Bureau Veritas Participation to IMO Developments 2015

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1 Bureau Veritas Participation to IMO Developments December 2015 Philippe RICOU

2 Foreword & Guidance for readers Foreword The 2015 Sub-committee and Committee meetings held at the headquarters of IMO in London have been completed. To keep you informed on the involvement of Bureau Veritas in the IMO developments, as advisor of the French Administration (occasionally to Germany, Netherlands) or as IACS delegation member, a list of BV participants to the IMO Sub-committee and Committee meetings, who have contributed with their expertise to the established working groups and drafting groups is included hereafter for information. The programme of the IMO meetings scheduled for 2016 has become available and the dates of the IMO Sub-Committees and Committees related to Bureau Veritas involvement is included in this document for easy reference, including an overview of the expected working groups/drafting groups to be established at the next sessions. Guidance for readers Table of Contents I IMO organization II Participants to IMO Committees III Participants to IMO Sub-Committees IV Programme of meetings 2016 Notes Working Groupe (WG) Drafting Groupe (WG) Working groups are established during Committee or Sub-Committee meetings for selected Agenda items, with agreed Terms of Reference by the Member States Drafting Groups are established during Committee or Sub-Committee meetings for selected Agenda items, with agreed Terms of Reference by the Member States. A drafting group finalizes the draft text of amendments to mandatory instruments, or other documents, based on the given ToR with a view to approval or adoption by the relevant Committee 2

3 I IMO Organization 3

4 I IMO Organization Committee Abbreviation Scope of work Marine Environment Protection Committee Maritime Safety Committee MEPC MSC Prevention and control of pollution from ships Adoption of amendments to conventions such as MARPOL and other regulations and measures to ensure their enforcement Aids to navigation, construction and equipment of vessels, manning from a safety standpoint, rules for the prevention of collisions, handling of dangerous cargoes, maritime safety procedures and requirements, hydrographicinformation, log-books and navigational records, marine casualty investigations, salvage and rescue and any other matters directly affecting maritime safety Considering and submitting recommendations and guidelines on safety for possible adoption by the Assembly Adoption of amendments to conventions such as SOLAS Sub-Committee Abbrevation Scope of work Ship Design and Construction Pollution Prevention and Response SDC PPR Consider technical and operational matters related to : Design, construction, subdivision and stability, buoyancy, sea-keeping Arrangements, evacuation matters, Testing and approval of construction and materials Load line matters and Tonnage measurement matters Safety of fishing vessels and fishermen Survey and certification Consider technical and operational matters related to : Prevention and control of pollution on the marine environment from ships and other related maritime operations Safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships Evalutation of safety and pollution hazards of liquid substances in bulk transported by ships Control and management of harmful aquatic organisms in ships ballast water and sediments, and biofouling Pollution preparedness, response and cooperation for oil and hazardous and noxious substances 4

5 I IMO Organization Sub-Committee Abbreviation Scope of work Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping Ship Systems and Equipment HTW SSE Address issues relating to human element training and watchkeeping, including minimum international standards for training and certification of seafares and fishing vessel personnel Technical and operational issues related to maritime safety, security, and environmental protection, to encourage a safety culture in all ship operations, safe manning Review, updating and revision of IMO model courses Promotion and implementation of the Organization s human element strategy Consider technical and operational matters related to : Systems and equipment, including machinery and electrical installations, Testing and approval of systems and equipment Life-saving equipment, appliances and arrangements Fire protection systems Analysis of casualty and incident records relating to ship systems and equipment Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue NCSR Consider technical and operational matters related to : Obligations of Governments and operational measures related to safety of navigation (e.g ships routeing, ship reporting systems, etc.) Operational requirements and guidelines relating to navigational safety and associated issues (e.g regulations for the prevention of collisions and groundings, bridge procedures, etc.) Shipborne navigational equipment and other navigational requirements Obligations of Governments and operational measures related to the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Development and maintenance of the global search and rescue (SAR) Plan and the Long Range identification and Tracking (LRIT) system Operational requirements and guidelines relating to radiocommunications and search and rescue Harmonization of aeronautical and maritime search and rescue procedures (co-operation with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Shipborne radiocommunications and search and rescue equipment Liaison with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on maritime mobile radiocommunication matters 5

6 I IMO Organization Sub-Committee Abbreviation Scope of work Implementation of IMO Instruments Carriage of Cargoes And Containers III CCC Address the effective and consistent global implementation and enforcement of IMO instruments concerning maritime safety and security and the protection of the marine environment (e.g comprehensive review of the rights and obligations of States emanating from the IMO treaty instruments, identification of the reasons for the difficulties in implementing provisions of relevant IMO instruments, etc.) Consideration of proposals to assist States in implementing and complying with IMO instruments Analysis of investigations reports into marine casualties and incidents Review of IMO standards on maritime safety and security and the protection of the marine environment, to maintain an updated and harmonized guidance on survey and certification related requirements Promotion of global harmonization of port State control activities Consider technical and operational matters related to : Effective implementation of the relevant conventions, codes and other instruments, mandatory or recommendatory, as appropriate, dealing with cargo operations, which include packaged dangerous goods, solid bulk cargoes, bulk gas cargoes, and containers Evaluation of safety and pollution hazards of packaged dangerous goods, solid bulk cargoes and gas cargoes Survey and certification of ships carrying hazardous cargoes Further enhancement of the safety and security culture, and environmental consciousness in all cargo and container operations Co-operation with other relevant UN bodies, IGOs and NGOs on international standards related to containers and to cargo operations 6

7 II Participants to IMO Committees Assembly Meeting dates Working/Drafting groups BV participants BV Office Committee 1, to deal with administrative, financial, legal and technical cooperation matters A November 2 December 2015 Committee 2, to deal with technical matters Philippe RICOU HO/IAD 7

8 II Participants to IMO Committees Committee Meeting dates Working/Drafting groups BV participants BV Office Further technical and operational measures for enhancing the energy efficiency of international shipping (WG) Air Pollution and energy efficiency (WG) J.F. Segretain HO/DT MEPC May 15 May 2015 Amendments to mandatory instruments (DG) Isabelle Desautel Jean-Baptiste Ortoli HO/DA HO/DA Identification and protection of Special Areas and PSSAs (WG) Ballast water management (Review Group) Plenary Philippe RICOU HO/IAD 8

9 II Participants to IMO Committees Committee Meeting dates Working/Drafting groups BV participants BV Office IGF Code (WG) Eleni Poupaki Frank Kersbergen HO/ C&R BV Rotterdam MSC 95 3 June 12 June 2015 Maritime Security and LRIT (WG) Goal-based standards (WG) Antoine Breuillard HO/ DS Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory Philippe Ricou HO/ IAD instruments (DG) Plenary Philippe Ricou HO/IAD 9

10 III Participants to IMO Sub-Committees Sub-Committee Meeting dates Working/Drafting groups BV participants BV Office Evaluation of safety and pollution hazards of liquid chemicals (WG) PPR January 2015 Prevention of air pollution from ships (WG) Recycling of ships (WG) OPRC related manuals, guidelines and guidance (DG) Plenary Philippe Ricou HO/IAD 10

11 III Participants to IMO Sub-Committees Sub-Committee Meeting dates Working/Drafting groups BV participants BV Office Subdivision and damage stability (SDS) (WG) Eleni Poupaki HO/ C&R Intact stability (IS) (WG) Cleve Wandji HO/ DS Benjamin Eustache Gijsbert De-Jong HO/ DV HO Fire protection (WG) SDC February 2015 Amendments to SOLAS regulation II-1/11 and development of associated guidelines to ensure the adequacy of testing arrangements for watertight compartments (DG) Sebastien Crouzet HO/ SDC Classification of offshore industry vessels and a review of the need for a non-mandatory code for offshore construction support vessels and guidelines addressing the carriage of more than 12 industrial personnel on board vessels engaged on international voyages (DG) Plenary Philippe Ricou HO/IAD 11

12 III Participants to IMO Sub-Committees Sub-Committee Meeting dates Working/Drafting groups BV participants BV Office Navigation Working Group (WG) Rachid Belrhouzi Denis Teissier HO/DA NCSR March 2015 Communication Working Group (WG) Rachid Belrhouzi Denis Teissier HO/DA SAR Working Group (WG) LRIT (DG) 12

13 III Participants to IMO Sub-Committees Committee Meeting dates Working/Drafting groups BV participants BV Office Fire protection (WG) Antoine Cassez HO/DS SSE March 2015 Life-saving appliances (LSA) (WG) Florian Quenot HO/DO/EMC Onboard lifting appliances and winches (WG) Frank Kersbergen BV Rotterdam Plenary Philippe Ricou HO/IAD 13

14 III Participants to IMO Sub-Committees Committee Meeting dates Working/Drafting groups BV participants BV Office Working Group on analysis of casualty and PSC data to identify trends and develop knowledge and risk-based recommendations (WG) III July 2015 Working Group on Updated Survey guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (HSSC) Nonexhaustive list of obligations under instruments relevant to the IMO Instruments Implementation Code (WG) Working Group on measures to harmonize port State control (PSC) activities and procedures worldwide (WG) Sebastien Crouzet Frank Kersbergen HO/SDC BV Rotterdam 14

15 III Participants to IMO Sub-Committees Committee Meeting dates Working/Drafting groups BV participants BV Office CCC September 2015 Amendments to the IGF Code and development of guidelines for low-flashpoint fuels (WG) Container Safety (WG) IMSBC Code matters (WG) Revision of DSC/Circ.12 (DG) Arnault Pedemay HO/DV Plenary Philippe Ricou HO/IAD 15

16 III Participants to IMO Sub-Committees Intersessional Group Meeting dates Working/Drafting groups BV participants BV Office ESPH October st session of the PPR Working Group on the Evaluation of Safety and Pollution Hazards of Chemicals Philippe Ricou IAD Intersessional group FSA Meeting dates Working/ Drafting Groups BV participants BV office November 2015 Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) Experts Group Antoine Breuillard Jerome Leroux DT/DS DT/DS 16

17 IV Programme of meetings 2016 Committee Subcommittee SDC 3 PPR 3 NCSR 3 Meeting dates January February 29/2-4 March Working/Drafting groups.1 Subdivision and Damage Stability (SDS).2 Intact stability matters.3 Fire Protection.4 Classification of offshore industry vessels and a review of the need for a non-mandatory code for offshore construction support vessels.5 Guidelines for wing-in-ground craft.1 Safety and pollution hazards of chemicals and preparation of consequential amendments to the IBC Code;.2 Code for the transport and handling of limited amounts of hazardous and noxious liquid substances in bulk on offshore support vessels;.3 Revised guidance on ballast water sampling and analysis;.4 Production of a manual entitled "Ballast Water Management How to do it";.5 Consideration of the impact on the Arctic of emissions of Black Carbon from international shipping;.6 Revised section II of the Manual on oil pollution contingency planning;.7 Guide on oil spill response in ice and snow conditions;.8 Updated IMO Dispersant Guidelines;.9 Updated OPRC Model training courses;.10 Guidelines pertaining to equivalent methods set forth in regulation 4 of MARPOL Annex VI and not covered by other guidelines..1 SAR matters;.2 Routeing measures and mandatory ship reporting systems;.3 Recognition of Galileo as a component of the WWRNS;.4 Updates to the LRIT system;.5 Recognition of the Iridium mobile satellite system as a GMDSS service provider;.6 Amendment(s) to performance standards, as necessary, to allow for interconnection of NAVTEX and Inmarsat SafetyNET receivers and their display on Integrated Navigation Display Systems;.7 Review of the GMDSS;.8 Revision of the SafetyNET and NAVTEX Manuals;.9 Matters related to the Radiocommunication ITU-R Study Groups; and.10 Matters related to ITU World Radiocommunication Conferences 17

18 IV Programme of meetings 2016 Committee Subcommittee SSE 3 MEPC 69 MSC 96 III 3 Meeting dates March April May July Working/Drafting groups. 1 Life-saving appliances (LSA). 2 Fire protection. 3 Review the MODU Code, LSA Code and MSC.1/Circ.1206/Rev.1 (LSA WG). 4 Onboard lifting appliances and winches. 5 Dynamic positioning (DP) systems. 1 Working Group on Air pollution and energy efficiency;. 2 Working Group on Further technical and operational measures for enhancing the energy efficiency of international shipping;. 3 Drafting Group on Amendments to mandatory instruments;. 4 Drafting Group on Manual on "Port Reception Facilities How to do it"; and. 5 Review Group on Ballast water treatment technologies.. 1 Industrial personnel. 2 Passenger ship safety. 3 Goal based standards. 4 Unsafe migration. 5 Maritime security (cyber security). 6 DG on amendments to mandatory instruments. 1 Analysis of casualty data to identify trends and develop knowledge and riskbased recommendations;. 2 Measures to harmonize port State control (PSC) activities and procedures worldwide and analysis of PSC data to identify trends and develop knowledge and risk-based recommendations;. 3 Analysis of consolidated audit summary reports ;. 4 Updated Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (HSSC) Nonexhaustive list of obligations under instruments relevant to the IMO Instruments Implementation Code (III Code) 18

19 IV Programme of meetings 2016 Committee Subcommittee CCC 3 MEPC 70 MSC 97 Meeting dates September October November Working/Drafting groups. 1 Amendments to the IGF Code and development of guidelines for low flashpoint fuels. 2 Safety requirements for carriage of liquefied hydrogen in bulk;. 3 IMSBC Code matters. 19

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