The IMO has recently issued the draft text of the amendments referred to above with a view to their adoption at MEPC76 ( 10-17th June 2021) 

MEPC 75 (16 to 20 November 2020) considered and approved draft amendments to:

.1  MARPOL Annex I (Prohibition on the use and carriage for use as fuel of heavy fuel oil by ships in Arctic waters);

.2  MARPOL Annexes I and IV (Exemption of UNSP barges from survey and certification requirements); and

.3 MARPOL Annex VI (Mandatory goal-based technical and operational measures to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping and exemption of UNSP barges from survey and certification requirements), 

with a view to adoption at MEPC 76 (10 to 17 June 2021).