15 Boil-off gas consumed on board ships
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15 Boil-off gas consumed on board ships

Regulation 2

Definitions

Regulation 2.1.14 reads as follows:

  • "Fuel oil means any fuel delivered to and intended for combustion purposes for propulsion or operation on board a ship, including gas, distillate and residual fuels."

Regulation 27

Collection and reporting of ship fuel oil consumption data

Regulation 27.1 reads as follows:

  • "From calendar year 2019, each ship of 5,000 gross tonnage and above shall collect the data specified in appendix IX to this Annex, for that and each subsequent calendar year or portion thereof, as appropriate, according to the methodology included in the SEEMP."

Appendix IX

Information to be submitted to the IMO Ship Fuel Oil Consumption Database

Appendix IX reads as follows:

  • "Fuel oil consumption, by fuel oil type in metric tonnes and methods used for collecting fuel oil consumption data"

Interpretation:

15.1 For Data relating to Boil-off Gas (BOG) consumed on board the ship for propulsion or operation is required to be collected and reported as fuel as part of the Data Collection System for fuel oil consumption of ships.

Parent topic: Annex – Unified Interpretations to MARPOL Annex VI
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