IMO DCS & EU MRV / UK MRV

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Agenda

• IMO DCS
• Why, What and When?
• SEEMP
• Reporting & Verification
• EU MRV
• Why, What and When?
• M is for Monitoring
• R is for Reporting
• V is for Verification
• EU MRV VS. IMO DCS
• UK MRV

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 IMO
Implementation schedule – IMO DCS DCS

Annual data
submitted to
Administration / RO

Corrective Submission of data to

DCS / CII
Action Plan for IMO by
Monitoring
CII (If required) Administration/RO
period

30 JUN
2023 2023 2024

1 Jan 31 DEC 31 Mar 31 31 May

April

Statement of
Compliance

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 IMO
Applicability of IMO DCS / CII DCS

Applies to ships ≥ 5,000 GT undertaking international voyages into ports that are under the jurisdiction
of IMO flag states.

Exemptions

• Ships which are not normally engaged on

international voyages

• Ships not propelled by mechanical means

• Platforms including FPSOs, FSUs and drilling

rigs.

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 IMO
G1: CII Calculation Method DCS/CII

• For bulk carriers, tankers, container ships, gas carriers, LNG carriers, ro-ro cargo ships, general
cargo ships, refrigerated cargo carrier and combination carriers, the attained CII is:

Annual CO2 Emission

Annual Efficiency Ratio (AER) = (emissions per dwt-miles)
DWT x Distance travelled

• For cruise passenger ships, ro-ro cargo ships (vehicle carriers) and ro-ro passenger ships, the
attained CII is:

Annual CO2 Emission

cgDIST = (emissions per gross ton-miles)
GT x Distance travelled

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 IMO
CII in a Nutshell DCS/CII

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 IMO
IMO DCS Monitoring Plan (SEEMP) DCS

Part I
• Jan 2013
• Approach for monitoring ship efficiency performance
• Applicable to ships ≥ 400 GT
Ship Energy Part II
• Entry into Force on Mar 2018
Efficiency • Inclusion of a Data Collection System (DCS)
Management • Methodologies used to collect fuel oil consumption data
Plan (SEEMP) • Applicable to ships ≥ 5,000 GT

Part III
• Applicable to ships ≥ 5,000 GT
• Ship Operational Carbon Intensity Plan
• Resolution MEPC.346(78) - 2022 Guidelines for the Development
of a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan
• Verified copy needs to be on board from 1 Jan 2023
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 IMO
Parameters to be recorded for IMO DCS DCS

Fuel Oil Travelling

Travelling time
Consumption distance
Distance travelled
over ground to
be recorded in
Annual fuel oil log-book Hours underway
consumption of should be an
all emission aggregated
sources on duration and
board, regardless Distance travelled should be
of whether ship when ship is submitted to the
is underway underway to be Administration
included in
aggregated data
of distance

Cargo monitoring is not required under IMO DCS. Design DWT will be used as proxy.

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Fuel Oil Consumption Data Collection IMO
DCS
Method 1 – BDN

Annual fuel
Leftover in Tank (Fuel delivered this year Leftover in Tank
oil = + −
from past year minus offloaded amount) to next year
consumption

Past year’s Next year’s

Calendar year’s BDNs
BDNs BDNs

Last calendar year New calendar year

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Fuel Oil Consumption Data Collection IMO
DCS
Method 2 – Flow Meter & Method 3 – Daily Tank Reading

Annual fuel oil consumption =

Summation of daily fuel consumption

Day 364
Day 365
Day 363
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3 Method 2) Flow meter or Method 3) Daily tank
reading reading

Calendar year
1st Jan 31st Dec

NEW
Method 4 – For LNG Ships, using LNG cargo tank monitoring on board:
IMO DCS & EU MRV Method 5 - For ships using cargo other than LNG as a fuel, using cargo tank monitoring on board
 IMO
Other Recommendations DCS

• Distance travelled
➢ Distance over ground in nautical miles should be recorded in the log-
book in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/28.1
o measured using satellite data is distance travelled over the ground.
➢ Distance included when the ship is underway under its own propulsion

• Direct CO2 Emission

➢ Not a requirement under MARPOL
➢ If used, should be described in SEEMP Part II
➢ Calibration/ Maintenance records to be kept on board

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What does the Data Collection Plan (SEEMP Part II) look IMO
DCS
like?

Basic Data Activity Data Data gaps Management

• Ship particulars • Methods to • Procedure for • Record of
• Ship engines measure fuel oil data quality revision of Fuel
and other fuel consumption Oil
oil consumers • Method to Consumption
and fuel oil measure distance Data Collection
types used travelled Plan
• Emission factor • Method to • Processes that
measure hours will be used to
underway report the data
to the
Administration

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 IMO
Collected Data Summary Format (NEW) DCS

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 IMO
Annual Data Reporting Format (NEW) DCS

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 IMO
Reporting & Verification DCS

• Assesses data • Aggregates all

Administration or RO

IMO
• Prepares
Ship/ Company

SEEMP Part II collection plan submitted

& III and – SEEMP Part II data
submit for & III
assessment • Anonymise
• Verifies data prior to
• Collates data reported data addition to
during IMO Ship Fuel
monitoring • Issue Oil
period Statement of Consumption
Compliance Database
• Submit data
for verification • Submit
verified data
to IMO

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 EU
EU MRV - Scope of Regulation MRV

• All voyages to, from and between ports under Member State jurisdiction – including EEA Norway
& Iceland including some outer regions
• Time at sea (excluding anchoring)
• All ships >5,000GT
• From 2025 >400 GT
• Commercial voyages only (Stoppages for bunkering,
dry-docking, crew change, spare/store receiving
excluded)

Exemptions

• Warships
• Naval Auxiliaries
• Wooden Ships of Primitive Build
Source: Marine Traffic
• Ships not Propelled by Mechanical Means
• Government Ships on Non-Commercial Service
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 EU
Overview MRV

Monitoring Plan Verification Reporting

To be prepared and Owner/operators On an annual
reviewed by 2017 for
each vessel need to engage basis, reports are
Will cover the method to with a 3rd Party submitted to the
monitor CO2 GHG (CH4, accredited EU
N2O, CO2) / Fuel,
distance and cargo Verifier to review
The plan will be assessed and approve
for conformity by an their reports
accredited verifier
By 1 April 2024, submit
revised plan

These are discussed in more detail in the following slides

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 EU
What are we Monitoring for each voyage? MRV

Date,
CO2/GHG Transport
time and
emitted As function of work Distance
fuel travelled ports Departure and
consumption (actual or arrival ports
(more on that shortest)
later) Cargo carried
Amount and (MT, m3, TEU, Date and hour
emission cargo units, of departure /
factor for each lane numbers arrival (GMT)
fuel type or passengers)
Transport
Includes M/E, Time spent at
work =
A/E, G/Ts, sea (excludes
Distance x
IGGs, Boilers anchoring)
Cargo
Exceptions:
• Ships only calling EU ports all year only need to monitor annually
• Ships performing >300 voyages per calendar year only need to monitor annually
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 EU
Fuel Consumption/ CO2 Emissions Measurement Methods MRV

Bunker delivery note and periodic

stocktake of fuel tanks* Bunker fuel tank measurements
on board

Fuel flow meters for applicable

Direct emissions monitoring
combustion processes

*Cannot be used where cargo is burnt as fuel (e.g. LNG carriers)

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 EU
Calculating CO2 from fuel consumption and Uncertainty MRV

• Fuel consumption x emission factor

• Standard Emission Factors from MEPC circ.245(66) shall be used
• Hybrid Fuels – light fuel oil when viscosity is within RMA – RMD grade and
distillate when similar to DMA – DMZ grades

• Simplified approach to uncertainty

• Default values of +/- 10% for
Methods A, B and C

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 EU
Cargo Parameters for different ship types MRV

Total weight in
Mass of the cargo Deadweight carried
Mass metric tonnes of
on board - either (displacement cargo or amount of
Chemical Tanker actual mass or units deducted by the 20 foot equivalents
Gas Carrier or occupied lane ship's lightweight (TEU) multiplied by
Bulk carrier meters multiplied and the amount of default values for
Refrigerated Cargo by default mass per weight
fuel on board.
ship unit or per lane
meter. Vehicle Carrier General Cargo Container Ship
Oil Tanker
Ship
Combination
carrier Number of passengers on
Number of board & mass of cargo on
Cargo carried Volume of the cargo,
passengers board.
defined as number of calculated as occupied
Passenger ships (either actual mass or
cargo units or lane deck area multiplied by
calculated as units or
meters multiplied by deck height for Ro-Ro
occupied lane meters
default values for cargo and container
Volume on multiplied by default mass
weight volume for container
Ro-Ro ship discharge per unit or per lane meter)
cargo
IMO DCS & EU MRV Container /
LNG Carrier Ro-pax
Ro-Ro ship
 Voyage Monitoring Example

Incoming EU Voyage
Singapore Rotterdam
A B
COSP EOSP C

Intra EU Voyage

F E
Hamburg
Houston Outgoing EU Voyage

A – Departure - Standby engines (SBE) at Berth EU MRV Voyage reporting

B – Arrival – Finished with Engine (FWE) at Berth A – B, C – D, E - F : ( Fuel consumption for each fuel type, cargo,
At Berth (Port Turnaround)
C – Departure - Standby engines (SBE) at Berth distance, time at sea)
B – C, D - E : ( In Port Fuel consumption, date & time arrival/
departure, Port name)

Distance travelled = from berth to berth including manoeuvring distance

Time spent at sea = calculated from berth to berth excluding anchorage time
Voyage Fuel consumption = from berth to berth including consumption at anchorage
Other key recommendation for distance travelled & time at EU
MRV
sea

• Time spent at sea is defined as arrival at first berth and departure from last
berth
• Time at anchorage not included as time spent at sea
• Distance is distance over ground
• Distance included when vessel adrift
• Distance included for tank cleaning
• Ship to Ship transfer within defined port limits is a port of call

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 EU
What does the Monitoring Plan look like? MRV

Basic Data Activity Data Data gaps Management

• Methods & for fuel, distance • check of MP
• Company
procedures for; cargo and time • Control
details
• Fuel consumption at sea activities e.g. IT
• Emission
monitoring system
sources & fuel
• Density • Internal review
types,
• Uncertainty of data
• Emission
• Quality assurance • Corrective
factors,
of measuring actions
• Procedure for
equipment • Outsourced
completeness
• Completeness of activities and
voyages documentation
• Distance procedure
• Cargo carried

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 What do I need to monitor and report annually? EU
MRV
Most of this will also be made publically available by the EC

Annual average efficiency expressed as:

• Amount and emission factor per fuel type in 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
total 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑
Aggregated • GHG emissions (from EC ports, to EC ports, Fuel
annual data between EC ports, at berth and total) consumption
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
• Fuel consumption 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘
• Distance travelled
• Time at sea & at berth
• Transport work 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝐺𝐻𝐺 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
• Average energy efficiency 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑
GHG
Exceptions: emissions
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝐺𝐻𝐺 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
• Non-commercial voyages 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘

NEW – From 2024, “aggregated emissions data at company level”

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What else do I need to include in the annual report? EU
MRV
Most of this will also be made publically available by the EC

NEW – From 2025 , submit verified annual report by 31 March

Identity • Name, IMO No., Monitoring DoC issue

of ship Port of Registry method and and expiry
and • Name, address and uncertainty dates
owner place of business

• Technical
efficiency • Who approved
Technical Identity of the emissions
(EEDI or EIV)
details verifier report
• Ice Class (if
available)

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 EU
What does the Annual Emissions Report Template look like? MRV

•IMO Number
Ship Identification •Technical efficiency
•Owner

•Who the verifier is

Verification •Accreditation number

•Method used
Monitoring method •Emission sources
& Uncertainty •Uncertainty

• Fuel consumption & CO2 / GHG – total, between

ports, departed from and to
Results
• Distance travelled / Time at sea / Transport work
• Average energy efficiency
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 EU
Who to report to? MRV

Company - emissions Verifier assesses work done by

report for each of their ships Companies, outside the system.
In the system, they notify
issuance of the document of
compliance once the emissions
report has been successfully
verified

Commission will have access to

Member States (and Flag States) the system to receive
will receive / have access to the information on reporting and
emissions report and documents notification obligations of the
of compliance of ships flying companies and verifiers
their flag respectively
 EU
How does THETIS work? MRV
 EU
Verification – how will it work? MRV

Verifiers will:
• Be accredited by a recognised body
• Assess monitoring plans for completeness, accuracy, relevance and conformity
• Assess emissions reports and verify they are accurate and correct to a
reasonable level of assurance
• Assessment may be done by inquiry, document review, observation, site visit
or remotely
• Confirm whether data is within the 5% materiality level
• Detail misstatements and non-conformities and give an opportunity to correct
• Issue a verification report and document of compliance (DoC)
• Inform the Commission and Flag State of DoC issue.

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 EU
Verification – how will it work? MRV

Companies will:
• Provide the verifier at each verification stage with relevant monitoring
plan and emissions report templates and documentation, for example
procedures and processes, voyage lists, bunkering documents
• Demonstrate compliance with the monitoring plan
• Demonstrate how they have obtained, calculated, and arrived at,
final reporting information and data
• Correct misstatements and non-conformities identified by the
verifier.

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 UK
UK MRV MRV

Generally Similar to EU MRV, Scope includes:

• Voyages between two UK ports
• Voyages between a UK and non-EEA port
• Emissions generated at a UK port for the above voyages
UK MRV applies to ports in UK territory only. UK Territory means England, Scotland, Northern Ireland
and Wales ONLY.
Voyages between a port in the UK and a port in one of the UK overseas territories or Crown
dependencies – such as the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Jersey – need to be monitored and
reported under the UK MRV regime. However, ports in these overseas territories DO NOT COUNT as UK
ports under the UK MRV regime. So, voyages between two Crown dependencies or overseas territories
– such as between Jersey and Guernsey – should not be included. Likewise, a journey from a port in an
overseas territory or Crown dependency to a non-UK port should not be included in UK MRV.

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