IMO’S POLAR CODE AND CANADIAN IMPLEMENTATION

FEDNAV LIMITED – ARCTIC EXPERIENCE

• 60 years of Arctic Trading

• More than 30 Million tonnes of cargo carried

• In excess of 850 voyages

• No pollution incidents

Category B Vessels

Fednav Limited – Arctic Shipping Projects Through The Years

FEDERAL FRANKLIN – CATEGORY C – LOADING AT MILNE INLET

MV ARCTIC – CATEGORY A VESSEL

INTERNATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT (ISM)

The objectives of the ISM Code are to ensure safety at sea, prevention of human injury or loss of life, and avoidance of damage to the environment, in particular, to the marine environment, and to property. The Code requires companies to establish safety objectives as described in section 1.2 of the ISM Code. In addition companies must develop, implement and maintain a Safety Management System (SMS) which includes functional requirements as listed in section 1.4 of the ISM Code.

USCG information circular on ISM

MV EXPLORER – ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE CRUISE SHIP

MV EXPLORER – ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE CRUISE SHIP

MV EXPLORER – ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE CRUISE SHIP

The Master was under the mistaken impression that he was encountering first year ice when in fact,… [the ice] was much harder land ice. … The Master of the eco-cruise ship M/V Explorer was very experienced in Baltic waters but he was unfamiliar with the type of ice he encountered in Antarctic waters. The Master should have altered course to open water and not have entered the ice field during darkness. However, once he had entered the ice field and approached the “wall of ice”, there is no indication that he reduced the Explorer’s speed as he approached and then made contact with the “wall of ice”.

Excerpt from the Liberian Bureau of Maritime Affairs’ report on the loss of the Explorer

IMO – POLAR CODE

OVERARCHING GOAL OF THE POLAR CODE

The goal of this Code is to provide for safe ship operation and the protection of the polar environment by addressing risks present in polar waters and not

adequately mitigated by other instruments of the Organization.

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE POLAR WATERS

IMO’S POLAR CODE

POLAR CODE, PART 1-A

12 Chapters covering:

- General (definitions, certificate and survey, operational assessment

- Polar Waters Operational Manual

- Ship Structure

- Subdivision + Stability

- Watertight and Weathertight Integrity

- Machinery Installations

- Fire Safety / Protection

- Life Saving Appliances

- Safety of Navigation

- Communication

- Voyage Planning

- Manning and Training

POLAR CODE, PART I-B

Provides additional guidance on the provisions of the Code, such as:

- Definition and example of Temperature MDLT

- Guidance on Developing the Operational Assessment (required to prepare PWOM and obtain PSC)

- - including recommended content for the PWOM

- - Guidance on Icebreaker assistance

- - Guidance on development of contingency plans

- - Additional guidance on Ship Structure (method for determining ice class equivalency

- - Suggested Gear for Personal Survival Kit + Group Survival Kit

- - Safety of Navigation

- - Voyage Planning

POLAR WATERS OPERATIONAL MANUAL (PWOM)

Manual to satisfy similar ‘goal’ as the Polar Code as a whole. That is, to address factors not adequately mitigated under vessel’s ISM procedures, considering the parameters set by the Polar Ship Certificate.

Polar ship Certificate

Issued on behalf of the Administration and defines the operational limitations with respect to Area of Operation, Limiting Ice Conditions, Limiting Temperature (Polar Service Temperature)

CANADIAN ARCTIC SHIPPING SAFETY POLLUTION PREVENTION REGULATIONS

All of the above, plus....

- For vessels intended to operate in low air temperatures, vessels must have a cold temperature service or winterization notation that is compatible with its Polar Service Temperature

- Have onboard inflatable life rafts and marine evacuation systems designed to operate at the PST, or that are protected from cold weather or fitted with means to protect them from dropping below – 30 degrees C.

- Reporting procedures (Nordreg) outside of Zone / Dates

- Mandatory use of POLARIS for PC vessels (or AIRSS for non PC vessels)

CANADA COAST TO COAST TO COAST

Victoria Island

ARCTIC WATERS POLLUTION PREVENTION REGULATIONS

Open water vessel access, according to

the Zone Date System

Canadian Arctic Pollution Prevention Regulations

TABLE OF ZONE DATE ENTRY

EARLY SEPTEMBER, MINIMUM EXTENT OF SEA ICE

LINGERING ICE, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

YEAR OVER YEAR VARIABILITY

YEAR OVER YEAR VARIABILITY

WEEK TO WEEK CHANGES

POLARIS RISK INDICATION

ARCTIC ICE REGIME SHIPPING SYSTEM (AIRSS)

POLARIS RISK INDEX CALCULATION

AIRSS (ARCTIC ICE REGIME SHIPPING SYSTEM)

ARCTIC ICE REGIME SHIPPING SYSTEM (AIRSS)

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

Tanker and Cruise Ships – Basic and Advanced Training regardless of ice concentration

Other vessels – open water / or less than 2/10ths coverage, no additional training required

Both IMO and Canada retain the option to supplement onboard expertise with an “Ice Navigator”

Canada’s requirements for training are tied to the PC and to the Zone / Date system

For complete version of Canada’s Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations -

http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2018/2018-01-10/html/sor-dors286-eng.html

CANADIAN ICE NAVIGATOR REQUIREMENTS10 (1) Vessels, other than a cargo vessel of 500 gross tonnage or more or a passenger vessel that are certified as meeting the requirements of Chapter I of SOLAS, that navigate in a shipping safety control zone set out in columns 2 to 17 of Schedule 1 during a period other than those set out in item 14 of that schedule must have an ice navigator on board.

Requirements

(2) The ice navigator on a vessel must

(a) have all of the qualifications under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 to act as a master or a person in charge of the deck watch; and

(b) either:

(i) have served on a vessel in the capacity of master or person in charge of the deck watch for at least 50 days, of which 30 days must have been served in international Arctic waters while the vessel was in ice conditions that required the vessel to be assisted by an ice-breaker or that required manoeuvres to avoid concentrations of ice that might have endangered the vessel,

or(ii) hold a certificate in advanced training for ships operating in polar waters in accordance with regulation V/4 of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978.

BEYOND THE REGULATORY REGIME