1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 These Guidelines provide guidance on the development and management
of the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database (hereafter "the
database"), and describe methods that will be used to anonymize ship
data for use by Parties, in accordance with regulation 27 of MARPOL Annex VI, and
to ensure the completeness of the database.
1.2 In general, the purpose of the database is to provide data for
establishing annual CO2 emissions from ships and support
consideration of further measures for reducing carbon intensity of
international shipping.
1.3 With regard to data confidentiality, regulation 27.12 stipulates that "The
Secretary-General of the Organization shall maintain an anonymized
database such that identification of a specific ship will not be
possible. Parties shall have access to the anonymized data strictly
for their analysis and consideration." These Guidelines balance data
anonymization with the usability of data for analysis by the Parties
and Organization.
1.4 Regulation 27.13 states that "The IMO
Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database shall be undertaken and managed
by the Secretary-General of the Organization, pursuant to guidelines
to be developed by the Organization." With regard to the
establishment of the database and for data visualization, it will be
developed as a module within the Global Integrated Shipping
Information System (GISIS) platform and associated web application,
as necessary, with the integrated IMO Web Accounts framework
utilized to manage secure access to the module.
2 DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of these Guidelines, the definitions in
MARPOL Annex VI apply.
3 DATA ANONYMIZATION
Pursuant to regulation 27.12 of MARPOL Annex VI,
the data are to be anonymized such that identification of a specific
ship will not be possible. For the purpose of the anonymization of
the fuel oil consumption data, the following should apply for the
database:
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.1 the IMO number and ship flag should not be shown;
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.2 gross tonnage (GT), net tonnage (NT), deadweight
tonnage (DWT) and power output (rated power) should
be rounded to two significant digits, for example, a
ship tonnage of 167,430 GT should be shown as
170,000 GT;
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.3 attained EEDI and attained EEXI should be rounded to
two decimal places;
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.4 required annual operational CII (AER or cgDIST),
attained annual operational CII (AER or cgDIST),
attained annual operational CII (AER or cgDIST)
before any correction and operational carbon
intensity indicators for trial purpose on voluntary
basis (e.g. EEPI, cbDIST, clDIST and EEOI)footnote should be rounded to one
decimal place;
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.5 the annual data of fuel oil consumption, distance
travelled and hours under way should be provided in
full without modification;
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.6 ship types other than those defined in regulation 2
should be shown as "others"; and
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.7 ice class should be shown as "Yes" or "No".
4 DATA SUBMISSION AND ACCESS
4.1 An Administration should be able to log in to the online database to
submit its data via an online form. The data input into the database
should be checked by the database system to ensure that the data are
being submitted in the standardized format and be cross-referenced
with the data from the Ship Particulars module of GISIS.
4.2 The Administration should designate a contact person for the purposes
of the database who is responsible for communication with the
Secretariat if any matter arises with regard to the submission of
data by the respective Administration.
4.3 To encourage the consistent submission of data and improve the
usability of the database, automatic notifications and reminders
concerning data submission, modification and database update could
be incorporated as features in the database.
4.4 An Administration will have access to non-anonymized data of ships
flying its flag. Furthermore, the Administration of a ship, to which
regulation 28 of MARPOL Annex VI
applies, will have access to all reported data for the preceding
calendar year for that ship regardless of flag history.
4.5 An Administration should be able to log in to the online database to
download the anonymized dataset.
5 MEASURES TO ENSURE THE COMPLETENESS OF THE DATABASE
In accordance with the requirements of regulation 27.10 of MARPOL Annex VI
concerning reporting of the status of missing data, the
Secretary-General should:
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.1 at the beginning of each calendar year, produce a list
of ships falling under the scope of regulation 27 by
cross-referencing with the data from the Ship
Particulars module of GISIS;
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.2 send the aforementioned list of ships to the
Administration for reference, in order to receive
feedback in case of any discrepancies;
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.3 check the completeness of the database by comparing
the list produced under .1 with the reported data;
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.4 remind Administrations which have failed to submit the
data in the required form;
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.5 report the status of missing data to the Committee on
an annual basis; and
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.6 request non-reporting Administrations to submit the
data of all their registered ships falling under the
scope of regulation 27.
6 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
COMMITTEE
Regulation 27.10 states that "the
Secretary-General of the Organization shall produce an annual report
to the Marine Environment Protection Committee summarizing the data
collected, the status of missing data, and such other relevant
information as may be requested by the Committee." At a minimum,
each annual report should include the following and also any other
information as requested by the Committee:
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.1 an aggregated annual amount of each type of fuel oil
consumed by all ships of 5,000 GT and above engaged
on international voyages;
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.2 the aggregated annual amount of each type of fuel oil
consumed, distance travelled and hours under way for
ships of 5,000 GT and above engaged on international
voyages, by ship type and size category as defined
in MARPOL Annex VI,footnote including the "other"
category for ships not defined in MARPOL Annex VI
regulation 2;
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.3 the number of ships of 5,000 GT and above engaged on
international voyages reported to the database, by
ship type and size category as defined in MARPOL
Annex VI, including the "other"
category for ships not defined in MARPOL Annex VI
regulation 2;
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.4 the number of ships of 5,000 GT and above engaged on
international voyages registered with the Party of
Annex VI for which data was not
received, by ship type and size category as defined
in MARPOL Annex VI, including the "other"
category for ships not defined in MARPOL Annex VI
regulation 2; and
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.5 the annual development in operational carbon intensity
of the ship types and international shipping, as
well as the uncertainties in the data and results,
using both demand-based measurement and supply-based
measurement, as stated in paragraph 1.5 of the
2021 Guidelines on the operational carbon
intensity reduction factors relative to reference
lines (CII reduction factors guidelines,
G3).