Preparing For The Maritime C02 IMO Data Collection System

It’s time to start preparing for the Maritime CO2 IMO Data Collection System.

An important milestone on the road to controlling greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping was achieved with the adoption of new mandatory requirements by the industry’s regulatory authority, the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

New regulations

Under the new requirements, ships of 5.000 gross tonnage and above will have to collect consumption data for each type of fuel oil they use, as well as other, additional, specified data including proxies for transport work. These ships account for approximately 85% of CO2emissions from international shipping. The data collected will provide a firm basis on which future decisions on additional measures, over and above those already adopted by IMO, can be made.

The requirements were adopted by the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting in London for its 70th session (24-28 October 2016). IMO herewith sent a clear signal that IMO is ready to build on the existing technical and operational measures for ship energy efficiency.

From the calendar year 2019, each ship of 5,000 gross tonnage and above shall collect the data, for that and each subsequent calendar year or portion thereof, as appropriate, according to the methodology included in the SEEMP.

At the end of each calendar year, the ship shall aggregate the data collected in that calendar year or portion thereof, as appropriate, and report to the ship’s flag state.

Accredited verifier

In view of the upcoming IMO DCS regulations, Swiss Climate is one of the first accredited verifiers to sign an agreement with a flag state to act on their behalf as a verifier for the IMO data collection System, while they are in the process of establishing further agreements with flag states.

Quotation LISCR :

Scott Bergeron, CEO of the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the U.S.-based manager of the Liberian Registry, says, “We aim to provide our clients with a comprehensive service that ensures compliance with all maritime legislation, and we are pleased to offer Liberian-flagged vessels the opportunity to streamline the process of compliance with both the IMO DCS and EU MRV maritime environmental regulations in a cost effective and efficient manner. We have the upmost confidence in Swiss Climate EcoCare’s knowledge, expertise and capabilities, and we trust that it will uphold the highest levels of service that we strive to deliver.”

Related reading: The new EU MRV Regulation (EU) 2015/757.

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