{ "name": "Maritime Regulatory Deadline Map 2026-2030", "licence": "CC BY 4.0", "source": "https://fullaheadmaritime.com/maritime-regulatory-deadline-map", "generated": "2026-08-15", "count": 18, "rows": [ { "id": "eu-ets-100", "date": "2026-01-01", "title": "EU ETS reaches 100% of verified emissions", "regime": "EU", "impact": "EU trade", "whatChanges": "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.", "instrument": "Directive 2003/87/EC as amended by Directive (EU) 2023/959, Art. 3ga", "evidence": "Verified emissions report per ship, allowance surrender records, and the cost-allocation clause with the charterer." }, { "id": "eu-ets-ch4-n2o", "date": "2026-01-01", "title": "Methane and nitrous oxide enter the EU ETS scope", "regime": "EU", "impact": "EU trade", "whatChanges": "CO2-equivalent reporting widens beyond CO2 to CH4 and N2O, which materially changes the position of LNG-fuelled ships with methane slip.", "instrument": "Regulation (EU) 2015/757 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/957", "evidence": "Monitoring plan updated for CH4 and N2O, and verifier sign-off on the amended plan before the reporting year." }, { "id": "fueleu-first-verified-year", "date": "2026-01-31", "title": "First FuelEU Maritime verified report and compliance balance", "regime": "EU", "impact": "EU trade", "whatChanges": "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.", "instrument": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1805, Arts. 15-21", "evidence": "Verified FuelEU report, FuelEU Document of Compliance, and any pooling agreement registered before the deadline." }, { "id": "cii-review", "date": "2026-01-01", "title": "CII reduction factors tighten on the pre-2030 trajectory", "regime": "IMO", "impact": "Fleet-wide", "whatChanges": "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.", "instrument": "MARPOL Annex VI Reg. 28, MEPC.338(76) and MEPC.339(76)", "evidence": "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." }, { "id": "iacs-e26", "date": "2024-07-01", "title": "IACS UR E26 — cyber resilience of ships (in force)", "regime": "IACS", "impact": "Newbuild", "whatChanges": "Ships contracted for construction on or after 1 July 2024 must be designed and built to a defined cyber-resilience standard, with the evidence held at class.", "instrument": "IACS UR E26 (Rev.1)", "evidence": "Ship cyber resilience plan, inventory of CBS, network diagrams, and test records accepted by class at delivery." }, { "id": "iacs-e27", "date": "2024-07-01", "title": "IACS UR E27 — cyber resilience of on-board systems and equipment (in force)", "regime": "IACS", "impact": "Newbuild", "whatChanges": "Equipment suppliers must deliver systems meeting defined security capabilities, which shifts the documentation burden onto procurement and the technical office.", "instrument": "IACS UR E27 (Rev.1)", "evidence": "Supplier security capability declarations and the maintained inventory of computer-based systems." }, { "id": "mlc-2022-amendments", "date": "2026-12-23", "title": "MLC 2022 amendments applicable", "regime": "ILO", "impact": "Fleet-wide", "whatChanges": "Amendments covering repatriation, connectivity, provisions and PPE fit become applicable, and are inspected at the next MLC inspection.", "instrument": "MLC 2006, 2022 amendments to the Code", "evidence": "Updated DMLC Part II, purchase and issue records for correctly sized PPE, and evidence of social connectivity provision." }, { "id": "imo-net-zero-framework", "date": "2027-01-01", "title": "IMO Net-Zero Framework — indicative first applicability", "regime": "IMO", "impact": "Fleet-wide", "whatChanges": "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.", "instrument": "Draft new MARPOL Annex VI Chapter 5 (IMO Net-Zero Framework)", "evidence": "Confirm status with flag before planning: adoption and entry into force are the gating steps, not the indicative date." }, { "id": "hkc-in-force", "date": "2025-06-26", "title": "Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling in force", "regime": "IMO", "impact": "Fleet-wide", "whatChanges": "Every ship above 500 GT must carry a maintained Inventory of Hazardous Materials with an international certificate, and recycling must go to authorised facilities.", "instrument": "Hong Kong International Convention, 2009", "evidence": "IHM Part I kept current, International Certificate on IHM, and the IHM maintenance procedure inside the SMS." }, { "id": "eu-srr-alignment", "date": "2026-01-01", "title": "EU Ship Recycling Regulation alignment work continues", "regime": "EU", "impact": "EU trade", "whatChanges": "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.", "instrument": "Regulation (EU) 1257/2013", "evidence": "Valid IHM certificate or statement of compliance, and evidence of periodic IHM updates after conversions or supplies." }, { "id": "sire-2-full", "date": "2024-09-01", "title": "SIRE 2.0 fully replaces the legacy VIQ programme (in force)", "regime": "Regional", "impact": "Tanker & gas", "whatChanges": "Risk-based, partly unannounced inspections with question sets drawn per ship, and a hard human-element component covering process, hardware and people.", "instrument": "OCIMF SIRE 2.0 programme", "evidence": "Pre-inspection questionnaire, crew familiarity evidence, and closed-out observations from the prior report." }, { "id": "imo-cyber-ism", "date": "2021-01-01", "title": "Cyber risk in the safety management system (in force, still failed at audit)", "regime": "IMO", "impact": "Fleet-wide", "whatChanges": "Cyber risk must be addressed in the SMS. It remains one of the more common ISM observations because policy exists but on-board evidence does not.", "instrument": "IMO Resolution MSC.428(98), guidance MSC-FAL.1/Circ.3/Rev.2", "evidence": "Cyber risk assessment per ship, drill or test records, and evidence of software and access management on board." }, { "id": "eu-mrv-general-cargo", "date": "2025-01-01", "title": "EU MRV extended to general cargo of 400-5,000 GT and offshore ships", "regime": "EU", "impact": "EU trade", "whatChanges": "Smaller general cargo and offshore vessels came into the monitoring and reporting regime, ahead of any later ETS decision on that segment.", "instrument": "Regulation (EU) 2015/757 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/957", "evidence": "Approved monitoring plan and per-voyage fuel and cargo data for the affected ships." }, { "id": "bwm-commissioning-testing", "date": "2022-06-01", "title": "BWMS commissioning testing mandatory for new installations (in force)", "regime": "IMO", "impact": "Fleet-wide", "whatChanges": "Any newly installed ballast water management system requires commissioning testing with indicative analysis before the survey is completed.", "instrument": "BWM Convention Reg. E-1, BWM.2/Circ.70/Rev.1", "evidence": "Commissioning test report retained with the ballast water record book and the BWM plan." }, { "id": "eu-ets-offshore", "date": "2027-01-01", "title": "EU ETS extends to offshore ships of 5,000 GT and above", "regime": "EU", "impact": "EU trade", "whatChanges": "Offshore vessels above 5,000 GT enter the ETS, having entered MRV reporting two years earlier.", "instrument": "Directive (EU) 2023/959", "evidence": "Verified emissions data for the qualifying offshore units and an allowance account in place before the first surrender." }, { "id": "fueleu-2030-step", "date": "2030-01-01", "title": "FuelEU GHG intensity limit steps to a 6% reduction", "regime": "EU", "impact": "EU trade", "whatChanges": "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.", "instrument": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1805, Annex I", "evidence": "Multi-year compliance-balance plan showing banked, borrowed and pooled positions per ship." }, { "id": "fueleu-onshore-power", "date": "2030-01-01", "title": "On-shore power supply obligation at TEN-T core ports", "regime": "EU", "impact": "EU trade", "whatChanges": "Container and passenger ships at berth in scope ports must connect to on-shore power or use an accepted zero-emission technology.", "instrument": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1805, Art. 6", "evidence": "Berth-by-berth OPS connection records or documented exemption grounds for each call." }, { "id": "eexi-verification", "date": "2023-01-01", "title": "EEXI verified at first applicable survey (in force)", "regime": "IMO", "impact": "Fleet-wide", "whatChanges": "Attained EEXI must not exceed required EEXI, commonly achieved by engine or shaft power limitation with the associated on-board management manual.", "instrument": "MARPOL Annex VI Reg. 25, MEPC.350(78)", "evidence": "EEXI Technical File, IEE Certificate, and the OPL/ShaPoLi on-board management manual with power records." } ] }