Introducing the Energy Efficiency Design Index(EEDI)

摘要

IMO's Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC), met for its 62nd session in July 2011 to discuss further amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, to enhance ships' energy efficiency and thereby control and reduce their Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. The two primary features of the regulation will be the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP). Market Based Measures (MBM) for the reduction of emissions are still under discussion. Amendments are expected to enter into force on 1 January 2013. But what exactly is being proposed?