The 2026 EU ETS methane bill

Reporting year 2025, verified EU MRV filings, priced at EUR 80/t CO2e.

359 ships — 2.1% of the EEA-trading fleet — carry 78.1% of the new methane cost. EUR 107,378,480 a year in methane alone across 16,961 ships.

LNG carrier		EUR 58,634,480
Container ship		EUR 15,139,520
Ro-pax ship		EUR 10,708,640
Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)		EUR 9,783,360
Oil tanker		EUR 2,891,760
Vehicle carrier		EUR 2,476,560
Gas carrier		EUR 2,148,400
Chemical tanker		EUR 1,269,840