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FuelEU Maritime is tightening from 2025 to 2030, and the practical questions are simple: what fuels can you credibly use, how efficient is each vessel, which clauses protect you, and what proof do you have on file? This scorecard gives a quick, defensible read on those levers, showing your tier, a rough compliance margin, and the top fixes worth doing now. Use it to align technical, chartering, and finance before costs creep in.
1️⃣ What “Readiness” Means
It’s not a yes/no. Readiness = lowest-cost compliance with commercial flexibility. Blend: fuel pathways, ship efficiency, contracts, and evidence.
2️⃣ Inputs to Have Ready
- Fleet list + baselines
- Fuel mix by lane/season
- Key charter clauses
- MRV/WtW evidence path
3️⃣ Moving Pieces (2025→2030)
- Tightening targets—don’t back-load action
- Fuel availability & price spread swings
- Well-to-wake tracking, audit scrutiny
4️⃣ Where the Money Moves
- Tech/ops: speed, trim, routing, retrofits
- Pathway arbitrage: availability × price × claims
- Clauses: penalty sharing & flexibility
5️⃣ Readiness Tiers
- Tier A: evidence-ready & flexible
- Tier B: partial cover, close gaps
- Tier C: reactive, high audit/penalty risk
6️⃣ What You’ll Get
- Headline readiness score + tier
- Compliance margin vs target (beta)
- Priority fixes (fast / strategic)
Planning Signal — Not a Legal Compliance Calculator
This widget provides a readiness score and a rough compliance margin based on editable assumptions below. It does not constitute a regulatory determination. Confirm with your verifier and replace “beta” targets/factors in code with official values.
FuelEU Readiness — Inputs (2025–2030)
Readiness Result
| Headline signal | Run the calculation. |
|---|---|
| Priority fixes | — |
| Notes | Use this as an internal planning signal. Evidence checklist lives in your data room. |
Compliance Margin vs Target (beta factors)
| Fleet GHG intensity (beta WtW index) | — |
|---|---|
| Target for year | — |
| Compliance margin | — |
| Exposure-weighted penalty band | — |
How to read this
You’ll see two signals: (1) a readiness score (commercial & audit posture) and (2) a compliance margin vs a year target (beta). Tier A ≈ evidence-ready & flexible; Tier B ≈ partial gaps; Tier C ≈ reactive. Use “Priority fixes” to triage fast moves vs capex-heavy items.
Bottom line: use this scorecard as a planning signal to line up fuel pathway choices, ops discipline, contract cover, and evidence, then sanity-check the output against your verifier’s rules. Run a quick first pass for each fleet segment and lane mix, note the gaps, and turn the top two fixes into actions you can execute this quarter. Revisit the inputs monthly as prices, availability, and targets shift so the “readiness” signal stays current. If a result surprises you, treat it as an audit prompt: pull the docs you’d need to prove it and see what’s missing.
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