UK P&I Club advises members that a new regulation on data collection for energy consumption of vessels has been enacted by the Chinese Maritime Safety Administration, which was put forward on January 1, 2019. According to the new regulation, applicable vessels calling at Chinese ports are to submit to the MSA the ‘Data Report Format for Energy Consumption of Ships’, and providing information on the last voyage, prior to their departure from the port.
The principal options of the new regulation, are:
- The regulation applies to all vessels of 400gt and above, or powered by engines of 750kW and above with the exception of warships and fishing vessels, regardless flag;
- Reports using the format ‘Data Report Format for the Energy Consumption of Ships‘ (included as an annex to the attached document) are to be submitted to the reporting portal for ships;
- Reports for the last completed voyage, such as voyage preceding arrival in a Chinese port, are to be submitted each time the vessel is leaving a Chinese port;
- There are exemptions for Chinese flag vessels, ferries, feeders in short sea shipping;
- In the case of non-Chinese flag vessels, reports must be submitted by the ship agent. The shipowner/operator will most probably provide a report to the agent who will then upload it to the MSA portal using the agent’s account;
- The report is to be transmitted to the MSA portal at the time of issuing the port departure report/port clearance report;
- A ship may be exempted from the per voyage reporting and report to the MSA on a monthly basis if trading within a fixed region and the time underway per voyage is 4 hours or less, or sailing on fixed route and the time underway per voyage is 12 hours or less.
