Transport Malta has issued a Merchant Shipping Notice in order to remind all those concerned that, by 31 August 2017, companies shall submit ship-specific monitoring plans for fuel consumption indicating the method chosen to monitor and report CO2 emissions and other relevant information for each of their ships covered by the Regulation (EU) No.2015/757 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC, to an accredited verifier for approval.
Inter alia, the Regulation requires shipowners and operators to monitor, report and verify CO2 emissions from ships above 5,000 GT and which call at any port under the jurisdiction of an EU Member State. In order to ensure the continuous uninterrupted operation of Maltese ships, shipowners and operators of ships which are covered by the Regulation, are hereby reminded to put in place the necessary procedures to implement the Regulation as soon as possible. Shipowners and operators are encouraged to be prepared, starting by developing monitoring plans as well as examining how to best collect, aggregate and report fuel consumption and transport work data for their ships.
In case of ships falling under the scope of the Regulation for the first time after 31 August 2017, this obligation is to be fulfilled no later than two months after each ship’s first call in a port under the jurisdiction of an EU Member State.
The monitoring plan shall consist of complete and transparent documentation of the monitoring method for the ship concerned and shall contain all the elements required by Regulation 2015/757. Companies shall draw up the monitoring plan using a template corresponding to the model set out in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1927.
In case the verifier’s assessment identifies non-conformities with the requirements of the Regulation, companies shall revise the monitoring plan accordingly and submit the revised plan for final assessment by the verifier before the reporting period starts.
On 1 January 2018 companies shall start the per-voyage and annual monitoring of the parameters specified in Regulation 2015/757. This should be based on the monitoring plan assessed by the accredited verifiers, for each ship arriving in or departing from, and for each voyage to or form a port under an EU Member State’s jurisdiction.
Furthermore, as from 2019, by 30 April of each year, companies are obliged to submit verified annual emissions reports concerning the CO2 emissions for the previous entire reporting period for each ship to the Merchant Shipping Directorate and to the European Commission.
Further details may be found herebelow
Source: Transport Malta
