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Comments on SDC 8141 and text proposal for review of the 2014 Guidelines

SDC 8-14-9 – Comments on SDC 8141 and text proposal for review of the 2014 Guidelines (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria et. al EU)

26 November 2021 /
This document suggests some specific text for possible revision of the Guidelines for the reduction of underwater noise from commercial shipping to adverse impacts on marine life (MEPC.1/Circ.833). Additional text to premamble, baselining, implementation and monitoring, energy efficiency and URN, and suggests and annex to guidelines.
SDC 8-14-4 - Provisional Work plan (Canada)

SDC 8-14-4 – Provisional Work plan (Canada)

9 November 2021 /
This submission proposes a strategy and provisional workplan for the Review of Guidelines for the reduction of underwater noise from commercial shipping to address adverse impacts on marine life, and the identification of next steps. The Annex has useful proposed timeline.
Comments on documents SDC 814 and SDC 814

SDC 8-14-6 – Comments on documents SDC 814 and SDC 8141 (FOEI, WWF, IFAW, PE)

23 October 2021 /
This submission from eNGOs including CAA members proposes additional elements to the proposed approach in SDC 8-14/1, while emphasising the need for a programme of action to further prevent and reduce underwater radiated noise from shipping.
SDC 8-14-1 - Scoping document on Underwater Noise from Commercial Shipping

SDC 8-14-1 – Scoping document on Underwater Noise from Commercial Shipping (Canada, New Zealand, UK, US)

21 October 2021 /
Provides a proposed new outline for the 2014 Guidelines and includes suggestions for improvements for consideration by SDC in its review and proposed revisions. Notes the development of a proposal for a program of action and/or next steps to further prevent and reduce URN based on the findings of the review will be pursued after the review of the 2014 Guidelines.
Benchmarking Study on the Implementation of the International Maritime Organization's Underwater Vessel Noise Guidelines

Benchmarking Study on the Implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s Underwater Vessel Noise Guidelines

9 August 2019 / ,
The report presents the results of a study, overseen by WWF Canada, the Chamber of Shipping of America and Transport Canada, investigating the uptake and awareness of the IMO’s 2014 Guidelines for the reduction of underwater noise from commercial shipping to address adverse impacts on marine life. Based on a small sample size, the study found that there was a general awareness of the 2014 Guidelines among the participants, but that the Guidelines were not being used widely to make changes to ship design to reduce underwater vessel noise. Key barriers to the uptake of the Guidelines were identified as the non-regulatory / non-mandatory nature of the Guidelines, a lack of measurement specification and data demonstrating the impacts of underwater vessel noise, and scepticism about the feasibility of changes.
MEPC.1/Circ.833 7 April 2014 Guidelines For The Reduction Of Underwater Noise From Commercial Shipping To Address Adverse Impacts On Marine Life

MEPC.1-Circ 883: Guidelines For The Reduction Of Underwater Noise From Commercial Shipping To Address Adverse Impacts On Marine Life

7 April 2014 /
The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its sixty-sixth session (31 March to 4 April 2014), with a view to providing guidance on the reduction of underwater noise from commercial shipping, and following a recommendation made by the Committee on Ship Design and Equipment, at its fifty-seventh session, approved the annexed Guidelines for the reduction of underwater noise from commercial shipping to address adverse impacts on marine life.