FuelEU Maritime Penalty Calculator
Enter the fuel your ship burned — see its well-to-wake GHG intensity, its compliance balance against the year’s limit, and the penalty a deficit would carry. No account needed.
Fuel burned in the reporting year
Fuel consumed (metric tonnes)
Applies to ships above 5,000 GT calling EEA ports. LNG here assumes a medium-speed dual-fuel (Otto) engine — methane slip 3.1%.
Your result
Deficit priced per Annex IV: €2,400 per tonne of VLSFO-energy-equivalent. Banking, borrowing and pooling can change the final figure.
The intensity limit steps down at each milestone (−6% in 2030, −14.5% in 2035…). ✓ = still compliant; € = the penalty that mix would carry.
Estimate for planning only — the official compliance balance is established through your verifier. Assumes the selected scope share for all energy; berth energy in EEA ports always counts 100%.
This is a one-off estimate.
Track your FuelEU balance voyage by voyage, alongside EU MRV, IMO DCS, CII and EU ETS — derived automatically from the data your crew already logs. Free for shipowners.
What is FuelEU Maritime?
A fuel-intensity limit, not a fuel mandate
From 1 January 2025, ships above 5,000 GT calling EEA ports must keep the well-to-wake GHG intensity of their energy below a yearly limit: 2% under the 91.16 gCO₂eq/MJ baseline for 2025–2029, stepping down to −6% in 2030 and −80% by 2050.
How the balance works
Compliance balance = (limit − attained intensity) × energy in scope. Positive = surplus; negative = deficit. A deficit is priced at €2,400 per tonne of VLSFO-energy-equivalent — and repeats get more expensive each consecutive year.
Surplus has value
Articles 20–21 allow banking a surplus to later years and pooling balances across ships — including ships of other companies. A compliant ship’s surplus can offset another ship’s deficit; the mechanism is part of the regulation itself.
Frequently asked questions
Which ships does FuelEU Maritime apply to?
Ships above 5,000 GT calling EEA ports, any flag, from 1 January 2025. Energy on intra-EEA voyages and at berth in EEA ports counts 100%; voyages into or out of the EEA count 50%.
How is the penalty actually calculated?
Annex IV: the deficit in gCO₂eq is converted to tonnes of VLSFO-energy-equivalent (41,000 MJ per tonne) and priced at €2,400 each. From the second consecutive deficit year the amount escalates by 10% steps.
Can a deficit be avoided without changing fuel?
The regulation itself provides three routes: bank a previous surplus, borrow a limited advance from next year, or pool with a surplus ship. Fuel choices (bio-blends, LNG engine type) and shore power at berth also shift the balance.
Are these numbers the official Annex II values?
Yes — LCV, well-to-tank and tank-to-wake factors are taken verbatim from Annex II of Reg (EU) 2023/1805, with methane slip by engine class for LNG. VLSFO follows the residual-fuel (HFO) pathway, as Annex II has no standalone VLSFO row.
The IMO side of the same fuel data — check your A–E carbon-intensity rating in seconds.