ABOUT THE EU MRV

EU MRV (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) is a legislation created by the European Council that has the goal of implementing restrictions to Green House Gases (GHG) emissions to maritime means of transportation, specifically CO2, considered the most hazardous gas among them.

 

Its target obligates shipowners to monitor, report and verify CO2 emissions, fuel consumptions and transport work of ships.

 

According to the Regulation, companies for each ship must fulfil the following deadlines:

HOW CAN TECNOVERITAS HELP YOU?

 

TecnoVeritas is accredited by IPAC as an independent verifier for MRV activities, according to ISO 14065.

Accreditation Certificate

Accreditation Technical Annex

We can help you with one of the two services:

 

DEVELOP MRV MONITORING PLANS

With our maritime expertise, we can help your company developing MRV Monitoring Plans (for each vessel) in order to comply with the requirements of EU 19027/2016.

 

VALIDATE MONITORING PLANS & VERIFY EMISSIONS REPORT

From 31st August until 31st December 2017, we can help you assess your vessel’s monitoring plan and we can monitor the vessel’s COemissions in the reporting period and verify Emissions Report.

 

SHIP CATEGORIES

MRV will be applied to big pollutants – ships with 5000GT or higher, ships for commercial purposes (passengers or cargo), regardless of the flag or country.

 

There are ships exempted (warships; naval auxiliaries; fish-catching or fish-processing; wooden ships of a primitive build; ships not propelled by mechanical means; government ships (non-commercial purpose); dredging; ice-breaking; pipe laying; offshore installation activities.)

PENALTIES

There are strict penalties in case of non-compliance, those penalties should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

 

The penalties are defined by each Member State. It is appropriate to provide the possibility of expulsion for ships that failed to comply for two or more consecutive reporting periods with monitoring and reporting requirements.

SHIPOWNER’S OBLIGATIONS

  • Provide certifications of flowmeters and emissions source;
  • Provide procedures and calculations;
  • Provide monitoring methodologies for each emission source;
  • Have its Emissions Report independently verified;
  • Carry on board a Document of Compliance (DOC);
  • Provide to the verifiers’ emissions data (fuel consumption, GHG, energy efficiency) and ships activity data (distance, cargo, time spent at sea);
  • Develop a monitoring plan (per voyage and annual) which must be submitted to an independent accredited verifier.

VERIFIER’S ROLE

  • Define sampling plan, the nature and extension of its activities;
  • The verifier must be impartial, independent, capable and accredited;
  • Check the client’s monitoring plan, assuring its content and requirements according to regulations;
  • Identify and evaluate the risks related to the monitoring activity (inherent, calculations, control and detections);
  • Assess the emissions report, verify data credibility and compare estimations based on the ship location data and its features on-board.
 
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