FuelEU Maritime Archives - The Loadstar Making sense of the supply chain Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:29:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 31889032 How to avoid ‘a wave of regulatory pain’ from Fuel EU Maritime rules https://theloadstar.com/how-to-avoid-a-wave-of-regulatory-pain-from-fuel-eu-maritime-rules/ https://theloadstar.com/how-to-avoid-a-wave-of-regulatory-pain-from-fuel-eu-maritime-rules/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:47:53 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=284294 Companies need to be prepared for the introduction of FuelEU Maritime in less than two months – those without updated digital solutions could find themselves riding “a wave of regulatory pain”, according to director of performance at smart shipping innovation platform Navtor, Jacob Clausen. 
The regulation, coming into force on 1 January, sets targets for the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of the energy used on a ship, with targets getting stricter every five ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/how-to-avoid-a-wave-of-regulatory-pain-from-fuel-eu-maritime-rules/feed/ 0 284294 Close price gap between fossil fuel and going green, urges Maersk CCO https://theloadstar.com/close-price-gap-between-fossil-fuel-and-going-green-urges-maersk-cco/ https://theloadstar.com/close-price-gap-between-fossil-fuel-and-going-green-urges-maersk-cco/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:12:48 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=282467 Shippers shouldn’t have to choose between “what is cheap, and what is the right thing to do”, according to Maersk’s CCO Karsten Kildahl, as he urged authorities to close the fuel-pricing gap.  
On the sidelines of Maersk’s vessel-naming ceremony at the UK port of Felixstowe this week, Mr Kildahl explained: “If I look at our top 200 customers, more than two-thirds of them already have science-based targets for their emissions. And ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/close-price-gap-between-fossil-fuel-and-going-green-urges-maersk-cco/feed/ 0 282467 Green credentials of innovative ‘e-sail’ cargo ship to be unveiled at SMM https://theloadstar.com/green-credentials-of-innovative-e-sail-cargo-ship-to-be-unveiled-at-simm/ https://theloadstar.com/green-credentials-of-innovative-e-sail-cargo-ship-to-be-unveiled-at-simm/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:07:14 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=279134 A general cargo vessel fitted with rear-mounted ‘e-sails’ – the 2,850dwt Eems Traveller – may provide an avenue for using wind power on shortsea container services.
Developer bound4blue’s tubular e-sails, sometimes referred to as ‘suction sails’, expel air through a rotor at the top, generating an internal vacuum causing a layer of airflow to adhere to the sail’s outer surface, akin to an aircraft wing. This allows a much smaller sail ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/green-credentials-of-innovative-e-sail-cargo-ship-to-be-unveiled-at-simm/feed/ 0 279134 Shipping must go greener or pay the penalty under new FuelEU Maritime rule https://theloadstar.com/shipping-must-go-greener-or-pay-the-penalty-under-fueleu-maritime-rule/ https://theloadstar.com/shipping-must-go-greener-or-pay-the-penalty-under-fueleu-maritime-rule/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:23:04 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=278606 As the FuelEU Maritime regulation looms, shipping companies face rising penalties for falling short of carbon intensity reduction targets and stakeholders weigh up the lowest cost of compliance. 
The regulation, coming into force on 1 January 2025, sets targets for the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of the energy used on a ship, with targets getting stricter every five years. 
The GHG intensity requirement applies to all energy used on voyages and port ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/shipping-must-go-greener-or-pay-the-penalty-under-fueleu-maritime-rule/feed/ 0 278606 Vessel pooling could halve costs of compliance with looming FuelEU regulation https://theloadstar.com/vessel-pooling-could-halve-costs-of-compliance-with-looming-fueleu-regulation/ https://theloadstar.com/vessel-pooling-could-halve-costs-of-compliance-with-looming-fueleu-regulation/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2024 12:43:39 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=276134 The looming FuelEU Maritime regulation will pose significant challenges and extra costs for the shipping industry, and ways to mitigate this won’t come cheap.  
The regulation, coming into force on 1 January, sets targets for the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of the energy used on a ship, with targets getting stricter every five years.
The GHG intensity requirement applies to 100% of energy used on voyages and port calls within ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/vessel-pooling-could-halve-costs-of-compliance-with-looming-fueleu-regulation/feed/ 0 276134 More EU ‘greener shipping’ regulations loom, with ‘significant’ penalties https://theloadstar.com/more-eu-greener-shipping-regulations-loom-with-significant-penalties/ https://theloadstar.com/more-eu-greener-shipping-regulations-loom-with-significant-penalties/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 12:28:05 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=272089 Shipping companies should start preparing now for the FuelEU Maritime regulation, as the deadline for submitting plans to monitor fuel type and consumption looms, warned the co-MD of maritime technology specialist OceanScore, Albrecht Grell.  
FuelEU is part of the European Union’s Fit for 55 package, aiming to increase the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in the shipping sector. 
It demands that energy used by ships of more than 5,000 gross ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/more-eu-greener-shipping-regulations-loom-with-significant-penalties/feed/ 0 272089 zero44 releases FuelEU Maritime Calculator https://theloadstar.com/zero44-releases-the-publicly-available-fueleu-maritime-calculator/ https://theloadstar.com/zero44-releases-the-publicly-available-fueleu-maritime-calculator/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:13:16 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=267626 PRESS RELEASE
Berlin, 20 March 2024 – zero44, provider of digital CO2 management solutions, has today released its “FuelEU Maritime Calculator”. zero44 has developed this tool to enable shipping companies to quickly and easily understand the financial impact that the planned FuelEU Maritime regulation will have on their business. The results are estimates and not binding, but provide a good initial basis for dealing with the costs and cost factors of ...

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