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IMO Polar Code
Shipbuilding Technology Forum
Ottawa, 2 March 2017
Lloyd’s Register Marine and Offshore
IMO Polar Code
• What is it … ?• A set of additions to SOLAS and MARPOL reflecting the hazards of operation and sensitivity of the
environment• Code is implemented through amendments to SOLAS and MARPOL conventions
• Timeline• November 2007 – Sinking of Passenger Vessel EXPLORER in Antarctic• 2009 – MSC approved proposals for development of mandatory Polar Code• May 2014 – Safety part of the Code approved at MSC• October 2014 – Environmental part of the Code approved at MEPC• November 2014 – text complete, MSC adopted• May 2015 – text complete, MEPC adopted• June 2016 – official IMO text published
Lloyd’s Register Marine and Offshore
IMO Polar Code
• Polar Code applicable area• Antarctic – south of 60 degrees South• Arctic – more complex, principally follows sea ice extent
• Vessel applicability• Any ship operating in Polar waters that carries SOLAS certificates• New ships – keel laid after 1 Jan 17• Existing ships – from 1st intermediate / renewal survey after 1 Jan 18
(Existing ships are exempt from structural requirements)• Part II is applicable to all ships from 1 Jan 17
Lloyd’s Register Marine and Offshore
IMO Polar Code
• Polar Code Structure• Part I A – Safety (mandatory)• Part II A – Environmental Protection (mandatory)• Part I B – Safety (guidance)• Part II B – Environmental Protection (guidance)
• Part I is a goal based approach:GoalsÞ Functional RequirementsÞ Prescriptive SolutionsAll functional requirements must be met, but alternatives to the prescriptive solution are allowed
• Part II is prescriptive: linked to MARPOL, which is not goal-based
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IMO Polar Code
• Polar Code (Safety Part) addresses:• Functionality of essential equipment – the most challenging aspect for existing ships intended to operate
in low air temperatures• Provision of suitable safety lifesaving / equipment• Structural and machinery strength to resist ice• Stability (including ice damage and consideration for icing for intact stability) – damage stability
requirements have the most impact on ship designs for new Category A & B ships• Watertight and weathertight integrity• Communications (consideration for remote areas / high latitudes)• Navigation (in ice, in prolonged darkness etc., crew training)
Lloyd’s Register Marine and Offshore
IMO Polar Code
Lloyd’s Register Marine and Offshore
IMO Polar Code
• Polar Code (EP Part) is structured around additional requirements for each MARPOL Annex:• Zero discharge for MARPOL Annex I & II (Oil and Noxious liquids)• Additional Subdivision / oil tank protection• Sewage and garbage requirements are increased compared with MARPOL (a move toward retention
on board, but discharges of treated sewage etc. are still permitted under some circumstances)
Note: issue relating to carriage / use of HFO in the Arctic continues to be debated at IMO (Antarctic Treaty bans this already)
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IMO Polar Code
• Where the ship does not have equipment that meets the functional requirements, additional operational procedures for mitigation are required
• Balance between specifying equipment and on board procedures is Owner’s decision
• new ships – balance should be expressed in the specification• existing ships – more operational procedures may be required instead of
additional equipment• “Balance” determined in the operational assessment
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IMO Polar Code
• Assessment is required to evaluate the ship (equipment, systems provision etc.) against the hazards of operating in Polar waters
• It is additional to the prescriptive requirements of the Code• It is used to set limitations that will be entered on the certificate
• It establishes• operational limitations (sets an operational envelope)
• when, where, what for the ship operations• determines the associated operational conditions
• any additional survival resources• any additional Polar Water hazards (not covered by the code) and identify operational procedures to
mitigate• Issues
• abandonment onto land and ice• additional safety equipment and provisions may be required• need to survive during “expected time to rescue”
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David R. LloydNaval Business Manager, Canada
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