Subject
FuelEU monitoring plan required under the FuelEU
Maritime Regulation

TechnicalInformation
No.
DateTEC-1329
29 July 2024

To whom it may concern

As announced in ClassNK Technical Information No.TEC-1308 (issued on 3 October 2023), the "FuelEU Maritime" Regulation, an EU regulation aimed at promoting the decarbonization of fuels used onships, has entered into force and starts on 1 January 2025.
In accordance with this regulation, ISM companies having ships above 5,000 gross tonnage calling atports within the jurisdiction of EEA Member States 1 for transporting passengers or cargo forcommercial purposes, regardless of their Flag State, are required to develop FuelEU monitoring plan,
which sets out the methods for monitoring and reporting the amount of energy (fuel type andconsumption) used by ships during voyages and at berth and submit it to verifier by 31 August 2024.
The submitted FuelEU monitoring plans will be verified by the verifier by 31 December 2024.
Implementing regulations setting out the template for the FuelEU monitoring plan and the verification
activities of FuelEU Maritime have now been published. We accordingly provide you with thisinformation, together with other updates as follows.
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FuelEU monitoring plan

On 29 July 2024, implementing regulations setting out the template for the FuelEU monitoring plan waspublished (Reference URL 1.). The FuelEU monitoring plan should be submitted to a verifier (ClassNK)
electronically on TEHTIS-MRV in accordance with the specified format. The procedure for thesubmission on THETIS-MRV is expected to be announced in early August and ClassNK MRV Portal
users will be informed separately as soon as the details are known.
Please pay a special attention to that the responsible entity for the FuelEU Maritime Regulation is always
the ISM company of the ships concerned. Therefore, FuelEU monitoring plan should also be submitted
by the ISM company. This is different from the EU-ETS, where either the registered owner or the ISM
company is the responsible entity. (The mandate document required under the EU-ETS is not required
under the FuelEU Maritime Regulation.)(To be continued)

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EEA(European Economic Area) Member States: 30 States consist of 27 EU Member States and 3
EEA States, Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein.

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The FuelEU monitoring plan shall include such as the following information and it is recommended toprepare in advance:･ Information on ship’s identification, shipowners and ISM companies concerned･ Description of energy sources (fuel consumer) to be used on board while in navigation and atberth･ Procedures for monitoring the fuel consumption of each fuel type･ Procedures for monitoring the WtT and TtW emission factors of energy to be used (when using
actual measured values other than the default values)･ Standards and characteristics of OPS or a zero-emission technology (only for containershipsand passenger ships)･ Value of the established total electrical power demand of the ship at berth (only forcontainerships and passenger ships)
Please also note that the verifier shall carry out site visits in order to gain sufficient understanding of theISM company and the FuelEU monitoring plan and reporting system as described in the plan. Details ofthe site visits will be provided in due course.
2.

Q&A on FuelEU Maritime Regulation issued by the European Commission

The European Commission has published a Q&A on the FuelEU Maritime Regulation on the following
web page:https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-modes/maritime/decarbonising-maritime-transport-fueleumaritime/questions-and-answers-regulation-eu-20231805-use-renewable-and-low-carbon-fuelsmaritime-transport_en
The Q&A includes a clarification on the calculation of GHG intensity when renewable and low-carbon
fuels, including biofuels, are used, as outlined in Attachment 1 of this document.
3.

ClassNK’s support services

ClassNK published the "FAQs on the FuelEU Maritime (2nd Edition)", which provide an overview of
the regulations in Q&A manner. We hope that the document will help maritime stakeholders in theirpreparations for FuelEU Maritime.
https://www.classnk.or.jp/hp/pdf/authentication/eumrv/FuelEU_faq_2_e.pdf
We will update the FAQs once new information becomes available.

-----------Please refer to our website for an overview of the relevant treaties.
Location: Top > Certification Services > EU-MRV/UK-MRV Regulation/EU-ETS/FuelEU Maritime
URL:
https://www.classnk.or.jp/hp/en/authentication/eumrv/index.html(To be continued)2

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For any questions about the above, please contact:
NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
DCS Section, Green Certification Department, Administration Center, Head Office
Address:
4-7 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8567, JapanTel.:+81-3-5226-3025
Fax:+81-3-5226-3026
E-mail:dcs@classnk.or.jp

Attachment:
1.

Calculation of GHG intensity when renewable and low-carbon fuels, including biofuels, are used

Reference URL:
1. Regulation (EU) 2024/2031 of 26 July 2024 on the template for monitoring plans pursuant toRegulation (EU) 2023/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of renewable
and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC

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Attachment 1. toClassNK Technical Information No. TEC-1329
Calculation of GHG intensity when renewable and low-carbon fuels, including biofuels, are used
The GHG intensity requirements under Fuel EU Maritime Regulation apply to the energy used on board
ships during the following voyages and port stays:①②③④

100% of the energy used on board during voyages between EEA ports;
100% of the energy used on board at EEA ports;
50% of the energy used on board during voyages between an EEA port and a non-EEA port; and50% of the energy used on board during voyages arriving at or departing from an EEA port locatedin an outermost region.

In case where renewable and low-carbon fuels are used during voyages specified in ③ and ④ above,
up to 50% of the energy used during the voyage can be counted as contributing to the GHG intensity.
In the Q&A on the FuelEU Maritime Regulation issued by the European Commission, the following
examples are given for the use of marine diesel oil (MDO) and biodiesel (HVO) blend fuels, B30 andB60 respectively.
Use of bio-blend B30(30% biodiesel + 70% fossil diesel)
The entire HVO and part of the MDO can beused as fuel for the calculation of the annual
average GHG intensity.
In this case, the amount of MDO is adjusted sothat the total energy content of HVO and MDO
used in the calculation is 50% of the totalenergy content for the voyage concerned.
Use of bio-blend B60(60% biodiesel + 40% fossil diesel)
HVO can be used as fuel for the calculation ofthe annual average GHG intensity up to 50% of
the total energy content of the voyage
concerned.

Example of GHG intensity calculations for the use of biofuels during a voyage between ports inEEA Member States and non-EEA Member States(Source: Questions and Answers on Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 on the use of renewable and lowcarbon fuels in maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC)