RENEWAL OF IAPP CERTIFICATE

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Vessels greater than 400 GT are required to have IAPP certificate after IMO introduced annex VI by means of protocol in 1997. So ships belonging to parties to MARPOL 73/78 have to be issued with IAPP certificate. Prior to issuance of certificate the flag state or RO will need to confirm compliance with the applicable regulations contained within the annex. The certificate continuity validity will require annual, intermediate and renewal surveys to be satisfactorily carried out.
                  For renewal of IAPP certificate preparation will lie in the fact that vessel is complying with the regulations of annex VI. So, preparation regarding to different regulations under annex VI will be :-
1) REGULATION 12 – OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES
    This regulation does not apply to permanently sealed equipment where there is no refrigerant charging connection. Subject to this regulation any deliberate emission of ODS shall be prohibited.
       Also, after 19 may 2005 any installation which contains ODS other that HCFC is prohibited. Installation containing HCFC is permitted till 1st January 2020.
  Records and documents to be maintained:-
a) A list of equipment containing ODS should be maintained.
b) If the ship has any rechargeable system containing ODS, then an ODS record book should be maintained. This record book shall be approved by administration.
c) Entries in ODS record book shall be recorded in terms of mass( kg) of substance in respect of—
i) Recharge of equipment
ii) Repair or maintenance
iii) Discharge of ODS to atmosphere either deliberate or non deliberate
iv) Discharge of ODS to land based facilities
v) Supply of ODS to ship
2) REGULATION 13 – NOx  EMISSION CONTROL
This regulation applies to ships having engine > 130 KW. Engines are divided into 3 tiers and each tier has different limitation on NOx emission depending on the RPM of engine. NOx emission can be checked by 3 methods. So, records and checks to be maintained in the different methods are:-
i) Engine parametric method –
a) ENGINE INTERNATIONAL AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION ( EIAPP) certificate is issued to all the engines which fall under the above tiers. This certificate is issued after demonstrating compliance with NOx emission limits. So, this certificate is required.
b) All certified engines are delivered with an individual technical file that contains the engine specification of compliance with NOx regulation. This NOx technical file should be on board.
c) Engine parameter check method requires Imo marking on NOx influencing components. All components are to fitted with identification markings according to technical file. The components if renewed with new spares, the marking on new spares should be as per technical file and to be maintained in a register.
ii) Simplified measurement method –
a) EIAPP certificate
b) Technical file
c) All recommendations from engine manufacturer and approved from administration concerning simplified measurement method.
d) Test result.
iii) Direct monitoring and measurement method –
a) EIAPP certificate
b) Technical file including on board monitoring manual.
c) Approval of installed measuring equipment
d) Logged measurement results.
3) REGULATION 14 :- SOx EMISSION –
Under this regulation SOx emission is limited and the limitation is based on whether the ship is in emission controlled area(ECA) or outside ECA.
Documents and records to be maintained are –
a) Ships using different fuel for ECA shall carry a written procedure showing how the fuel oil changeover is to be done. This plan should be approved by the administration.
b) The date, time, position of the ship when any fuel oil changeover operation is completed should be recorded in the log book prescribed by the administration.
4) REGULATION 15 :- VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND –
Documents and records to be maintained are –
a) All tankers which are subjected to vapour emission control in accordance with above requirement shall be provided with an approved vapour collection system, and shall use such system during loading. This should be recorded.
b) Crude oil tanker above 400 GRT to implement and keep on board a VOC management plan approved by administration. It should be checked before renewal survey.
5) REGULATION 16 :- SHIPBOARD INCINERATION
A notice containing the material to be incinerated should be posted on the incinerator. Also the quantity incinerated should be recorded in garbage record book along with time and position.
6) REGULATION 18:- FUEL OIL AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY
Documents to be maintained are –
a) It is requirement that any fuel oil for combustion purposes delivered to and used on board shall be recorded by means of Bunker delivery note ( BDN). BDN should be kept on board for at least 3 years.
b) Every BDN is to be accompanied by a representative sample of the fuel oil delivered. The sample should be sealed and signed by both supplier’s representative and the officer in charge. Sample should be retained on board for at least 12 months.
So, by keeping all the above documents in ready condition IAPP survey can be easily passed and the IAPPC can be renewed.


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