOL ANNEX VI


• Lead Government agency – Maritime Authority of Jamaica

• Global Environment Facility (GEF – funding)

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP – funding)

• International Maritime Organization (IMO – capacity building)

• GloMEEP (Global Maritime Energy Efficiency Partnership) – National Task Force

Knowledge Building & Funding Framework for

MARPOL ANNEX VI


• Jamaica’s Assistance (Offering) Potential:• A GloMEEP Lead Pilot Country

• Two Instructors: IMO Train-the-Trainer, Energy Efficient Ship Operation

• Experienced Port State Control Officers

• Policy Consultants (legislation, GHG baseline study, strategy)

• Port Management Clean Air Initiative experience (KWL and KFTL)

Administrative Framework for

MARPOL ANNEX VI


• Technology Uptake• Major Port facility operators have taken up the clean port challenge as a

matter of prudent operating economics in the face of soaring fuel cost and port workers’ wellbeing and health concerns

• Presently Flagged vessels (large) only – currency of IAPP Certificates and related information

• Owners/Operators have responded to the instructions of: 2016 Guidelines for the development of a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) ( resolution MEPC.282(70) ) by engaging third party verifiers to assist with the collection and verification of fuel consumption data


Energy Efficiency Operation of Ships

Technology Uptake & Barriers - ANNEX VI

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http://www.imo.org/en/OurWork/Environment/PollutionPrevention/AirPollution/Documents/Res_MEPC_282(70)_2016 Guidelines for the development of a SEEMP (including Corrigendum).pdf

• Technology Uptake Barriers Presently, no maritime GHG emission reduction technology incentives

on offer (by the government)

Jamaica has no industrial level Energy Efficiency Technology research programmes –

• courses are taught in colleges;

• Government initiative of country’s electricity grid;

• presence of commercial retail operations




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• Technology Uptake Barriers – Shipboard

The present non-mandatory nature of the fuel consumption and data requirements of the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) – some push back from industry

Cost of hardware and systems – new and retrofitting

Availability of reliable operational components – hardware; software; adequately trained crew; compatible port interfaces; willing corporate adopters

Legislation – enforceable national legislations;

Economic – market share of importer/exporter states dictates vessel visit: vessel size, frequency, required port facility infrastructure investment and services offered




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Energy Efficiency Operation of ShipsTechnology Uptake & Barriers - ANNEX VI

Barriers to establish a uniform data collection reporting system for the Caribbean region under one window:

• Capacity/technology infrastructure in the various ports in the region

• Varying stage of legislative development

• Varying levels of port operation sophistication

• Cooperation of shipowners and operators

• Confusion among industry players in making a clear distinction between the Data Collection outputs of GloMEEP and that of MTCC projects



Partnerships Opportunities

MARPOL ANNEX VI

• Port State Control - Human resource that can be made available to assist with the training other PSC Officers in the region.

• Between MTIs and other tertiary institutions – CMU, UWI, UTECH,

• Business sector interests – Shipping Agents, SAJ

• GoJ - Climate Change Division

• CARICOM Secretariat – Caribbean Community

• CMoU for training of PSC Officers for monitoring and enforcement of MARPOL Annex VI

• Port Facility Operators outside of the Jamaica and the region

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Thank you


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