The US Office of Design and Engineering Standards issued the Marine Safety Information Bulletin 05-18, ‘Authorization of Classification Societies for the Issuance of Statements of Compliance – Fuel Oil Consumption Reporting.’ This relates to recent amendments to MARPOL Annex VI – Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships.
Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships require that from 2019, each ship of 5,000 gross tonnage and above should collect the data specified in appendix IX of MARPOL Annex VI, for that and each following calendar year.
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This data has to be collected according to the methodology in the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan. Under new regulations 6.6 and 6.7, upon receipt of reported data, the Administration or any organization recognized by it should determine if the data has been reported according to MARPOL Annex VI, and if so, issue a Statement of Compliance.
Those classification societies that have received authorization by the US Coast Guard to issue International Energy Efficiency certificates can also issue Statements of Compliance – Fuel Oil Consumption Reporting.
Results of the verification have to be reported directly to the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database based on resolution MEPC.293(71).
