Intro
Some charterers have signed up to report to the Sea Cargo Charter on their share of emissions generated for voyages they charter. This workflow enables carriers to send the bunker consumption information relevant to the charterer’s portion of any voyage, including relevant CO2 factors, enabling emissions output calculations. Charterers can then use various options to report on that data.
Data Submission Workflow
Once the voyage is complete, you should follow the steps to submit the data to the charterer.
Step 1 - Enter your itinerary
Select the data submission link provided by the charterer and log in to IMOS X. The SCC Voyage Emissions form opens and shows your charterer as the recipient.
If no form opens, select Compose, enter your charterer in the To field, and select SCC Voyage Emissions as the form type.
At the top of the form, provide the following information:
Enter any SCC Counterparty Reference that your charterer may be expecting.
Select a vessel.
Select an SCC voyage type.
To enter your itinerary, do one of the following:
Enter the itinerary manually.
Select Import Itinerary to import your vessel’s itinerary over a period of time based on AIS data. Adjust the dates and re-import the itinerary if needed. The SCC expects the ballast leg prior to load to be included in this itinerary, so be sure to go far enough back in the date selection to include that.
Once you enter the itinerary data, expand each leg and do the following:
Check all the itinerary information for accuracy.
Enter the distance between the ports.
The distance information you enter is validated against AIS records for the Leg Start Date through the Leg End Date. The validation is meant to assist you with correct data entry, but if you don’t agree with what is shown, you can choose to submit the form anyway.
c. Enter the cargo quantity for this charterer and the total cargo quantity on board on each leg.
d. Check that you’ve included the correct legs. The itinerary for SCC data should end at the final discharge port.
e. If the import pulled in anything beyond that, remove it by selecting X next to the title of the voyage leg.
Select the Map tab to review the route. Review the map and validate that you’ve pulled in the right itinerary.
Step 2 - Enter fuel consumption info
Select the Consumption tab to enter the bunker consumption information, which will drive the emissions calculations on the Emissions tab.
Select the fuel types used on this voyage. These may not match the fuels as recorded in your shipping system of record, as they are the SCC standard fuel types. A column is added for each fuel type you pick. In those columns, enter in-port consumption on the lines with the port names and sea consumption on the lines labeled At Sea between the ports.
The consumption data you enter is validated against estimated consumption from VesselsValue for the Leg Start Date through the Leg End Date. The validation is meant to assist you with correct data entry, but if you don’t agree with what is shown, you can choose to submit the form anyway.
Fuel consumption data is only validated at sea. In-port consumption has no validation currently.
Review the CO2 factors, which default to the SCC standard for each fuel type, and edit if needed. Net Emissions calculations are also displayed for review.
Step 3 - Review and resolve any errors
An error icon on the corresponding tab indicates any errors in the data entry. Select the tab to address the errors, as shown in the following image.
Step 4 - Submit the data
When you’re happy with the data entered, select Send in the lower-right corner of the form. If you’ve chosen to bypass data validation, you will be warned. You can choose to review the data again or submit it as-is.
The form is sent to your charterer’s inbox for approval and further processing.
For details about the charterer’s portion of this workflow, see the Charterer's guide.
Helpful hints
Tips & Tricks | |
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| 1 | CFGUseVoyageEmissionsFuelTypes should be set to Y in most cases. When setting this flag to N, upon approving an SCC form, the system checks that the fuel types used on the SCC form match those on the voyage the form is trying to update. This is unlikely to succeed, as various fuel type names are often used. Setting this to Y allows the form to update the voyage regardless of whether the fuel types match. |
| 2 | Remember that you can always ignore the fuel consumption and distance validation. We hope that it helps get the data entered correctly, but it does not prevent you from submitting or approving a form. |
| 3 | The form’s title is editable, but the system does not save the change. |
| 4 | If you include a comment longer than a few words in the form before using the Copy Form Link functionality, it likely will not be able to be included in the form link. A message informs you, and you can copy/paste that comment into whatever communication you’re using to send the form link. |
| 5 | Standard SCC fuel types and CO2 factors are used. CO2 factors can be edited. |
| 6 | Some standard SCC fuel types are not yet available for use in this form but will be in the future: VLSFOHighVisc, VLSFOLowVisc, Methanol, Ethanol, and Ammonia. |
| 7 | Once an emissions message is approved, it immediately disappears from the current Inbox view as it is filtered by status. Approving the form moves it from status Pending to Approved. If you need to find that form again, switch the Inbox status filter to Approved. |
| 8 | There are some errors you can ignore and some you cannot. It’s tough to tell the difference until you click Send (carrier) or Approve (charterer). Validation of values within ranges can be ignored, but required fields cannot be ignored. |
| 9 | When approving an emissions message, any data previously shown in Voyage Manager > Sustainability > Emissions Data is wiped out and replaced with this new data. |
| 10 | Remember that in-port fuel consumption does not currently have any validation against the values entered; only at-sea consumption is checked. |