American Journal of Water Science and Engineering 2020; 6(1): 50-59 http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ajwse doi: 10.11648/j.ajwse.20200601.16 ISSN: 2575-1867 (Print); ISSN: 2575-1875 (Online) Study on IMO New Requirement: Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Data Collection and Reporting Wang Deling * , Chen Yuli, Huang Changhai, Chen Liang, Wu Changyue Merchant Marine College, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China Email address: * Corresponding author To cite this article: Wang Deling, Chen Yuli, Huang Changhai, Chen Liang, Wu Changyue. Study on IMO New Requirement: Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Data Collection and Reporting. American Journal of Water Science and Engineering. Vol. 6, No. 1, 2020, pp. 50-59. doi: 10.11648/j.ajwse.20200601.16 Received: January 23, 2020; Accepted: February 19, 2020; Published: March 24, 2020 Abstract: The increase of heat in the Earth’s atmosphere caused by greenhouse gases emissions has changed the natural climate variability, resulting in the climate change. According to the Third IMO GHG Study 2014, international shipping has emitted 866 million tonnes of GHG per year on average between 2007 and 2012 which represented approximately 2.4% of global GHG emissions. In order to mandatorily implement the ship fuel consumption data collection and reporting scheme, IMO adopted amendments to MARPOL Annex VI on data collection system for fuel oil consumption of ships by the resolution MEPC.278 (70), in which a new "Regulation 22A-Collection and reporting of ship fuel oil consumption data” was added, requiring that each ship of 5,000 gross tonnage and above, from calendar year 2019, shall collect the fuel consumption data as specified and report to its flag state. In order to implement properly the new regulations, this paper, supported by “a pilot project of shipboard fuel consumption data collection”, systematically analyses the IMO requirements for ship fuel consumption data collections and data collection methods. And based on the shipboard real practices and experiences, the whole process of data collection is demonstrated, and precautions and suggestions for more accurate data collection are also provided, for the easy reference by parties concerned such as ship masters, ship owners, managers, maritime authorities, etc. Keywords: Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change, Ship Fuel Consumption, Data Collection, MARPOL Annex VI 1. Introduction Human activities, in particular the rising fossil fuel combustion, have directly emitted growing amounts of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the Earth’s atmosphere. A cumulative rise of anthropogenic GHG such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) has led to in the Earth’s atmosphere a rise of the heat from the sun that would in principle be rebounded back into space. [1] The increase of heat in the Earth’s atmosphere has changed the natural climate variability, resulting in the climate change. The direct impacts of climate change on the Earth can be summarized as follows: 1) Increases in the average global temperature (global warming); 2) Changes in cloud cover and precipitation particularly over land; 3) Melting of ice caps and glaciers and reduced snow cover, and 4) Increases in ocean temperatures and ocean acidity. Further, it is well recognized that the major threats caused by the global warming have had severe impacts on human sustainable survival and natural systems, including: 1) The rise of the sea mean level, 2) The biodiversity losses, 3) More frequent and extreme weather events, 4) The creation of new diseases, 5) The famine aggravation, and 6) The losses of traditional lifestyles. International shipping carries over 80% of all traded goods by volume and over 70% by value. About more than 50,000 merchant ships registered in over 150 nations are trading internationally. According to the Third IMO GHG Study 2014, international shipping has emitted 866 million tonnes of GHG
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American Journal of Water Science and Engineering 2020; 6(1): 50-59
http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ajwse
doi: 10.11648/j.ajwse.20200601.16
ISSN: 2575-1867 (Print); ISSN: 2575-1875 (Online)
Study on IMO New Requirement: Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Data Collection and Reporting
Wang Deling*, Chen Yuli, Huang Changhai, Chen Liang, Wu Changyue
Merchant Marine College, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China
Email address:
*Corresponding author
To cite this article: Wang Deling, Chen Yuli, Huang Changhai, Chen Liang, Wu Changyue. Study on IMO New Requirement: Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Data
Collection and Reporting. American Journal of Water Science and Engineering. Vol. 6, No. 1, 2020, pp. 50-59.
doi: 10.11648/j.ajwse.20200601.16
Received: January 23, 2020; Accepted: February 19, 2020; Published: March 24, 2020
Abstract: The increase of heat in the Earth’s atmosphere caused by greenhouse gases emissions has changed the natural
climate variability, resulting in the climate change. According to the Third IMO GHG Study 2014, international shipping has
emitted 866 million tonnes of GHG per year on average between 2007 and 2012 which represented approximately 2.4% of
global GHG emissions. In order to mandatorily implement the ship fuel consumption data collection and reporting scheme,
IMO adopted amendments to MARPOL Annex VI on data collection system for fuel oil consumption of ships by the resolution
MEPC.278 (70), in which a new "Regulation 22A-Collection and reporting of ship fuel oil consumption data” was added,
requiring that each ship of 5,000 gross tonnage and above, from calendar year 2019, shall collect the fuel consumption data as
specified and report to its flag state. In order to implement properly the new regulations, this paper, supported by “a pilot
project of shipboard fuel consumption data collection”, systematically analyses the IMO requirements for ship fuel
consumption data collections and data collection methods. And based on the shipboard real practices and experiences, the
whole process of data collection is demonstrated, and precautions and suggestions for more accurate data collection are also
provided, for the easy reference by parties concerned such as ship masters, ship owners, managers, maritime authorities, etc.
Keywords: Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change, Ship Fuel Consumption, Data Collection, MARPOL Annex VI
1. Introduction
Human activities, in particular the rising fossil fuel
combustion, have directly emitted growing amounts of
greenhouse gases (GHG) into the Earth’s atmosphere. A
cumulative rise of anthropogenic GHG such as carbon dioxide
(CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) has led to in
the Earth’s atmosphere a rise of the heat from the sun that
would in principle be rebounded back into space. [1] The
increase of heat in the Earth’s atmosphere has changed the
natural climate variability, resulting in the climate change.
The direct impacts of climate change on the Earth can be
summarized as follows:
1) Increases in the average global temperature (global
warming);
2) Changes in cloud cover and precipitation particularly
over land;
3) Melting of ice caps and glaciers and reduced snow cover,
and
4) Increases in ocean temperatures and ocean acidity.
Further, it is well recognized that the major threats caused
by the global warming have had severe impacts on human
sustainable survival and natural systems, including:
1) The rise of the sea mean level,
2) The biodiversity losses,
3) More frequent and extreme weather events,
4) The creation of new diseases,
5) The famine aggravation, and
6) The losses of traditional lifestyles.
International shipping carries over 80% of all traded goods
by volume and over 70% by value. About more than 50,000
merchant ships registered in over 150 nations are trading
internationally. According to the Third IMO GHG Study 2014,
international shipping has emitted 866 million tonnes of GHG
American Journal of Water Science and Engineering 2020; 6(1): 50-59 51
(in CO2 equivalent) per year on average between 2007 and 2012
which represented approximately 2.4% of global anthropogenic
GHG emissions, and emitted 846 million tonnes of CO2
emissions per year on average between 2007 and 2012,
accounting for about 2.6% of global CO2 emissions per year on
average on the same period. Moreover, despite the amelioration
through the technological and operational measures, the future
CO2 emissions from the international shipping sector are
projected to rise by between 50% and 250% over the period
2012-2050 based on the business-as-usual (BAU) scenario that
assumes a tripling in world trade [2].
Consequently, it is indispensable that the international
shipping industry shall take necessary actions to effectively
limit and reduce the GHG emissions from ships in order to
help achieve the goal in controlling the rise of global surface
temperature which is laid down in the Paris Agreement to The
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC).
IMO has been always dedicating itself in GHG emission
reduction in shipping sector. A variety of regulations has been
adopted by IMO to increase the energy efficiency in shipping
field, thus reducing the GHG emissions. In order to
mandatorily implement the ship fuel consumption data
collection and reporting scheme, IMO adopted amendments to
MARPOL Annex VI on data collection system for fuel oil
consumption of ships through the resolution MEPC.278 (70),
which entered into force on 1 March 2018. [3] A new
"Regulation 22A-Collection and reporting of ship fuel oil
consumption data” was added after existing regulation 22,
MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI chapter 4, requiring that “each
ship of 5,000 gross tonnage and above, from calendar year
2019, shall collect the data specified in appendix IX to the
Annex, for that and each subsequent calendar year or portion
thereof, as appropriate, according to the methodology
included in the SEEMP.” [4]
However, to collect and report various fuel consumption
data as regulated by the newly added regulation is never a easy
process. Supported by “a pilot project of shipboard fuel
consumption data collection”, this paper systematically
analyses the IMO requirements for ship fuel consumption data
collections and data collection methods. And based on the
shipboard real practices and experiences, the whole process of
data collection is demonstrated, and precautions and
suggestions for more accurate data collection are also
provided, for the easy reference by parties concerned such as
consumption data collection and reporting scheme, IMO
adopted amendments to MARPOL Annex VI on data
collection system for fuel oil consumption of ships through
the resolution MEPC.278 (70), which entered into force on
1 March 2018. Under the amendments, the regulation 22A
of collection and reporting of ship fuel oil consumption data,
the Appendix IX on information to be submitted to the IMO
Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database and the Appendix X
on Form of Statement of Compliance – Fuel Oil
Consumption Reporting are added in the chapter 4 of
MARPOL Annex VI.
However, to collect and report various fuel consumption
data as regulated by the newly added regulation is never a
easy process. Supported by “a pilot project of shipboard fuel
consumption data collection”, this paper systematically
analyses the IMO requirements for ship fuel consumption
data collections and data collection methods as discussed in
section 2. Presently, there are three methods recognized by
IMO for collecting fuel consumption data. When collecting
ship fuel consumption data by using each, there might be
various factors affecting the accuracy of the data,
precautions and suggestions provided in this paper are
advised to be taken into consideration so as to collect the data
correctly and accurately.
And based on the shipboard real practices and experiences,
the whole process of data collection is demonstrated, and
precautions and suggestions for more accurate data collection
are also provided, for the easy reference by parties concerned
such as ship masters, ship owners, managers, maritime
authorities, etc.
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