Tag: FuelEU

The sixth edition of the EU Blue Economy Report which analyzes the scope and size of the Blue Economy in the European Union, has been published.

According to DNV, European Parliament (EP), the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission (EC) have reached an agreement on the FuelEU Maritime regulation, with the objective to increase the share of renewable and low-carbon fuels in the fuel mix of maritime transport in the EU. 

FEPORT released a statement on the last day of March, in which it congratulates the institutional negotiators who have been able to reach an agreement on FuelEU and Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR).

On March 28th, ESCA and CLIA issued a statement emphasizing that, based on the initial political agreement reached on the FuelEU Maritime on March 23rd, the onus is placed on maritime operators to use renewable fuels, with no corresponding obligation on the supply side.

FuelEU is a draft Regulation, part of the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ package, which aims to incentivise the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels on ships to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (CO2, CH4 and N2O). The final draft text of the Regulation is not yet available, but Lloyd's Register has issued a Class News paper to provide information about it.

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has released an announcement stating that it is pleased to see that a preliminary agreement has been reached between co-legislators on the FuelEU Maritime proposal.

The EU’s CO2 regulation of maritime and road transport must be aligned to ensure a level playing field between the two transport modes, says Danish Shipping.

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 the trilogue negotiations on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) are progressing, ECSA calls on the Parliament and the Council to ensure that the requirements on fuel suppliers in RED III match the requirements placed on shipowners by FuelEU Maritime.

ESPO welcomed the outcome of the European Parliament's (EP) vote on the proposals for the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) and the FuelEU Maritime Regulation on 19 October.