Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan: Seemp

SHIP ENERGY EFFICIENCY
MANAGEMENT PLAN
SEEMP
Edilberto Peralta
Operations Manager
Central and South America
SEEMP
An energy management plan that aims:
- To optimise the ship operational and technical

management processes for energy saving.
This is applicable to all ships including existing

ones.
SEEMP
 The SEEMP is primarily intended to be a management tool for ship-board use and aims to
improve the energy efficiency of ship operations.
 It is an IMO requirement to have a SEEMP on-board all existing and new applicable ships from
1st January 2013.
 SEEMP should be customised to the characteristics and needs of individual companies and
ships; therefore it is a ship-specific plan.
 The SEEMP framework is based on a four-step continuous improvement process
(cyclical) as shown below:
 Planning
 Implementation
 Monitoring
 Evaluation
At the core of the SEEMP development and implementation are the “energy
efficiency measures” that refer to activities that, if properly implemented,
will reduce the ship fuel consumption.
“Energy Efficiency Measures”
Operational measures
• Enhanced weather routing.

• Optimized trim and ballasting.

• Hull and propeller cleaning.

Better main and auxiliary engine maintenance and tuning.

• Monitoring and reporting.

• Efficient operation of major electrical consumers.

• Deployment of cost effective propulsion, engines and auxiliary technology
upgrades.
Enhanced logistics and fleet planning:

• Combining cargoes, where possible, to achieve a higher utilisation rate.
• Use of combination carriers’ (to reduce ballast voyages).
• Optimisation of logistic chains.
• Enhanced routeing and itinerary.
• Fewer/shorter ballast legs.
• Larger cargo batches (better ship load factor).
• Just in time operation and slow steaming.
.
Fuel Oil Consumption Data Collection System
IMO resolution MEPC.278(70) amends MARPOL

Annex VI, on 1 March 2018, to introduce a new
Regulation 22A which includes a requirement for
ships to record and report fuel oil consumption
data.
Fuel oil is defined by Annex VI as any fuel delivered

to and intended for combustion purposes for
propulsion or operation on board a ship, including
gas, distillate and residual fuels.
Fuel Oil Consumption Data Collection System
IMO has also published Resolution MEPC.282(70) ‘Guidelines for the Development of a
Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP)’ which includes:
• the pre-existing guidance on developing a ship management plan to improve energy

efficiency - now known as SEEMP Part I;
• guidance on developing a fuel oil consumption data collection plan, i.e. SEEMP Part II.
Requirements
The amended MARPOL Annex VI requires the following:
• A new ship energy efficiency management plan (SEEMP) Part II, approved by the TSO
or Flag;
• Data (e.g. fuel consumption, distance travelled, hours underway) to be collected on a

calendar year basis;
• Data from the previous calendar year to be reported to the Flag/RO during the first 3
months of the following year;
• Data from the previous calendar year to be verified by the Flag/RO during the first 5
months of the following year and then the TSO or Flag is to issue a ‘Statement of
Compliance – Fuel Oil Consumption Reporting’.
Application
These new requirements only apply to ships of 5,000gt and above.
As per Regulation VI/19, these new requirements do not apply to the following:
• domestic ships;
• ships not propelled by mechanical means;
• platforms including FPSOs and FSUs and drilling rigs, regardless of their propulsion.
By 31 December 2018, at the latest, the ship’s SEEMP shall be updated to include a description
of the methodology that will be used to collect the data and the processes that will be used to
report the data to the Flag/RO (i.e. SEEMP Part II).
Application
From January 2019 onwards, each ship shall collect the fuel oil consumption data for that
year, according to the methodology included in the SEEMP Part II
In the first 5 months of 2020, the data is to be reported, for the first time, to the Flag/RO
which will then verify the data and issue a
‘Statement of Compliance – Fuel Oil Consumption Reporting’ to the ship.
CONCLUSIONS
Proper implementation of SEEMP will make a difference

Your company’s environmental performance can be a differentiator and help
you gain competitive advantage in challenging market conditions.
New ways to operate

People and ships working in harmony. However, environmental challenges
mean that ships are becoming increasingly complex to operate, which means
that ships will be more expensive to build as well.
CONCLUSIONS
Significant actions
Environmental challenges require significant actions, resources and
investment decisions. Compliance with future and emerging environmental
regulation is one of the biggest challenges the marine industry faces.
Training challenges
You would not put a novice driver behind the wheel of a Formula One car and
nor would you put people without the right experience on board your ships.

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SHIP ENERGY EFFICIENCY

- To optimise the ship operational and technical

This is applicable to all ships including existing

• Enhanced weather routing.

• Optimized trim and ballasting.

• Hull and propeller cleaning.

Better main and auxiliary engine maintenance and tuning.

• Monitoring and reporting.

• Efficient operation of major electrical consumers.

Enhanced logistics and fleet planning:

IMO resolution MEPC.278(70) amends MARPOL

Fuel oil is defined by Annex VI as any fuel delivered

• the pre-existing guidance on developing a ship management plan to improve energy

The amended MARPOL Annex VI requires the following:

• Data (e.g. fuel consumption, distance travelled, hours underway) to be collected on a

These new requirements only apply to ships of 5,000gt and above.

Proper implementation of SEEMP will make a difference

New ways to operate

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