Two leading shipping companies have detailed the expected surcharges shippers will face next year as the shipping industry adjusts to the US emissions trading system. European Union (EU ETS). Maersk warns that these costs will be huge.
Market-covered emitters must have an approved emissions monitoring plan, in accordance with the Monitoring and Reporting Regulations (MRR) and the Accreditation and Verification Regulations (AVR). . Specifically, emitting entities will have to submit a report to the competent authority, the European Commission, and the report must be assessed by an appraiser before submission. Each country’s government, based on those reports, allocates a certain amount of free emission credits to businesses (the ratio of free emission credits to the total emissions of an enterprise is determined by the Government depending on each country). period), the remainder will become credits that are traded on the market. After each year, businesses will have to pay the full number of credits corresponding to the amount of emissions. If a business does a good job of reducing emissions and does not use up all the credits, it can retain them to meet future needs, or sell them to other businesses. Meanwhile, businesses that emit more than the free allocation will have to buy back emission credits on the market or through an auction organized by the Government.
Nguồn: logistics.gov.vn