While often presented as the simplest solution to meet the requirements of the FuelEU Maritime regulation, pooling can become a long-term cost trap for shipowners, Berlin-based platform ZERO44 warned in its new whitepaper.

Since the beginning of 2025, when the FuelEU Maritime regulation entered into force, ship operators in the European Union (EU) have been required to report their fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity, and face penalties of several hundred thousand euros per vessel annually if the permitted threshold is exceeded.