{"id":11240,"date":"2018-05-08T10:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T09:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tecnoveritas.net\/?p=11240"},"modified":"2018-10-10T11:01:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T10:01:47","slug":"mrv-vs-imo-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tecnoveritas.net\/en\/media\/newsletters\/marine-industry\/mrv-vs-imo-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"MRV vs. IMO Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ship owners are currently dealing with recent regulations applied to maritime industry, such as MRV Regulation<\/em><\/a> which entered into force on 1st<\/sup> January 2018. After a period of development and assessment of each vessel\u2019s Monitoring Plan (until 31st<\/sup> December 2017), companies are, at this stage, gathering data from fuel types consumed on board, their respective impact on the environment, and vessel\u00b4s activity data (transport work, distance travelled, hours underway, cargo carried, energy consumption, among others).<\/p>\n

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This stage which goes until the end of the present year corresponds to the reporting period. Completed this period, companies have until 30th<\/sup> April 2019 to submit an emissions report to be verified by an accredited entity. Once the emissions report is verified, the company receives a Document of Compliance (DOC) which has validity for 18 months and has to be carried on board. This document proves the conformity of the vessel regarding the imposed MRV Regulation and prevents the company from any possible penalty.<\/p>\n

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Penalties can go from small dissuasive and proportionate sanctions to the possibility of prohibition from entering EU ports in case of failing to comply for two or more consecutive reporting periods. This regulation has implications only in EU ports and considers only ships with 5000 GT or higher, ships for commercial purposes (carrying passengers or cargo), regardless of the flag or country of the shipowner. People are still adapting to this recent regulations, although there is still much more to come.<\/p>\n

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IMO Data Collection System<\/strong><\/p>\n
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On May 2015 IMO MEPC (Marine Environment Protection Committee) 68 agreed on a three-step approach to enhance the energy efficiency of ships. It comprises a data collection step<\/strong>, followed by data analysis<\/strong> and ending in decision-making on what further measures can be done<\/strong>. In this context, IMO established a \u201cData Collection System\u201d (DCS)<\/em><\/a> for fuel oil consumption as part of a roadmap for developing a comprehensive strategy for the reduction of GHG emissions from ships. For this approach IMO MEPC developed several resolutions and guidelines:<\/p>\n

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