Tag: Sustainability
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FAQ - Interim guidance on the revision of the Monitoring Plan
Published20.02.2024The 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 ...
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EMTER 2024 Stakeholder Consultation Workshop
Published25.01.2024This WS will take place on Zoom on 14.02.2024. For further information download the WS agenda below.
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Extension of EU ETS to maritime: information and resources
Published05.01.2024Since 1 January 2024, CO2 emissions from shipping companies having ships of or above 5 000 gross tonnage, calling at or departing from ports in the European Economic Area (EEA), are part of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS). Shipping companies are obliged to monitor and report their emissions and acquire and surrender ETS emission allowances for each tonne of their fleet CO2 emissions ...
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Webinars
Published08.12.2023EMSA, 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 ...
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ETS Extension to maritime
Published08.12.2023From 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 ...
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MRV Regulation
Published08.12.2023In 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 ...
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2nd Workshop on Alternative Fuels (biofuels and ammonia) and Power Solutions for Shipping and Ports
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New study: Potential of Wind-Assisted Propulsion for Shipping
Published27.11.2023The potential of wind assisted propulsion systems as a power source in the shipping sector is analysed in a new report released by EMSA. Even though the total number of ships equipped with wind assisted propulsion systems is still at a comparatively low level, there is a perceptible increase in the number of ships that have installed or are planning to install these systems. The report, the ...
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Potential of wind-assisted propulsion for shipping
Published27.11.2023The maritime industry faces substantive challenges due to increasingly strict air emissions and climate legislation as its practitioners navigate the course towards decarbonisation. Among the broad spectrum of technologies and fuel solutions being considered, wind-assisted propulsion systems (WAPSs) are seen as a technology that could reduce the fuel consumption from ships and, consequently, ...
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Alternative fuels and sources of power
Published22.11.2023On 28 and 29 November, EMSA will hold a workshop on alternative fuels and sources of power for shipping, which will be streamed live from our Lisbon headquarters. Two new studies on the potential of hydrogen as a fuel for shipping and the potential of wind assisted power systems as a power source will be presented and discussed at the workshop. These studies complement our previous research on ...
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