Fuel Eu Pooling
FUEL EU LOWDOWN
FUEL EUSCOPE
From 2025, Fuel EU Maritime will monitor most ships in the scope of this regulation, including N2O and CH4, and based on a 2% greenhouse gas intensity reduction by 2025.
The penalty for excessive greenhouse gas intensity is EUR 2,400/t VLSFO equivalent, or approximately EUR 640/tCO2.
This is based on a 2% greenhouse gas intensity reduction by 2025.
TIMELINE
PRICING AND COMPLIANCE
OPTIONS;
For many companies, Fuel EU pooling is the most cost-effective and, in many cases, least administratively burdensome solution for compliance.
The financial costs of each Fuel EU Compliance Option are shown below:
▪ POOLING: 200-220 EUR/tCO2eq (as of July 2025)
▪ USE OF ADVANCED FUELS: Based on the pool price, the HFO-HVO premium should be below approximately EUR 800-850/t to be a cheaper option, including ETS savings.
This, of course, excludes technical and operational costs and is estimated based on assumed emission values.
▪ PENALTY PAYMENT: EUR 640/tCO2eq
HOW CAN EU CARBON MARKETS HELP WITH POOLING?
STEP BY STEP PROCESS;
1. Calculate your “compliance balance” (Eu Carbon Markets can help)
Including 2025 requirement estimates
2. Eu Carbon Markets leverages its network of companies with large profit margins (mostly ro-ro, ro-pax, and tankers in Northern Europe) to make competitive offers to companies with deficits and purchase Compliance Units by pooling them.
3. This offer is accompanied by a draft contract detailing the distribution of responsibilities.
Eu Carbon Markets can manage the pool, monitor compliance, and help your vessels register with the pool or use the pool partners' infrastructure.
