Triple-E is a voluntary environmental rating scheme for ships which provides a rating from 4 to 1 (where 1 is highest), based on an independent verification of a ship’s environmental performance.
Triple-E provides ship owners and operators with a self improvement tool to prepare for emerging rules and regulations and to brand themselves as environmental forerunners. It is a highly transparent service, giving a thorough and detailed picture of a vessel’s and a company’s environmental performance and standards. Triple-E has been successfully used by tanker, container and ro-ro ship operators.
In order to build confidence into a ‘green tag’, the information required for Triple-E is based on reliable and verifiable facts. Hence the following key parameters have been chosen as fundamental elements:
- Environmental management systems in place and implemented
- Energy efficient operation as part of policies, action plans and daily operations
- Energy efficient ship design
- Verifiable monitoring, measurements and documentation schemes.
The steps towards a Triple-E rating for one or more vessels in a fleet are:
- Contract
- Client’s self-assessment
- Verification by DNV
- Issuance of a ship specific Triple-E rating declaration.
Upon signing a Triple-E contract for one or more vessels, the client is given access to Triple-E guidelines, supporting documents and tools needed to carry out the self-assessment. DNV will later verify the results of the self-assessment through a Triple-E verification in the client’s office and on board the vessel as considered necessary.
Based on a successful verification, the Triple-E Rating declaration is issued, stating the obtained rating for the given vessel. Renewal or upgrading of a Triple-E rating is voluntary and can be done at any time.