The revised MARPOL Annex VI establishes a mandatory scheme for the collection and reporting of fuel oil consumption data for each type of fuel used onboard ships.
Resolution MEPC.278(70) has been adopted, amending MARPOL Annex VI that requires mandatory fuel oil consumption data collection and reporting through a new Regulation 22A. As required by the new Regulation 22A of MARPOL Annex VI:
* From calendar year 2019 (i.e. 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2019), each ship of 5,000 gross tonnage and above shall collect the data in a predefined form, 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.
* Within three months after the end of each calendar year, the ship shall report to its Administration or any organization duly authorized by it, the aggregated value for each datum, via electronic communication and using a standardized format.
* Upon verification of the submitted data, the Administration or any organization duly authorized by it will issue to the ship by 31st of May a Statement of Compliance related to fuel oil consumption.
* Finally, the Administration will submit aggregated data to the IMO, which will maintain an anonymized IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database.
New SEEMP Part II
In order to collect the required data a new SEEMP Part II has to be developed to outline the methodology used to collect fuel oil consumption data. The SEEMP Part II shall include information of fuel oil consumption by the main engines, auxiliary engines, gas turbines, boilers and inert gas generator, for each type of fuel oil consumed, regardless of whether a ship is underway or not as well as on the methods to measure distance travelled, hours underway and other information. SEEMP Part II must be developed following the IMO MEPC.282(70) that includes guidelines for the development of a data collection plan.
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