The rules, read early.
Short, sourced briefings on the IMO and EU rules that shape every voyage, and on the practice behind them.
Our reading at 8 Oct 2026, for planning. Not legal advice; the authority’s current text decides.
Showing 9 of 9
-
IMO Net-Zero Framework: the decision due on 4 Dec 2026 A global fuel standard with a price on the shortfall: agreed in draft in April 2025, adjourned in October 2025, back on the table in December.Net-Zero FrameworkMARPOL Annex VI · draft
-
CII after 2026: the line tightens every year The required carbon intensity falls by 13.625 % to 21.5 % from 2027 to 2030. What a D or an E sets in motion.CIIMEPC.400(83)
-
EU ETS for shipping: 2026 is the first year at 100 % Allowances for every tonne in scope, methane and nitrous oxide added, and offshore ships next. What changed this year.EU ETSDirective (EU) 2023/959
-
FuelEU Maritime: the compliance year, month by month From the FuelEU report on 31 January to the document of compliance on 30 June: the calendar every ship trading with Europe now keeps.FuelEU MaritimeRegulation (EU) 2023/1805
-
IMO DCS from 2026: six new things to record Fuel by consumer, fuel while not under way, shore power, transport work, laden distance and innovative technology: the data IMO now asks for.IMO DCSMEPC.385(81)
-
Biofouling: the hull now has a border check New Zealand, Australia, California and Brazil set their own conditions for the hull on arrival. The IMO guidelines are the common ground.BiofoulingMEPC.378(80)
-
VLSFO is not one CO₂ factor: the bunker delivery note decides The same 0.50 % sulphur fuel can count as 3.114 or 3.151 tonnes of CO₂ per tonne burned, depending on the grade written on the BDN.CO₂ factorMARPOL Annex VI, reg. 18
-
Emission control areas: the map from 2025 to 2028 The Mediterranean joined in 2025. The Canadian Arctic and the Norwegian Sea follow in 2027, the North-East Atlantic in 2028.Emission control areasMARPOL Annex VI, reg. 14
-
Voyage planning in SOLAS: four stages and one authority Appraisal, planning, execution and monitoring, and the regulation that keeps the decision with the Master.SOLAS V/34Resolution A.893(21)