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FuelEU Maritime compliance balance and penalty calculator

Estimate a ship's compliance balance for a reporting year, the penalty if a deficit remains, and how much borrowing could cover. Everything is calculated in your browser; nothing you enter is sent or stored. Don't have the figures? Look up your ship by IMO number for a first estimate from public EU data.

Reporting year Energy at berth in EU ports and on voyages between EU ports (MJ)Counted in full (Article 2(1)(a)–(b)). Energy on voyages between an EU port and a non-EU port (MJ)Counted at 50% (Article 2(1)(d)). Actual GHG intensity (g CO₂e/MJ)From your monitoring data or verifier. 91.16 is the 2020 fleet average used as the reference value. Consecutive years in deficit1 if this is the first year with a penalty (Article 23(2)).

Only know the fuel in tonnes?

Enter tonnes of fuel to get an approximate energy figure at 41,000 MJ per tonne, the VLSFO-equivalent used in the penalty formula. Actual energy depends on each fuel's lower calorific value.

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GHG intensity limit: –
Energy in scope: –
Compliance balance: –
Penalty if the deficit remains: –
Borrowing could cover up to: –

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This is an estimate for planning, not a statutory calculation. The verified compliance balance is calculated under Annex I and verified by your accredited verifier, and some adjustments, for example for ice class or wind-assisted propulsion, are not included here.

How it is calculated

The formulas behind the estimate

The calculator follows Regulation (EU) 2023/1805. Your team can check each step against the regulation.

Read the key FuelEU rules · Regulation (EU) 2023/1805

Limit: 91.16 g CO₂e/MJ reduced by 2% from 2025, 6% from 2030, 14.5% from 2035, 31% from 2040, 62% from 2045 and 80% from 2050 (Article 4).
Energy in scope: all energy at berth in EU ports and on voyages between EU ports, plus half of the energy on voyages between an EU port and a port outside the EU (Article 2).
Compliance balance: (limit − actual intensity) × energy in scope, in grams of CO₂e (Annex IV, Part A).
Penalty: |balance| ÷ (actual intensity × 41,000) × €2,400, multiplied by 1 + (n − 1)/10 for n consecutive years in deficit (Annex IV, Part B; Article 23).
Borrowing: up to 2% of the limit × energy, repaid at 1.1 times the next year, and not for two consecutive years (Article 20).

In deficit, or holding a surplus?

Pooling only works with agreed partners before the 30 April recording date. Send us your fleet's figures and we reply within one business day.

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