The Energy Tax Directive, or Energy Tax Directive, has been harmonizing taxes on fuels and electricity in the European internal market since 2003. With the revision proposed in Fit for 55, the Directive will also regulate taxes on marine fuels.
The NextGEN initiative aims to facilitate the exchange of information on decarbonisation initiatives among many stakeholders (including IMO Member States, NGOs, industry and academia); identify opportunities and gaps for decarbonization in the global maritime community; and create important networks and platforms for collaboration between these initiatives. This network initiative has been dubbed "NextGEN", where GEN is short for "Green and Efficient Navigation".
Liquefied synthetic natural gas (GNS) from the maritime world. The 10.53 gross ton ElbBlue was supplied with this neutral fuel in the German port of Brunsbuttel, near Hamburg, for a trip to Saint Petersburg, Russia, and a second refueling is planned when it returns to Germany before continue towards Rotterdam.
The facility, which represents an investment of more than 10 million euros, will be used to supply marine LNG to Brittany Ferries Salamanca and Santoña gas vessels, which will start operating in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
REintegrate and European Energy will establish a new Danish facility to produce the approximately 10,000 tonnes of carbon-neutral electric methanol that the first Maersk vessel with the capacity to operate on green electronic methanol will consume annually. Maersk will work closely with REintegrate and European Energy in the development of the facility.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set new targets to reduce CO2 emissions (from transport work): a decrease of 40% by 2030 and 70% by 2050, compared to 2008 levels. annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping, stipulating a reduction of 50% by 2050. Two associated IMO indices - EEXI and CII - have been established to provide shipowners with a benchmark to reduce their levels and get on track to meet the objectives.