IMO STRATEGY

ON REDUCTION OF GHG
EMISSIONS FROM SHIPS
NEW REQUIREMENTS UNDER MARPOL ANNEX VI ADOPTED BY GOVERNMENTS

New ships only All ships All ships

EEDI EEXI CII

IMPROVED POWER SPEED
HULL LIMITATION OPTIMIZATION
DESIGN

WASTE HEAT WIND BIOFOULING

RECOVERY ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT

REDUCED
ELECTRIC PROPELLER ALTERNATIVE
CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION FUELS

etc. etc. etc.

EXAMPLES OF SOLUTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE

Verification and A
B

third-party approval Rating C

D
E

Annual SEEMP
Ship ready to navigate improvement
cycle

IMO REGULATON DRIVES INNOVATION TO REDUCE

THE CARBON INTENSITY OF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
EEXI
ENERGY EFFICIENCY EXISTING SHIPS INDEX IMPROVING
THE TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE OF EXISTING SHIPS

The requirements
for EEXI certification
ENTERED
INTO FORCE
1 All ships are required
to calculate their
Attained Energy
Efficiency
EXISTING SHIP
2 The EEXI is a
ONE-TIME
CERTIFICATION
for existing ships
3
on 1 November 2022 targeting design
INDEX (EEXI) parameters

4 5
There are a variety
of technical means to A review clause requires IMO to
IMPROVE REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS
THE CARBON of the implementation of the EEXI
INTENSITY requirements, by 1 January 2026 at the
of existing ships latest, and, if necessary, develop and
and achieve the adopt further amendments
Required EEXI
 A
CARBON INTENSITY INDICATOR B
C
(CII RATING) D
E

IMPROVING THE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF EXISTING SHIPS

Each year, ships of 5,000 gross

tonnage and above collect and
report fuel consumption data.
On the basis of this data,
A CARBON INTENSITY
5000
RATING IS ASSIGNED
TO THE SHIP, FROM A TO E
1 There are a variety of operational means to
IMPROVE THE CARBON
INTENSITY OF EXISTING SHIPS
and achieve the Required CII, e.g.:
2
A • Ship speed optimization
B
C • Weather routing
D
E
• Just-in-time arrival
• Trim, draft, and ballast optimization

Poorly rated ships

have to implement
A PLAN OF
CORRECTIVE ACTIONS,
3 The requirements
for CII rating
ENTERED
INTO EFFECT
4
and the company is regularly audited on 1 January 2023
incentives may be provided to best
rated (A/B) ships
EEDI ENERGY EFFICIENCY DESIGN INDEX
IMPROVING THE TECHNICAL
PERFORMANCE OF NEW BUILD SHIPS

Ships which are

designed and constructed
today must be
MORE ENERGY
1 Performance targets are
increasingly stringent
over time, thus
INCENTIVIZING
2
EFFICIENT INNOVATION
than the baseline, in ship design
thus reducing their
carbon intensity

3 4
There are For example,
DIFFERENT GOALS THE LARGEST
FOR DIFFERENT CONTAINER SHIPS
TYPES OF SHIPS, (>200,000 DWT) built
recognizing the specificities after 1 April 2022
of different types of ships must be 50% more
efficient than the baseline