CHAPTER II

MONITORING AND REPORTING
SECTION 3

Monitoring of CO2 emissions and other relevant information

Monitoring of activities within a reporting period
Article 8
From 1 January 2018, companies shall, based on the monitoring plan assessed in accordance with Article 13(1), monitor CO2 emissions for each ship on a per-voyage and an annual basis by applying the appropriate method for determining CO2 emissions among those set out in Part B of Annex I and by calculating CO2 emissions in accordance with Part A of Annex I.

Monitoring on a per-voyage basis
Article 9
1
Based on the monitoring plan assessed in accordance with Article 13(1), for each ship arriving in or departing from, and for each voyage to or from, a port in the United Kingdom, companies shall monitor in accordance with Part A of Annex I and Part A of Annex II the following parameters:
a
port of departure and port of arrival including the date and hour of departure and arrival;
b
amount and emission factor for each type of fuel consumed in total;
c
CO2 emitted;
d
distance travelled;
e
time spent at sea;
f
cargo carried;
g
transport work.
Companies may also monitor information relating to the ship's ice class and to navigation through ice, where applicable.
2
By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article and without prejudice to Article 10, a company shall be exempt from the obligation to monitor the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article on a per-voyage basis in respect of a specified ship, if:
a
all of the ship's voyages during the reporting period either start from or end at a port in the United Kingdom; and
b
the ship, according to its schedule, performs more than 300 voyages during the reporting period.

Monitoring on an annual basis
Article 10
Based on the monitoring plan assessed in accordance with Article 13(1), for each ship and for each calendar year, companies shall monitor in accordance with Part A of Annex I and with Part B of Annex II the following parameters:
1. amount and emission factor for each type of fuel consumed in total;
2. total aggregated CO2 emitted within the scope of this Regulation;
3. aggregated CO2 emissions from all voyages between ports in the United Kingdom;
4. aggregated CO2 emissions from all voyages which departed from ports in the United Kingdom;
5. aggregated CO2 emissions from all voyages to ports in the United Kingdom;
6. CO2 emissions which occurred within ports in the United Kingdom at berth;
7. total distance travelled;
8. total time spent at sea;
9. total transport work;
10. average energy efficiency.
Companies may monitor information relating to the ship's ice class and to navigation through ice, where applicable.
Companies may also monitor fuel consumed and CO2 emitted, differentiating on the basis of other criteria defined in the monitoring plan.
Words in Art. 9(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1388), regs. 1, 3(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1388), regs. 1, 3(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 10 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1388), regs. 1, 3(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)