MSC contests the data on the emissions of own fleet is diffused by T&E



The shipowning group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), confirming own fort engagement face to the reduction of the emissions of co2 of own fleet, has contested to the data published monday from the organization non-profit Transport & Environment (T&E) on the contribution to the gas emissions greenhouse by the companies of navigation that operate in the field of the containerized transport, based on which the ships of the Helvetic shipowning group would give the greater contribution to the emissions of co2 of the field in produced European Union having some in a 2018 total of 11,04 million tons(on 9 December 2019).

MSC has found that T&E proposes an incomplete analysis of these data and therefore does not supply a precise picture of the emissions originated from the field of the shipping. The shipowning group has evidenced that, in particular, the analysis of Transport & Environment totally does not hold account of a series of operating aspects of the marine services of the MSC and therefore does not offer to a complete appraisal of the role and the impact of the activity of the group how much to emissions.

Moreover, according to MSC, the emissions of carbon dioxide they would have to be comparative on equal base, while the T&E analysis is concentrated on the emissions in the EU and - it has observed the shipowning group - for being totally comparable between the various companies of navigation and the several industrial fields, would have to only hold account of the emissions effectively produced in the geographic area of the European Union. Instead - it has explained the Helvetic group - "according to an analysis of the operating registries of the group MSC, solo the 40-45% 11 million the tons of emissions brought back in MRV (system of monitoring, communication and verification of the emissions, ndr) effectively turned out happened in the EU".

MSC has observed also that in order to estimate with precision the role of the group in the decarbonizzazione of the shipping it is essential to hold account of the fact that "the shipowners are held to communicate the relative data to the consumption and to the emissions of co2 for the travels that they begin and they finish in the ports of the EU, included the travels between the ports of the EU. These emissions - it has specified MSC - are calculated based on the last port of port of call before to enter in the EU or to the first port of port of call after to have left the EU. For example, a ship that transports fruit from the Caribbean to the Europe North and return must signal the emissions for the entire distance of the travel, even if only a part of this has taken place in the EU. Consequently - it has emphasized the shipowning group - the emissions effectively happened in the EU for this specific ship could be inferior of 65% regarding those recorded in MRV. This is particularly important for a total company as MSC that work on all the main routes of navigation of the world".

Moreover the shipowning group has remembered that it realizes the feederaggio services free lance, "that it means - has evidenced - than also these ships are included in our total carbon print. These ships feeder, plus small - they transfer the container between the larger ships and the ports more little ones. Other carriers that use operators feeder third party not are considered responsible for these emissions. Esternalizzando such services - it has found MSC - the containerized companies can bring back figures on the emissions very more lowlands, since it is responsibility of the shipowners to record the emissions in MRV".

The Helvetic group has emphasized then that "the operating indicator of energy efficiency (EEOI) supplies a reliable indication on the environmental performances of a ship and the relationship of emissions of co2 for ton of cargo" and that for MSC such indicator "is between lowest of the field". Remembering that the T&E study classifies the MSC to the third party place between the companies of navigation containerized how much to indicator EEOI, the Helvetic shipowning group has evidenced that the 19,92 introduced indicator of in the analysis of Transport & Environment "differs in meaningful way from the produced data of MSC using a verified methodology from third party. In 2018 - it has specified the group - total data EEOI for MSC it was of 14,56 and this denotes that the difference between this given verified and that including in the relationship it is unrealistic. Based on this - the group has rimarcato - MSC could be placed still more up in the efficiency scale".