On 7 August the Malta Maritime Law Association jointly with the Malta International Shipowners Association organised an information session on Implementation Requirements for Shipping Companies to comply with EU Emissions Trading System.
After a short welcome from MMLA Secretary Dr Lisa Camilleri and MISA General Secretary Dr Claudia Vella Casagrande Mr Saviour Vassallo, Acting Team Leader of the Climate Change Unit at the Malta Resources Authority gave a very exhaustive presentation about the ETS mechanism recently extended also to the Shipping sector.
In the first part of his presentation, Mr Vassallo spoke about the MRV-Shipping Regulation and the key elements relevant to ETS-Maritime; Reporting at company level; and the key elements of the ETS Directive for Maritime Transport. He gave definitions as to who is, in this context, considered a shipping company and elaborated on the role of the ship owner, ISM and of others (e.g. bareboat charterers); Mr Vassallo further explained the rules of attribution to an administering authority in respect of a shipping company; the geographic scope; accounting for emissions: phase-in for surrender obligation; Derogations and Deadlines.
The second part of his presentation was dedicated to the Implementation of ETS for Maritime Transport: practicalities including Identifying who is the ‘shipping company’; Thetis-MRV: attribution; monitoring plans submission; annual reports submission; The MOHA process and additional information sources.
Throughout the event, Mr Vassallo replied to questions from members in attendance both in person and online with Dr Stephan Piazza, Chair of the MMLA Education Subcommittee moderating.
