Shipping and carbon: EU and IMO systems to align vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
As part of the IMO’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, Regulation 22A, on the fuel oil data collection of ships came into force on 1st March 2018. Regulation 22A requires ships of e”5,000 gross tonnage sailing internationally to collect consumption data for each type of fuel oil they use.
Data of the ships first compliance period is to be reported to the Flag State by the end of March 2020 . Following this, and assuming all is in order, the Flag State is to issue a Statement of Compliance by no later than 1 June 2020 and will pass on the data to the IMO. Analysis of the data by the IMO will take effect from Q3 of 2020 and subsequently on an annual basis.
The IMO DCS began exactly one year after the EU MRV. Whilst the IMO DCS requires the reporting of ships’ fuel consumption data, the EU MRV requires the reporting of CO2 emission; the weight of cargo carried and/or the number of passengers carried and energy efficiency. The EU MRV applies to commercial ships carrying passengers or cargo to/from European ports.
The EU MRV does not apply to ship movements and activities which are intended for dredging, ice-breaking, pipe-laying or offshore installation activities. Thus with the exception of certain ships , the EU MRV scheme requires shipping companies to monitor the following for each ship above 5,000 gross tonnages they owned and/or operated since 1 January 2018:
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