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Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) Decarbonisation Forum

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What are the plans for 2025:

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Wednesday 5 February 2025, an OSV Decarbonisation Forum meeting was hosted in London, straight after the closing of the OSJ London Conference.

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The at the meeting confirmed projects teams for 2025 are:

  • Decarbonisation Observations

  • Data- & Reporting Standardisation implementation

  • Electrification enabling steps for OSVs

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The project team approach, similar to what was done in 2024, is a practical and effective collaboration format for representatives of OSV Charterers, -Owners and -sector stakeholders to produce a compact position paper with recommendations by and for the OSV sector. The aim is to start with the new project teams beginning of the second quarter and finalise the projects in the fourth quarter.

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The project team meetings, a couple of 60 minutes sessions via TEAMS, will be organised by ISOA with the support of Co-hosts. DNV is a confirmed co-host for the data & reporting topic and IMCA for the electrification topic. Great! We are inviting and looking forward to welcoming additional co-hosts for the three project teams. Please contact the ISOA Secretariat accordingly: isoa@isoaoffshore.org.

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We also kindly ask organisations to confirm their interest to participate in the project team(s) by informing the secretariat: isoa@isoaoffshore.org about the topic(s) of the project team(s) you plan to join. The aim is to issue an invite for the project team(s) kick-off meeting in March, with the first session via TEAMS taking place in April.

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Save the date, Tuesday 24 June, 14:00 UK time: A general update OSV Decarbonisation Forum session via TEAMS. Additional information will follow in spring.

 

For all your questions and your feedback please email email isoa@isoaoffshore.org.

 

 

What happened in 2024:

  • Two project teams worked on two topics:

    • Data & Reporting Standardisation

    • Behavioural Based Decarbonisation

  • The project team members where representative from OSV- owners, charterers stakeholders

  • The findings of the project teams were presented in two position papers

  • The position papers were discussed and reviewed at a OSV Decarbonisation Forum

  • The final version position papers are now available to all in the OSV sector

  • We encourage all in the OSV sector to make the papers part of OSV decarbonisation going forward

  • We look forward to continuing the OSV decarbonisation conversation and cooperation

 

Data & reporting standardisation

Data & reporting standardisation follow from Principle 10 of the OSV Decarbonisation Principles: “Performance data should be transparent and shared in a standardised format, ensuring credibility and ease of access’’.

 

Objective: develop an OSV sector Data- & Reporting Standard (Version 1.0), supported by charterers, owners and other stakeholders, by further shaping and developing existing OSV sector data- & reporting standards.

 

Behavioural based decarbonisation

Behavioural based decarbonisation is one of the key drivers to achieve the objectives as set by Principe 3 ‘’vessel shoreside management, sailing offices and crew should be trained regularly in operational emissions mitigation, so as to promote a culture of environmental accountability, since they are instrumental in ensuring energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions.’’ & Principle 4 ‘’There should be close collaboration between the vessel owner and the charterer to reduce ‘hurry up and wait’ logistics 

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Objective: develop OSV sector behavioural based decarbonisation guidelines to promote environmental accountability and enhance decarbonisation collaboration between people involved in offshore vessel operations.

 

Position Papers

The position papers can be found:

  • Data & Reporting Standardisation Position Paper & Attachment: 

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  • Behavioural Based Decarbonisation: Position Paper & Attachment: 

 

ISOA, March 2025

 

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