FuelEU Maritime explained: targets, factors, penalties
FuelEU Maritime for compliance teams: GHG-intensity targets, Annex II fuel factors, pooling and the penalty formula, each cited to Regulation (EU) 2023/1805.
FuelEU Maritime is Regulation (EU) 2023/1805. From 1 January 2025 it caps the well-to-wake greenhouse-gas intensity of the energy a ship uses — grams of CO₂-equivalent per megajoule — and tightens the cap in steps at 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050. Reg (EU) 2023/1805 · Art. 4
It applies to ships above 5 000 gross tonnage carrying passengers or cargo commercially, whatever their flag: in full for energy used at berth in a Member State port and on voyages between two such ports, and for one half of the energy on a voyage with one end outside the EU. Reg (EU) 2023/1805 · Art. 2
A ship above the cap carries a compliance deficit and pays a penalty under Annex IV; one below it carries a surplus it can bank, borrow against or pool with other ships under Article 21. The articles below cover the intensity formula and its factors, pooling, and where the Regulation stands in states that have moved its date. Reg (EU) 2023/1805 · Annex IV Part B Reg (EU) 2023/1805 · Art. 21
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GHG-intensity targets, Annex II fuel factors, pooling and the penalty formula under Regulation (EU) 2023/1805. · Reg (EU) 2023/1805
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