EmissionLink Handled FuelEU Pooling Submission for Over 600 Ships

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Wednesday May 20, 2026

Compliance solutions provider EmissionLink has completed FuelEU Maritime pooling submissions covering more than 600 vessels during the first 2025 compliance cycle.

Around 90% of participating shipowners opted to pool their compliance balances, the firm said in an email statement on Wednesday.

The company said the process included resolving technical and regulatory issues, including complexities involving ice-class vessels.

FuelEU Maritime, introduced in 2025, sets limits on the carbon intensity of marine fuels and allows pooling, where surplus compliance can offset deficits from other vessels.

“For many companies, the challenge was not simply understanding the regulation, but managing the practical steps needed to achieve compliance across fleets, verifiers and pooling counterparties," Philippos Ioulianou, managing director at EmissionLink, said.

EmissionLink expects competition in the pooling market to increase as more shipowners seek to monetise surplus balances carried forward from the 2025 reporting period.

The company also said biofuels and bio-LNG could play a larger role in future FuelEU compliance strategies depending on fuel prices and surplus values.

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