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FuelEU Maritime compliance brings new commercial challenges. While the regulation defines penalties and created a surplus trading market, it leaves open how owners and charterers should settle costs and benefits in charter parties. The result? A wide range of FuelEU addendums now circulating in the market. In today's newsletter, we shed light on the different settlement options. General Recap: Charter Party Agreements under FuelEU Maritime End of 2024, BIMCO released its stan

BetterSea Launches the World’s First FuelEU Index, Signaling a New Era of Transparency and Trading Confidence

As shipping companies explore the use of biofuels to meet FuelEU Maritime requirements, the question is no longer whether to blend but how to blend. Today’s case study compares two alternative fuel strategies, both using Bio30 blends but based on different fossil components: MGO and HFO. The difference in cost is smaller than many might expect. Understanding Bio30-MGO vs. Bio30-HFO Both scenarios assume a vessel consuming a combination of fuels, namely 3,000 tonnes of MGO, 50

UECC, BetterSea and Veracity by DNV Demonstrate Streamlined, Real-Time FuelEU Maritime ComplianceThrough Trusted Digital Integration

The FuelEU Maritime Regulation and the EU ETS both rely heavily on fuel-level data to determine compliance and reward the uptake of sustainable fuels. Yet as shipping companies begin to implement these requirements, one of the most pressing questions is practical: how should a shipping company demonstrate that a delivered fuel complies with the GHG intensity thresholds or even qualifies as a renewable fuel of non-biological origin (RFNBO)? Proof of Sustainability (PoS) and Pr

Navigating Compliance and Optimization in FuelEU with Biofuels With increasing FuelEU exposure and costs, vessels calling the EU must make every gram of CO₂e count. Today’s case study analyzes a practical voyage scenario involving sustainable biofuels on an EEA-in/outgoing roundtrip. We focus on optimizing FuelEU compliance through fuel allocation. Example 1: Bio30 on EEA-In/Outgoing Roundtrip – The Need for Fuel Stream Separation Consider a vessel that arrives at an EU port,

As shipping companies navigate the complex cost landscape shaped by FuelEU Maritime, understanding the trade-offs between compliance options becomes essential. This week, we revisit the biofuel vs pooling discussion of previous newsletters with a focused case study: a containership on a transatlantic voyage. Voyage Details: Route: New York to Hamburg Speed: 24 knots Duration: ~6 days Fuel Consumption (50%): 200 tonnes MDO + 450 tonnes VLSFO Regulatory Scope: 50% exposure to F

This newsletter series has previously outlined the Onshore Power Supply (OPS) requirement and benefits under FuelEU as also stipulated in Annex III of FuelEU, which incentivizes the adoption of zero-emission technologies while ships are in port. Today's newsletter dives deeper into Zero Emission Technologies (ZETs) at berth going beyond the obvious choice of OPS discussing battery charging, or fuel cells powered by hydrogen or ammonia. The newsletter answers questions such as

The end of a FuelEU Maritime reporting year doesn't mean the work is done. On the contrary, it marks the beginning of an interesting post-reporting process that is as critical as the operations throughout the year. It requires this process to be laid out in great detail, clarify the timeline, procedural options, and the sequence companies have to follow between January and June of the following year. Understanding these steps is essential to ensuring compliance and avoiding c