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IMO Polar Code Richtlinien für mehr Sicherheit und Umweltschutz in polaren Gewässern

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Contents

Introduction / Motivation Polar Code

– Structure – Current draft

Next steps to making the Polar Code mandatory

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Motivation for Polar Shipping1

• Arctic and Antarctic are interesting for industries for various reasons

• Resources: oil, gas, material

• Fish

• Tourism

• Except to UNCLOS and Antarctic treaty no mandatory requirements exist for ships operating in these areas (polar waters)

• Non mandatory:

• IMO guidelines (A 26/Res.1024)

• IACS unified requirements (polar classes)

Suez-Canal Northeast Northwest

Rotterdam - Tokyo 21.100 km 15.900 km 14.100 km

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Why Polar Code?

Ship operation in Arctic/Antarctic may lead to elevated risks caused by: – Icing/ice (of ship structure and equipment) – Low temperatures (negatively influencing functionality) – Extended periods of darkness (human performance) – High lattitude (disturbance of communication) – Remoteness (e.g. SAR, lack of hydrographic data) – Sensitivity of environment (prolonged recovery) – Lack of experience (crew of a ship) – Less effective consequence mitigation measures However, some of these challenges exist also outside

Artic/Antarctic, e.g. lower temperatures in winter

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Polar Code

Precondition of developing regulations for polar waters: – Ships operating in Arctic/Antarctic have

a lot similarities with “standard ships” Not all ships are icebreakers! – Not all waters in Arctic/Antarctic are ice covered all year

round – Also outside Arctic/Antarctic ships are exposed to sub-zero

temperatures

Ships operating in Arctic/Antarctic shall comply with “additional” requirements

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Polar Code Structure1

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Polar Code is an “add-on” Code Any changes of basis will automatically apply also for “Polar” ships

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Polar Code Structure2

According to “add-on” character the Polar Code should consist of two parts: – Part-1: “add-on” to SOLAS requirements consisting of

– 1-A: – Mandatory requirements – Considers goals and functional requirements that provide

specification of intention of regulations – 1-B: Guidance for selected of the requirements of 1-A

– Part-2: “add-on” to MARPOL requirements consisting of

– 2-A: Mandatory requirements – 2-B: Guidance for selected of the requirements of 2-A

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Arctic – international services Antarctica – national services

Polar Waters according to the Polar Code

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MSC 94/3/1

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Polar Code: Part 1-A (Draft)

Part 1-A mainly addresses requirements (additional to SOLAS) concerning

– Information/procedures to safely operate ships (PWOM)

– Structure (addresses ice interaction; closely related to IACS Polar

Classes)

– Subdivision (addresses ice interaction)

– Machinery (ice, snow, low temperatures)

– Fire fighting equipment (ice, snow, low temperatures)

– Life saving appliances (ice, snow, low temperatures)

– Navigation (ice, low temperatures, high lattitude)

– Communication (ice, low temperatures, high lattitude)

– Voyage planning

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Polar Code: Part 1-A (Draft)

Polar Code requirements distinguish between: Ship categories

– Cat A: ice strengthened ships, based on IACS PC 1 to 5 or equivalent

– Cat B: ice strengthened ships, based on IACS PC 6 to 7 or equivalent

– Cat C: all other ships (including ice strengthened ships not complying with Cat A&B); non-strengthened: typically operating outside of ice)

Normal and low air temperature operation – “Standard” SOLAS ships operate in sub-zero temperatures

– Equipment partially tested for functionality in sub-zero

– To consider capabilities of standard SOLAS ships:

low temperature operation defined

– Value based on experiences gained with SOLAS ship operations in “cold” areas

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Polar Code: Part 1-A (Draft): LSA

Basic requirements are provided by SOLAS chapter III (e.g. number of seats in lifeboats and liferafts, immersion suits etc.)

Hazards: low temperature, high lattitude

Polar Code asks for:

– Providing habitable environment (protect against wind chill, insulation …)

– Achieve functionality of equipment

– Allow escape onto ice (if ship operates in ice)

– Providing communication means for high lattitude and low temperature

– Considering increased rescue time

Most of this only required for operation in low air temperature

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Polar Code: Part 1-B (Draft)

Part 1-B addresses guidelines concerning – Determination of design temperature (PST) – Evaluating equivalence of ships with ice class other than IACS

PC class (related to chapter 3) – PWOM:

– Waste stream management – Incident & emergency response

– Adverse ice condition – Prolonged entrapment in ice – Navigation with icebreaker assistance – …

– Voyage planning (hydrographic information)

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Polar Code: Part 2-A

After SDC 1 part 2-A mainly addressed additional requirements concerning – Prohibiting release of oil and oily mixtures from ship (no oil

monitoring)

– Minimum distance to outer shell for tanks

– Prohibiting release of noxious liquid substance and mixtures from ship

– …

MEPC 66 decided to develop the environmental part in a different

manner Currently an MEPC correspondence group is trying to resolve this

matter (reports to MEPC 67, October 2014)

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Making the Polar Code Mandatory

As mentioned the two columns on which the Polar Code rests are

SOLAS and MARPOL

MEPC decided to consider polar waters related requirements as a

separate chapter in each relevant Annex of MARPOL

SOLAS:

– New chapter XIV drafted and agreed at MSC 93 (May 2014) and

proposed to be adopted by MSC 94 (November 2014):

– Applicable for all ships certified after SOLAS chapter I:

All SOLAS ships independent from type of voyage

(national/international)

– Open for alternative design

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Summary & Conclusion

Only for Antarctic mandatory international requirements exist addressing the risks related to the challenges of ship operation in these areas

IMO decided to close this gap and develop a mandatory code for ships operating in polar waters

Polar Code is planned as an ADD-ON Code

– For polar waters (Arctic and Antarctic without weakening of requirements for Antarctic)

– Compliance with SOLAS and MARPOL are basic prerequisite

– By this Polar Code will automatically follow the development of SOLAS and MARPOL

– Consists of two parts (SOLAS – MARPOL)

– Each part considers mandatory and non-mandatory regulations

SOLAS amendments: PC for all ships certified in accordance with SOLAS chapter 1 (agreed on MSC 93 to be adopted at MSC 94)

MARPOL related requirements are still under discussion/rearrangement

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