DNV GL gains MRV accreditation

The European Union (EU) regulations on CO₂ emissions, which entered force in July 2015 and differ from those of the IMO, will require more than 16,000 commercial ships of 5,000gt and above to demonstrate compliance, according to some estimates.
From the beginning of January 2018, ship operators will have to monitor, report and verify CO₂ emissions generated from commercial vessels of 5,000gt and above, regardless of flag, for each qualifying voyage. These include voyages within the EU and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), incoming voyages from a non-EU port, and outgoing voyages to a non-EU destination. However, before that, ship operators will have to prepare a monitoring plan for each ship affected by the regulations in just over four months’ time, by the end of August. Data required will relate to emissions, cargo shipped and energy consumed.
These plans must then be verified independently by a certified body, such as DNV GL, prior to the start of the first monitoring period in January 2018. The data will then be sent to a central European Commission (EC) database which is likely to be managed by the European Maritime Safety Agency. The EC will publish the first set of aggregated emission results by June 30, 2019.  
Oliver Darley, vice president, head of Ship Systems, Materials & Components at the classification society, said: “Receiving the first EU MRV accreditation from DAkkS is an important sign of the work we have put into developing our competence and processes for the new regime. At the same time, we have invested heavily in putting in place a set of digital solutions that will make compliance as simple and transparent as possible.”