• Noted “Draft amendments to the 2012 guidelines
on survey and certification of the EEDI, as
amended” (IMO, 2014b, annex 7), with a view
to finalization and adoption at the sixty-seventh
session;
• Endorsed views stating that the “Interim guidelines
for determining minimum propulsion power to
maintain the manoeuvrability of ships in adverse
conditions”, are not applicable to ships under
20,000 dwt, and no amendment to the guidelines
was required;
• Invited further input on the “Interim guidelines for
the calculation of the coefficient ‘fw’ for decrease
in ship speed in a representative sea condition for
trial use” (IMO, 2012a);
• Approved “Amendments to the unified
interpretation of regulation 2.24 of MARPOL
annex VI” (IMO, 2014a, annex 6), and requested
the secretariat to issue a consolidated text of
the unified interpretations, incorporating all
amendments, for dissemination;40
• Agreed to establish an EEDI database and the
minimum data required to support the reviews
required under regulation 21.6 of MARPOL
annex VI.