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Every dated maritime obligation we track, ordered by how long you have left, with the instrument each date comes from printed underneath it. Days remaining are computed when the page loads — nothing on this page is a hand-typed countdown.

Dates are entry-into-force or applicability dates as published in the cited instrument. Instruments get amended and phase-ins deferred: verify against the current text and your flag's guidance before acting.

Inside 90 days

ILO · Fleet-wide

90 days

MLC 2022 amendments applicable

Applies from 23 December 2026

Amendments covering repatriation, connectivity, provisions and PPE fit become applicable, and are inspected at the next MLC inspection.

Evidence asked for

Updated DMLC Part II, purchase and issue records for correctly sized PPE, and evidence of social connectivity provision.

MLC 2006, 2022 amendments to the Code

Inside 12 months

IMO · Fleet-wide

99 days

IMO Net-Zero Framework — indicative first applicability

Applies from 1 January 2027

A global GHG fuel intensity standard with an economic element is scheduled to begin applying to ships above 5,000 GT, subject to adoption and entry-into-force steps.

Evidence asked for

Confirm status with flag before planning: adoption and entry into force are the gating steps, not the indicative date.

Draft new MARPOL Annex VI Chapter 5 (IMO Net-Zero Framework)

EU · EU trade

99 days

EU ETS extends to offshore ships of 5,000 GT and above

Applies from 1 January 2027

Offshore vessels above 5,000 GT enter the ETS, having entered MRV reporting two years earlier.

Evidence asked for

Verified emissions data for the qualifying offshore units and an allowance account in place before the first surrender.

Directive (EU) 2023/959

Beyond 12 months

EU · EU trade

1195 days

FuelEU GHG intensity limit steps to a 6% reduction

Applies from 1 January 2030

The intensity limit tightens from the 2% reduction applying from 2025, so a compliance strategy that banks surplus in the late 2020s materially changes exposure.

Evidence asked for

Multi-year compliance-balance plan showing banked, borrowed and pooled positions per ship.

Regulation (EU) 2023/1805, Annex I

EU · EU trade

1195 days

On-shore power supply obligation at TEN-T core ports

Applies from 1 January 2030

Container and passenger ships at berth in scope ports must connect to on-shore power or use an accepted zero-emission technology.

Evidence asked for

Berth-by-berth OPS connection records or documented exemption grounds for each call.

Regulation (EU) 2023/1805, Art. 6

In force

EU · EU trade

In force

EU ETS reaches 100% of verified emissions

Applies from 1 January 2026

The phase-in ends. Allowances must be surrendered for 100% of verified 2026 emissions, against 70% for 2025 and 40% for 2024. Budget and charter-party cost recovery both step up accordingly.

Evidence asked for

Verified emissions report per ship, allowance surrender records, and the cost-allocation clause with the charterer.

Directive 2003/87/EC as amended by Directive (EU) 2023/959, Art. 3ga

EU · EU trade

In force

Methane and nitrous oxide enter the EU ETS scope

Applies from 1 January 2026

CO2-equivalent reporting widens beyond CO2 to CH4 and N2O, which materially changes the position of LNG-fuelled ships with methane slip.

Evidence asked for

Monitoring plan updated for CH4 and N2O, and verifier sign-off on the amended plan before the reporting year.

Regulation (EU) 2015/757 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/957

IMO · Fleet-wide

In force

CII reduction factors tighten on the pre-2030 trajectory

Applies from 1 January 2026

Required annual operational CII becomes progressively stricter each year to 2030, so a rating held in 2025 is not held in 2026 on the same operating profile.

Evidence asked for

Annual CII rating statement and, at rating D for three years or E for one, an approved corrective action plan in the SEEMP Part III.

MARPOL Annex VI Reg. 28, MEPC.338(76) and MEPC.339(76)

EU · EU trade

In force

EU Ship Recycling Regulation alignment work continues

Applies from 1 January 2026

EU-flag and EU-calling ships continue to require a valid IHM under the EU regime, which runs alongside rather than inside the Hong Kong Convention.

Evidence asked for

Valid IHM certificate or statement of compliance, and evidence of periodic IHM updates after conversions or supplies.

Regulation (EU) 1257/2013

EU · EU trade

In force

First FuelEU Maritime verified report and compliance balance

Applies from 31 January 2026

The 2025 GHG intensity report must be verified, and the resulting compliance balance banked, borrowed or pooled. Penalties fall due where the balance is negative and unpooled.

Evidence asked for

Verified FuelEU report, FuelEU Document of Compliance, and any pooling agreement registered before the deadline.

Regulation (EU) 2023/1805, Arts. 15-21