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From ISM News Update no. 132: The EU defines offshore ships for EU MRV reporting
November 2024
The EU defines offshore ships for EU MRV reporting
From January 1, 2025, the amended EU MRV rules apply to ‘general cargo ships’ between 400 and 5000 GT and ‘offshore ships’ of 400 GT and more.
The adopted Regulation (to be published by the end of 2024) amends the EU MRV Regulation 2015/757 stating that the following ships designed or certified to perform service activities offshore or at offshore installations should be considered offshore ships:
(a) anchor handling tug supply vessel;
(b) offshore supply ship;
(c) crew/supply vessel;
(d) pipe carrier;
(e) platform supply ship;
(f) drilling ship;
(g) floating production storage and offloading (FPSO), oil;
(h) gas processing vessel;
(i) floating storage and offloading (FSO), gas;
(j) FSO, oil;
(k) accommodation ship;
(l) diving support vessel;
(m) offshore construction vessel;
(n) offshore support vessel;
(o) pipe burying vessel;
(p) pipe layer;
(q) pipe layer crane vessel;
(r) production testing vessel;
(s) standby safety vessel;
(t) trenching support vessel;
(u) well stimulation vessel;
(v) cable layer;
(w) cable repair ship;
(x) mining vessel;
(y) wind turbine installation vessel;
(z) commissioning service operation vessel;
(aa) service operation vessel;
(ab) work/repair vessel;
(ac) research survey vessel;
(ad) dredger;
(ae) hopper dredger.
The vessel’s regulatory certifications including class notations must be taken into account to determine whether the vessel falls within the definition of an offshore vessel or not. If in doubt, we advise you to contact your classification society.