The Zurich-headquartered technology group ABB received certification for its MRV module from Verifavia.
»The latest development will enable customers to monitor their emissions according to the EU’s Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation requirements, which come i[ds_preview]nto effect 1st of January 2018«, ABB said in an announcement.
The group‘s MRV module has been certified by the independent certifier Verifavia, as a tool to monitor all parameters to comply with the EU’s MRV regulation requirements. The system follows requirements set out in Regulation (EU) N° 2015/757, the associated Delegated and Implementing Acts and the ISO IEC 25051 standard on software.
»In recent years, we have placed a great emphasis on connectivity and the role of big data in the shipping industry,« said Juha Koskela, Managing Director of ABB’s marine and ports business.
»Going beyond our MRV initiative, we see our digital solutions as an important driver in the industry’s journey towards remote operations, predictive maintenance planning and more automated ships.«
Juha Koskela
Managing Director ABB Marine & Ports
Alberto Perez-Espinosa, Head of Global sales added, »Being compliant with regulations and for ship-owners to have a sustainable license to operate is one thing. But within ABB we take pride in helping our clients by delivering a system that can easily be extended with different optimization modules.«
As a standardized MRV compliant software platform, the ABB module is said to collect and visualize data from onboard sensors on a ship’s fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions on a per-voyage basis. This information is then used to create an annual emission report as required by the MRV regulation for ships above 5000 gross tons calling at European ports, irrespective of where the ship or the company is registered.
