ClassNK support for IMO fuel consumption reporting

The service means that ClassNK Consulting Service now offers DCP support by providing standard formats etc, in addition to its usual SEEMP support service.

According to the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI that make the data collection system for fuel oil consumption of ships mandatory as of 1 March 2018, data collecting and reporting for ships of 5,000 gross tonnes and more engaged in international voyages will be required from the beginning of 2019.

So, the gathering of data relating to fuel consumption amounts and a DCP outlining reporting procedures are required to be included in SEEMP as SEEMP Part 2.

As DCP must include a description of data collection methods and management procedures geared towards conditions of the ship, one is required for every ship.

Further, when a ship is being transferred to another owner, a DCP with the approved flag/class of the ship is necessary immediately upon delivery for ships being delivered on or after 1 March 2018, and by 31 December 2018 for ships delivered before March.