Tag: Fit for 55

The European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on important legislative proposals of the ‘Fit for 55’ package, including the EU ETS maritime

The “Fit for 55” proposals and more particularly AFIR, EU ETS and Fuel EU were among the topics that were extensively debated during FEPORT General Assembly meeting held in Brussels on November 30th.

On November 29, EU negotiators agreed to bring shipping into the EU’s carbon market (ETS), after landing preliminary agreement for CO2 quotas for maritime.

FEPORT supports the Fit for 55 proposals as key building blocks to allow the decarbonization of the EU economy towards climate neutrality by 2050, including those proposals aimed at the greening of maritime shipping such as FuelEU Maritime and the EU ETS revision.

As there are ongoing discussions around the potential expansion of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), MSC provided an update on how these changes may impact ship operations and its clients.

As negotiations on FuelEU Maritime and EU Emission Trading System (ETS) enter the last phase, the Global Maritime Forum (GMF) is calling on EU policymakers to raise the climate ambition in these policy proposals.

The Transport and Tourism Committee adopted a draft negotiating mandate on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure by 36 votes to 2 and 6 abstentions on Monday evening.

If Black Carbon was covered under “Fit for 55,” it could help reduce BC emissions from ships that call on EU ports, including those that sail the Arctic, suggest Dr. Liudmila Osipova and Dr. Bryan Comer, ICCT.

Over the past 18 months, there has been an increasingly strong focus on new low and zero carbon marine fuels as the dominant means of reducing shipping emissions. The fuels debate is taking centre stage in investment, as well as legislation, argues Mr.Simon Potter, Director of Sustainability Advisory at Houlder.

Carbon taxes will increase, favouring energy efficient ships and requiring closer co-operation between owners and charterers, says Will Fray, Director, Maritime Strategies International