RESOLUTION MEPC.
384(81) (adopted on 22 March 2024)
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION
OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973, AS MODIFIED BY THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING THERETO
Amendments to Protocol I of MARPOL (Reporting procedures for the loss of containers)
RESOLUTION MEPC.384(81) (adopted on 22 March 2024)
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION
OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973, AS MODIFIED BY THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING THERETO
Amendments to Protocol I of MARPOL (Reporting procedures for the loss of containers)
RESOLUTION MEPC.384(81)
(adopted on 22 March 2024)
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION
OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973, AS MODIFIED BY THE
PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING THERETO
Amendments to Protocol I of MARPOL
(Reporting procedures for the loss of containers)
THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,
RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee conferred upon it
by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,
NOTING article 16 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL), which specifies
the amendment procedure and confers upon the appropriate body of the Organization the
function of considering and adopting amendments thereto,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-first session, proposed amendments to Protocol I
of MARPOL concerning reporting procedures for the loss of containers.
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of MARPOL, amendments to Protocol I
of MARPOL, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of MARPOL, that the
amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2025 unless, prior to that date,
not less than one third of the Parties or Parties the combined merchant fleets of which
constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet have
communicated to the Organization their objection to the amendments;
3 INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of MARPOL,
the said amendments shall enter into force on 1 January 2026 upon their acceptance in
accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes of article 16(2)(e) of MARPOL,
to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained
in the annex to all Parties to MARPOL;
5 ALSO REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the present resolution
and its annex to Members of the Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL.
RESOLUTION MEPC.384(81) (adopted on 22 March 2024)
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION
OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973, AS MODIFIED BY THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING THERETO
Amendments to Protocol I of MARPOL (Reporting procedures for the loss of containers)
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ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO PROTOCOL I OF MARPOL
(Reporting procedures for the loss of containers)
PROTOCOL I – PROVISIONS CONCERNING REPORTS ON INCIDENTS INVOLVING
HARMFUL SUBSTANCES
Article V
Reporting procedures
1 The following new paragraph 3 is inserted after existing paragraph 2:
"In case of the loss of freight container(s), the report required by article II(1)(b) shall be
made in accordance with the requirements on danger messages as provided
for in regulations V/31 and V/32 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea, 1974."
RESOLUTION MEPC.384(81) (adopted on 22 March 2024)
AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION
OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973, AS MODIFIED BY THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING THERETO
Amendments to Protocol I of MARPOL (Reporting procedures for the loss of containers)
