Marine Operations Note: 06/2018 - Early Submission of the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) Part II for Review and Verification
17 September 2018
Marine Operation Note 06/2018
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17 September 2018
MARINE OPERATIONS NOTE 06/2018
(This Marine Operations Note revokes Marine Advisory 09/2018)
Subject: Early Submission of the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) Part II for Review and Verification
Dear Shipowners/Operators and Masters,
The purpose of this Marine Operations Note is to remind all Shipowners, Operators and Masters that from calendar year 2019, each ship of 5,000 gross tonnage and above shall collect fuel consumption data for 2019 and each subsequent calendar year or portion thereof, as appropriate. A description of the methodology that will be used for collecting and reporting the vessel’s fuel data shall be described in the ships SEEMP Part II and verified as compliant on or before 31 December 2018, as required under Regulation 22.2 of MARPOL Annex VI.
Shipowners and Operators are encouraged to submit their vessels SEEMP Part II to one of the authorized classification societies or non-classification society verifiers listed in the updated Appendix 1 of Marine Operations Note 02-2018 by 1 October 2018, or as soon thereafter as possible, for review and verification. The updated Appendix 1 is available on the Technical Department tab under Maritime on the Registry’s website. Upon satisfactory verification, the Administration will provide a Confirmation of Compliance, which shall be retained on board the ship.
For guidance on developing and submitting the SEEMP Part II, please refer to Marine Notice POL-009 and Marine Operations Note 02-2018. For more information on this Marine Advisory, please contact the Technical Division at technical@liscr.com or telephone +1 703 790 3434.
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Appendix 1 ‐ LIST OF AUTHORISED EU MRV & IMO DCS VERIFIERS
Classification Societies Verifiers non‐Classification Society Verifiers
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Dromon Bureau of Shipping, Cyprus
Bureau Veritas (BV) EMICERT L.T.D., Greece
China Classification Society (CCS) EnvService GmbH
Croatian Registry of Shipping ICS VERIFICATION SERVICES SINGLE MEMBER P.C.
DNV GL Swiss Climate EcoCare, Germany
Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) VERIFAVIA (UK) LTD / VERIFAVIA SARL, France
Korean Register of Shiping (KR)
Lloyd’s Register (LR)
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK)
Polski Rejestr Statkow (PRS)
Registro Italiano Navale (RINA)
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS)
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Appendix 2 
Implementation Schedule
Step | Shipowners/managers | Classification Societies recognized by Liberia or non‐ Classification Society Verifiers | The Liberian Administration | EU MRV Key Dates | IMO DCS Key Dates |
1 | Select a service provider from Appendix 1 | by 31 December 2017 | |||
2 | Establish Contract for EU MRV & IMO DCS | ||||
3 | Prepare Monitoring Plan (EU) and updated SEEMP (IMO) | ||||
4 | Review the MP and SEEMP | ||||
5 | Upon satisfactory verification of the MP issue the required acceptance/approval to the shipowner | ||||
6 | Upon satisfactory verification confirm compliance for the updated SEEMP to the Administration | ||||
7 | Upon satisfactory review issue formal Confirmation of Compliance for the updated SEEMP to the Shipowner | by 31 December 2018 | |||
8 | Start collecting the fuel oil consumption and other required data as per the approved MP and updated SEEMP. | 1 January 2018 | 1 January 2019 | ||
9 | Annual data as per the MP and updated SEEMP submitted to the Classification Societies recognized by Liberia or non‐ Classification Society Verifier | by 31 March 2019 | by 31 March 2020 | ||
10 | Upon satisfactory verification issue a Document of Compliance to the Shipowner | ||||
11 | Upon satisfactory verification of the annual data for the IMO DCS confirm compliance to the Administration | ||||
12 | Upon satisfactory review issue formal Statement of Compliance with the IMO DCS to the Shipowner | by 31 May 2020 | |||
13 | Report required annual data to EU MRV database | by 30 April 2019 | |||
14 | Report required annual data to IMO GISIS Database | by 31 May 2020 | |||
EU MRV |
IMO DCS |
IMO DCS + EU MRV |
Deadlines |
Steps 1 and 2: Initial and for contract renewal and change of Verifier
Steps 3 to 7: Initial and whenever any modifications are made
Steps 8 to 14: Repeated every year
