IMO Papers

The document provides comments in support of document MEPC 84/14/2, which proposes a new output to support the implementation of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), and offers additional considerations to the proposed terms of reference for the proposed output.

This document proposes that the Working Group recommend the Committee to re-establish the correspondence group on other social and economic sustainability themes/aspects of marine fuels at MEPC 84. It provides potential terms of reference for the same.

This document comments on the GESAMP-Ballast Water Working Group report by sharing a new study on ballast water operations, discharges and their impacts in the Gulf of California (GoC) from future liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker traffic.

This document comments on term of reference (ToR) 2 contained in the report of the Correspondence Group on Measurement and Verification of Non-CO2 GHG Emissions and Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage (MEPC 84/6/6)

This document highlights the need for a 20-year review of the Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas framework to align with global biodiversity and climate targets and the recently ratified Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction.

This document urges the Committee to expedite phase 2 of the review of the carbon-intensity indicator (CII), ensuring that the CII remains at full scope and that future improvements in energy efficiency are guaranteed and in line with the goals of the 2023 IMO GHG Strategy. In particular it calls for a proper discussion of the enforcement options that are available for the CII to ensure this happens.

This document comments on document PPR 13/17/1 and highlights that development of guidelines for managing ammonia effluent generated from ammonia-fuelled ships must account not only for the acute and short-term toxicity of ammonia effluent, but also the wider impacts of reactive nitrogen release, including impacts to marine organisms from chronic, long-term ammonia effluent release, and disturbance to the nitrogen cycle. Prohibiting discharge of ammonia effluent to the marine environment is the management measure best aligned with the precautionary principle.

This document provides comments on the report of the Correspondence Group on Underwater Radiated Noise, supporting the proposed establishment of a working group at this session and providing input on next steps under the proposed terms of reference for this group.

This document shares the findings of a study on the potential underwater radiated noise (URN) impacts of LNG development on marine mammals in the Gulf of California. The report examines the effects of URN from LNG tanker traffic on migratory and resident whales, as well as related impacts on air quality and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.