IMO published the Report of fuel oil consumption data (2022)

The International Maritime Organization on 9 October 2023 published the Report of fuel oil consumption data submitted to the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database in GISIS (Reporting year: 2022).

This document (MEPC 81/6) provides a report of the fuel oil consumption data for 2022 submitted to the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database in GISIS, in accordance with regulation 27 of MARPOL Annex VI and the 2022 Guidelines for the development and management of the IMO Ship fuel oil consumption database (resolution MEPC.349(78)).

Background

In accordance with regulation 27.3 of MARPOL Annex VI, except as provided for in paragraphs 4, 5, and 6 of the same regulation, within three months after the end of each calendar year, a ship in the scope of regulation 27 shall report to its Administration or any organization duly authorized by it, the aggregated values for the data specified in appendix IX of MARPOL Annex VI, via electronic communication using the standardized format set out in appendix 3 of resolution MEPC.346(78) on 2022 Guidelines for the development of a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP).

Upon receipt of the reported fuel consumption data, and in accordance with regulation 6.6 of MARPOL Annex VI, the Administration or any organization duly authorized by it shall determine whether the data has been reported in accordance with regulation 27 of MARPOL Annex VI, and, if so, issue a Statement of Compliance not later than five months from the beginning of the calendar year.

In accordance with regulation 27.9 of MARPOL Annex VI, not later than one month after issuing the Statement of Compliance, by 30 June at the latest, the Administration shall ensure that the reported fuel consumption data by its registered ships of 5,000 GT and above and in the scope of regulation 27 of MARPOL Annex VI are transferred to the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database in GISIS.

Regulation 27.10 of MARPOL Annex VI requires the Secretary-General to produce an annual report to the Committee summarizing the data collected, the status of missing data, and such other relevant information as may be requested by the Committee.

Report on the fuel oil consumption data submitted to the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database in GISIS

In accordance with regulation 27.10 of MARPOL Annex VI and section 6 of the 2022 Guidelines for the development and management of the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database (MEPC.349(78)), hereinafter referred to as the "2022 Guidelines," the Secretariat has prepared a summary report of the fuel oil consumption data for the 2022 reporting period, as set out in the annex to this document.

The Secretariat carried out a quality control and verification process of the data submitted to GISIS to identify missing ships and obvious errors in the submitted data.

Administrations can download non-anonymized data for the ships flying its flag for which data has been submitted to GISIS by that Administration or on their behalf.

In accordance with regulation 27.12 of MARPOL Annex VI, Parties to MARPOL Annex VI also have access to the data of all ships submitted to GISIS in an anonymized format.

The following general findings with regard to the fuel consumption data for the 2022 reporting period can be noted:

.1 Data was reported by 28,834 ships (28,171 for 2021) with a combined gross tonnage of 1,289 million gross tonnes (1,255 million gross tonnes for 2021) by 108 Administrations out of a possible 135 Administrations (compared to 109/139 Administrations for 2021). The aforementioned total number of ships and total gross tonnage is given in terms of the number of different ships which reported data, not the number of reports in GISIS. Ships that contained obvious errors in the submitted data were also removed from these totals.
.2 28,834 ships out of a potential 33,991 ships (84.8%) that were estimated to fall under the scope of regulation 27 of MARPOL Annex VI, submitted data. On the basis of gross tonnage, the reported data represents 93.1% of the ships that are estimated to fall under the scope of regulation 27 of MARPOL Annex VI (compared to 94.4% for 2021).
.3 By 10 August 2023, the number of ships identified with potential errors was reduced to 176 ships. At the time of the report, these potential errors had not been modified by the concerned Administration or recognized organization. These ships with potential errors can have a relatively large impact on the aggregated data and have not been included in the report for the 2022 reporting period, set out in the annex to this document.
.4 213 million tonnes of fuel (212 million tonnes for 2021), on a quantity basis, was used by the aforementioned 28,834 ships. Total fuel used was slightly higher in 2022 compared to 2021 as shown in figure 1.
.5 94.65% of the fuel used for the 2022 reporting period was either Heavy Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil, or Diesel/Gas Oil. Fuels that are not in the categories Heavy Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil, or Diesel/Gas Oil are 5.35% of the fuel used in 2022.
.6 The majority of the reported fuel oil was consumed by the following three EEDI ship types; containerships, bulk carriers, and tankers.

Recommended improvements to the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database module in GISIS

MEPC 79 adopted resolution MEPC.362(79) containing amendments to the information reported to be submitted to the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database in appendix IX of MARPOL Annex VI.

Accordingly, the Secretariat is updating the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database module in GISIS, to include reporting CII, EEXI, and other parameters, and to include "Ethane" as a fuel type, for the 2023 reporting period (1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023).

The GISIS module has also been updated to improve the data downloading process and to allow recognized organizations to delete records in the user interface.

The Secretariat is also continuing to explore further enhancements to the GISIS module taking into account the 2022 Guidelines adopted by MEPC 78 and considering the recommendations endorsed by MEPC 78 in document ISWG-GHG 12/2, which are dependent on future resource.

The Secretariat has continued to improve the verification of submitted data, and data submitters have also significantly improved their verification.

Notwithstanding, data submitters are invited to pay attention to the following:

.1 It was found that some fuel oil was reported incorrectly, such as VLSFO and LFO, under the "Other" fuels category. This issue was rectified by moving these fuels to be under the Heavy Fuel Oil fuel category in-line with the Fourth IMO GHG Study 2020 in that the Low Sulphur Heavy Fuel Oil has the same emission factors as conventional HFO.
.2 Biofuel was reported using 32 different names. However, the overall amount of biofuel reported is small so this could still continue to be reported with a user-defined name and CF factor under the "Other" fuels category pending future policy decisions concerning the application of the Guidelines on life cycle GHG intensity of marine fuels (LCA Guidelines) (resolution MEPC.376(80)).

Action requested of the Committee

The Committee is invited to consider the summary report of the fuel oil consumption data submitted to the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database for 2022 and relevant information in this document, and in particular to:

.1 approve, in principle, the summary of the fuel oil consumption data submitted to the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database for 2022 as set out in the annex;
.2 note the issues with the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database module in GISIS, the ongoing improvements to the reporting process, including the modifications to GISIS to allow CII and other parameters to be reported during the 2023 reporting period as set out in paragraphs 13 to 17;
.3 approve, in principle the reporting on carbon intensity developments on the basis of supply-based measurements, using AER and cgDIST indicators, as set out in table 3 in the annex;
.4 note that in the absence of cargo-related data and, in particular, transport work, the Secretariat intends to submit a separate document reporting on the demand-based carbon intensity of international shipping for the period from 2019 to 2022; and
.5 take action as appropriate.

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