Refers to: Ship Managers/Owners, Clients, PHRS Representatives
Action Date: September 2017

Dear all,

The purpose of subject newsletter is to inform all interested parties about the conduction of a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) from the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly with the Tokyo MoU. The Black Sea MoU will also participate in the same CIC campaign.

Please click here for the relevant Press Release for more details.

The CIC will focus on navigation safety, including Electronic Chart Display Information Systems (ECDIS).

The campaign will be held for three months, beginning on the 1st of September 2017 till the 30th of November 2017.

During this time, Port State Control (PSC) Officers are expected to use a standard questionnaire, which will be published in August 2017.

Once the CIC questionnaire will be published in August, PHRS will launch a similar CIC throughout its classed ships in order to ensure that  the ships will be better prepared for the CIC.

Do not hesitate to contact us for any clarifications you may need on the above.

 June 12th, 2017  -  PHRS Head Office

Refers to: Ship Managers / Owners of Panamanian flagged vessels, Clients, PHRS Surveyors / Representatives
Action Date: Immediate

Dear all,

Kindly note that the purpose of subject newsletter is to inform all interested parties, that according to Merchant Marine Circular MMC-348 ( which can be found here for your reference), our Organization has been authorized by Panama Maritime Authority, to issue the Provisional Certificate regarding the International Ballast Water Management Convention, 2004.

For any more information/ clarifications regarding a/m issue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

March 27th, 2017 - PHRS Head Office

We are proud to announce that our authorization status from the Zanzibar Maritime Authority has been updated from a case by case status to a full authorization.

The agreement signed between our Organization and Zanzibar Maritime Authority is authorizing PHRS to perform surveys and provide statutory certificates for vessels registered under the ZMA flag, thus leading our organization to continuous improvement and inspiring us to continue setting higher quality standards for our services and keep on contributing to the formation of a safer maritime environment.

Refers to: All Clients
Action Date: Various

According to the new European Regulation (EU) 2015/757 for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide emissions for Shipping (EU MRV), from 1/1/2018 onwards every ship equal to or larger than 5000 GT which has a commercial operation and calls to a European port, is obliged to monitor and report a series of relevant data on to its CO2 emissions. It is estimated that 15,000 ships are affected by the requirements of this Regulation, with each one of them obliged to report those data in an annual basis to the European Commission, after having them verified by an independent, ISO 14065 accredited verifier. Prior to the inauguration of the monitoring period, the Regulation imposes on every ship lying in the above category to develop an appropriate monitoring methodology of the required data, compile a ship specific Monitoring Plan and submit it, earlier than 1st of September 2017, for assessment by an accredited verification body

Who does this Regulation concern and which are the exceptions?
This Regulation should be applied to all ships regardless of their flag. However regulation 2015/757 does not apply for ship movements and activities not serving the purpose of transporting cargo or passengers for commercial purposes such as dredging, icebreaking, pipe-laying or off shore installation activities. In addition, it does not apply to warships, naval auxiliaries, fish-catching or fish-processing ships, wooden ships of a primitive build, ships not propelled by mechanical means, or government ships used for non-commercial purposes.

A roadmap towards the implementation of Regulation 2015/757

 
By August 31st of 2017, companies shall prepare and submit to an accredited verifier a Monitoring Plan (MP) for each of their ships indicating the monitoring and reporting method chosen.

As of January 1st of 2018, companies shall, based on the monitoring plan assessed, monitor CO2 emissions for each ship on a per-voyage and annual basis by applying the appropriate method for determining CO2 emissions and by calculating CO2 emissions in accordance to the Regulation requirements.

As of April 30th of 2019, and by 30 April of each year, companies shall submit to an accredited Verifier, an Emissions Report concerning the CO2 emissions and other relevant information for the entire reporting period for each ship under their responsibility, for the scope of verification that the reported data conform to the requirements laid down in the Regulation.  

As of June 30th of 2019 and by 30 June of the year following the end of a reporting period, the verification process of the Emissions Report will have to be completed. When the emissions report will be verified as satisfactory by the verifier:
•    A Verification Report shall be issued by the Verifier which shall be submitted to the EU Commission and to the authorities of the Flag States concerned.
•    The Emissions report will be submitted to the EU Commission and to the authorities of the Flag States concerned.
•    A Document of Compliance shall be issued by the verifier on the basis of the verification report.

By June 30th of the year following the end of a reporting period, ships arriving at, within or departing from a port under the jurisdiction of EU Member State and which have carried out voyages during that reporting period, shall carry on board a valid Document of Compliance.
This Document of Compliance shall be valid for the period of 18 months after the end of a reporting period.

Verifiers
For the first phase the Accredited Verifier shall assess the conformity of the monitoring plan with the requirements of the Regulation.

Verifiers must be independent bodies accredited to the ISO 14065 standard from an EU Member National accreditation body, as required from the EU MRV Regulation.

Starting from 2019, the verifier shall also assess the conformity of the emissions report with the requirements laid down in the Regulation. In particular, the verifier shall assess whether the CO2 emissions and other relevant information included in the emissions report have been determined in accordance with the monitoring activities and the monitoring plan.

Where the verification assessment concludes, with reasonable assurance from the verifier that the emissions report is free from material misstatements, the verifier shall issue a verification report stating that the emissions report has been verified as satisfactory. Otherwise, the company shall correct the misstatements or non-conformities so as to enable the verification process to be completed in time and shall submit to the verifier the revised emissions report and any other information that was necessary to correct the non-conformities identified.
At the final stage of the MRV procedure, according to the Regulation, the verifier issues a Verification Report and a Document of Compliance.

Who you can trust?
Phoenix Register of Shipping’s role on the EU MRV process is to assist ship-owners and ship-managers whose vessels will be affected by the Regulation (EU) 2015/757 on their timely understanding and implementing the requirements of EU MRV Regulation for maritime industry in a reliable, time-efficient and cost effective manner.
In this scope, Phoenix Register of Shipping has entered into a framework agreement for cooperation with EMICERT (formerly ECOCERT Ltd), a verification body which is the 1st Verifier globally accredited to the ISO 14065 standard with multinational experience, specialized in the Verification of GHG Emission.

EMICERT, the specialized Hellenic body, exclusively engaged since 2005 with the verification of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, follows closely the developments of the MRV regulation.

For more than a decade Emicert provides its verifications services for the purposes of EU-ETS to the majority of Greek market (industry and aviation). EMICERT expanded its activities to other European markets and has a leading position in the market of Hellas, Cyprus, Ireland and Bulgaria.
Emicert is the 1st Verifier globally that has completed the ISO 14065 accreditation process with the Hellenic National Accreditation Body (ESYD), in the context of the European Regulation 2015/757 (EU MRV).
The ISO 14065 Accreditation Scope covers the whole range of the industrial activities, aviation, maritime, as well as voluntary schemes (Carbon footprint) according to the requirements of the relevant Regulations and Standards.

With the alliance between Phoenix Register of Shipping and Emicert, the shipping industry will find a reliable partner for the implementation of the maritime EU MRV procedure which will be inaugurated in 2017.

Contact Details: 

EMICERT Ltd – GHG Verification Body

20, Karea str, GR11636 Athens, GREECE,                                                                    

T: +30 210 7211877, F: +30 210 7211040       

www.emicert.com - info@emicert.com      

  Phoenix Register of Shipping S.A.

  16, 2as Merarchias Str., 185 35, Piraeus, Attica,  Hellas 

  T: +30 210 413 6555 | +30 210 413 6505, F: +30 210 413 7888

   www.phrs.gr - mail@phrs.gr

Refers to: Owners and operators of ships that are subject to air emission controls under MARPOL Annex VI.
Action Date: March 1st, 2018

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted the Resolution MEPC.282(70) on 28th October 2016 with amendments to chapter 4 of Annex VI of MARPOL, adding a new Regulation 22A on Collection And Reporting Of Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Data and new appendices covering Information to be submitted to the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database. The new mandatory Fuel Oil Data Collection System applies to international shipping and is requiring ships above 5,000 gross tonnage to start collecting and reporting fuel consumption data to IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database from 2019.

These amendments are expected to enter into force on 1 March 2018, under the tacit acceptance procedure with the first reporting period being for the 2019 calendar year.

By virtue of these amendments,
•    Ships with 5.000 GT and above will have to start collecting data on fuel consumption and transport work from 2019 according to the Methodology set out in the Ship Energy Efficiency Monitoring Plan (SEEMP) and submit the relative annual reports to their Flag Administration,
•    New (2016) Guidelines for the Development of a Ship Energy Efficiency Monitoring Plan (SEEMP) were adopted with Resolution MEPC.282(70) which superseded the 2012 SEEMP Guidelines; the SEEMP of the vessels will have to be updated before 2019,
•    Aggregated data on fuel consumption will be reported to the ship’s flag State after the end of each calendar year,
•    Upon verification of the submitted data, the Administrations will issue to the ships a Statement of Compliance related to fuel oil consumption,
•    The Administrations will submit aggregated data to IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database for anonymized publication.

Ship-owners and operators will need to start considering the means for collecting the fuel oil consumption data that is most appropriate for each ship and updating the SEEMPs of their ships to reflect this process.

Ship-owners and operators whose vessels call EU ports have to consider also the EU MRV regulations which will enter into force this year, for undertaking the appropriate actions for compliance with these requirements as well.

Find here the IMO Resolution MEPC.278(70) - 2016 Guidelines for the development of SEEMP as adopted at MEPC.70, for further information.

Additionally, IMO is also developing Draft Guidelines for Administration data verification procedures in order to assist Administrations with the verification of the reported data and the issuance of the Statement of Compliance.
MEPC.71 (July 2017) is expected to finalize and adopt these guidelines.

Do not hesitate to contact our office for any clarifications you may need on the above.

PHRS Head Office