Lloyd’s Register Group

Environmental Protection
Managing Risks and Improving Performance

Superyacht UK Technical Seminar

January 2011
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Agenda

• Environmental Protection (hereinafter referred to as ‘EP’) - Overview

• Core Requirements
• Supplementary characters
• Survey requirements
• Summary
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Environmental Protection (EP) notation

• First class society to issue environmental rules
• Covers all major operational pollutants
• Includes design, equipment and operational aspects
• Goes beyond current environmental legislation
• Applies to new & existing ships
• Any IACS classed ship Jan 2011
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Other Classification Societies

CLEANSHIP
NOTATION

ENVIRO+
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Structure of Rules Requirements

R S Sp Tc Vc, Vp

Supplementary G I N1,N2,N3,Ne O P
Characters
A B, Bt Crm Ede Eop

Garbage handling Sewage Hull anti-fouling Ballast Water VOC

and disposal Treatment systems Management

Core Refrigeration Fire-fighting Oil pollution Arrangement on ships carrying

Requirements systems systems prevention oil cargoes in bulk
NOx SOx Energy Fuel consumption and emissions
Management footprint
Pre-requisite Anti-Fouling Ballast Water MARPOL ISM SERS
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Pre-Requisite requirements
• Antifouling Convention (AFS)
• MARPOL
• Ballast Water Convention
• Safety Management Certificate (SMC)

Where a yacht, by virtue of its gross tonnage, is not required to be certified

in accordance with the above Code and Conventions, an alternative is
considered
• AFS declaration as per Appendix 2 of Annex 4 to the Convention.
• An Oil Record Book in accordance with MARPOL Annex I & a garbage
management plan and record book in accordance with MARPOL Annex V.
• Ballast Water Management Plan and record book.
• Exempted from having a valid SMC.
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Core Requirements

Exhaust emissions (NOx SOx) Refrigeration systems

Fire-fighting agents Energy Management
Ballast water VOC Management

Hull antifouling system

Sewage treatment Antifouling paints
Garbage handling and disposal
Oil pollution prevention
Fuel consumption & emission footprint
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EP notation supplementary characters

A Biocide free hull anti-fouling Sp Treatment of swimming pool water
B Approved ballast water management plan Tc Enhanced tank cleaning
Bt Ballast water treatment system
Vc Vapour emission control system
Crm Cargo residue minimisation
Vp Vapour emission prevention
Ede Verified Energy Efficiency Design Index
Eop Verified Energy Efficiency Operational Index
G Enhanced Grey water treatment
I Approved Inventory of Hazardous Materials
N1,2,3,e NOx emissions limits
O Enhanced treatment of oily bilge water Bold – new character introduced July 2010
P Enhanced oil tank protection Light – existing character
R Use of refrigerants with low GWP
S SOx emission limit
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Requirements: NOx

• Core:
Compliance with MARPOL Annex VI NOx emission limits – engines on new and
existing ships, but not boilers, incinerators, gas turbines;

Test procedures in accordance with IMO NOx Technical Code.

• Supplementary:
N1, N2, N3, Ne – refers to Tier I, II, III, and existing ships
N1, N2 – having NOx weighted emissions < 80% Reg.13 standards
N3 – meeting Tier III standards
Ne – existing ships meeting Tier I standards
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Requirements: SOx

• Core
Maximum fuel sulphur (S) content – 3.0% S
Oil fuel management plan
Fuel sampling (ISO 3170 or 3171)
Testing (ISO 8754)

• Supplementary
S – Maximum allowable fuel S content, all fuels :
0.10% m/m; or
alternative fuel or hybrid solution equivalent to
0.10% S
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Requirements: Fire Fighting System

• Core:
Use of halons or halo-carbons prohibited
Foam, Chemical, Liquids fire-fighting media – if potentially causing
environmental pollution, procedures on containment and disposal, to be
provided

• Supplementary:
No requirements
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Requirements: Hull Anti-fouling System

• Core:
Anti-fouling system with TBT is prohibited
Sealing coat not acceptable

• Supplementary:
A – Use of non-biocidal antifouling coating
(no TBT, copper etc)
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Requirements: Inventory of hazardous materials – I

• Core:
No requirements

• Supplementary:
I – Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM), also known as LR’s Green Passport, to
be provided.
Procedures in maintaining IHM to be provided and implemented, covering both
Appendix 1 & 2 of the SRC 2009.
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Requirements: Swimming pool water – Sp

• Core:
No requirements

• Supplementary:
Sp – Pool water to be neutralized prior to discharged over-board
Procedures to be established and implemented
Records to be maintained
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Approval Process

• Plan & document review (See LR Rules Part 7,

Chapter 11, 1.3)
- Certificates
- Operational Procedures
- Information and plans

• Initial survey & audit

• Assignment of EP Notation

• Annual, intermediate and renewal surveys &

audits
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Lloyd’s Register’s EP Notation

• Covers major operational pollutants

• Design and operational aspects

• New and existing ships

• Demonstrates environmental responsibility

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For more information, please contact:

Carlo Russo
Passenger Ship Support Centre (New
Construction)

Lloyd’s Register EMEA

71 Fenchurch Street
London, EC3M 4BS

T +44(0)20 7423 2052

E carlo.russo@lr.org
W www.lr.org/marine