Navtor releases FuelEU upgrade to NavFleet voyage monitoring software

Norway-based e-navigation specialist, Navtor, claims to have incorporated a FuelEU Maritime component into its NavFleet ship operations platform that will ‘simplify the complexity’ of the regulations that are due to enter force in just four weeks’ time.

NavFleet 2.1, released today, enables users to automate complex well-to-wake emission calculations for FuelEU Maritime compliance, a key difference with the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) which is based on tank-to-wake figures. The updated software provides visual upgrades and fully integrated digital logbooks, the company said, supporting the processes of data validation and verification.

Summarising the new setup, Navtor said: “It empowers owners to accurately calculate penalty costs and generate comprehensive EU Statements that summarise compliance with the carbon intensity indicator, EU Emissions Trading System, and FuelEU Maritime requirements, including penalties and balances.”

Tor Håkon Svanes, NavFleet Product Manager, said: “We have been working exceptionally hard, so our customers don’t have to. FuelEU Maritime is a complex regulation that demands the kind of calculations, and a wealth of data, that is completely new for the industry. It sets a standard for future regulations, creating transparency and accountability around greenhouse gas intensity and emissions, but also heralds a headache for owners and operators that aren’t prepared.

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"The costs involved – for both non-compliance and errors in calculations – could be huge, and will get bigger as time progresses, so intelligent solutions that capture, utilise and quality-check data are essential.”

The NavFleet FuelEU upgrade comes just a few days after Hamburg-based emissions experts at OceanScore commented on the workings of FuelEU Maritime and Bimco’s draft charterparty clause addressing the requirements of the regulation. OceanScore pointed out that there are still a number of contractual and practical uncertainties relating to the new regulations, not least the fact that it applies to the Document of Compliance holder, usually the ship manager, rather than the shipowner or bareboat charterer.

The all-important Proof of Sustainability, meanwhile, which relates to a particular bunker stem, is not usually available until four-to-six weeks after a vessel’s re-fuelling takes place. The proposed 15-day reporting deadline for ‘verified’ compliance, therefore, is not realistic, OceanScore said.