Leaked EU fuel plans confirm industry fears and rile green lobby

The European Commission’s decarbonisation plans for shipping are part of a sprawling set of legislative packages due to be published shortly, but the maritime sector has become the subject of an intra-EU political clash between directorates, sparking fears the FuelEU legislation is inconsistent with parallel plans for emissions trading and tax proposals, writes Richard Meade, Declan Bush and Anastassios Adamopoulos of Lloyd’s List

A leaked draft of a key European Union policy designed to cut carbon emissions in shipping has confirmed industry fears that enforcement chaos for shipping is looming and prompted outrage from environmental lobbyists who claim the rules will prove to be a “climate disaster”.