The following questions and answers are intended to serve as interim guidance to support shipping professionals in understanding the application of the MRV Maritime Regulation. They do not replace the legislation. For further details, please consult the updated MRV Maritime Regulation. Latest update: 19 February 2024 1. Can a third company, different from the registered owner or the mandated ISM ...
EMSA, together with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) has held a series of webinars on the extension of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to maritime transport, including the relevant changes introduced to the EU Maritime Monitoring Reporting and Verification (EU MRV) system. The webinars are for invited maritime stakeholders. However, a recording of ...
From 1 January 2024, CO2 emissions from ships of and above 5 000 gross tonnage, calling at or departing from ports in the European Economic Area (EEA), no matter what flag they fly (EEA/non EEA), are included in the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS). The extension of the ETS to maritime transport includes: 100% of emissions from ships calling at an EEA port for voyages within the EEA 50% of ...
In 2015, the decarbonisation of the maritime transport sector in the EU took an important first step forward with the entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 2015/757 on the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of CO2 emissions (the MRV Regulation). The MRV Regulation established rules where shipping companies report annually, and accredited independent verifiers verify, the reported amounts of ...
The following questions and answers are intended to guide shipping professionals in understanding the revised EU Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Maritime Regulation. They do not replace the legislation. For further detail, please consult the updated EU Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) Maritime Regulation. Latest update: 22 December 2023 INDEX Ships covered by the ...
The following questions and answers are intended to guide shipping professionals in understanding the application of the EU Emissions Trading System to maritime transport. They do not replace the legislation. For further detail, please consult the updated EU Emissions Trading System Directive. Latest update: 22 December 2023 INDEX Extension of the EU Emissions Trading System to maritime ...
The Fuel EU Maritime Regulation is a complementary regulation to the EU ETS, ensuring that the greenhouse gas intensity of fuels used by the shipping sector will gradually decrease over time. It contributes to the EU-wide target of reducing net emissions by at least 55% by 2030, and to achieving climate neutrality in 2050. The political agreement already reached on 23 March 2023 was formally ...
As a result of various onboard combustion and energy transformation processes, ships emit various air pollutants into the atmosphere. The main ones are sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM) and carbon monoxide (CO). In 2018, air pollutant emissions produced by the maritime transport sector in the EU represented 24% for NOx, 24% for SOx and 9% of PM2.5 as a ...
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) contribute to climate change, representing a threat to the marine environment and human health. They produce changes in temperature, increasing CO2 levels, and decreasing pH in waters and soils, changes in nutrients and dissolved oxygen due to changes in circulation and stratification, as well as extreme weather events and sea level rise. Ships calling at EU and European ...
According to Directive (EU) 2016/802, the use of Emission Abatement Methods (EAM) as an alternative to traditional marine fuels, should be allowed in ships of all flags in ports, territorial seas and economic exclusive zones of the EU. Ships using EAM’s in these areas shall continuously achieve reductions of sulphur dioxide emissions that are at least equivalent to the reductions that would be ...