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21 September 2026

EU shippers face €572m ETS bill – but Felixstowe calls slash exposure

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EU shippers face €572m ETS bill – but Felixstowe calls slash exposure

A new report measuring carbon emissions from ocean transport has revealed that EU shippers have faced more than an extra half-billion euros in costs in the second quarter of this year due to Emissions Trading System (ETS) charges. The EU ETS Surcharges vs. Actual Voyage Exposure: What Shipment Execution Data Reveals report, authored by freight intelligence platform VesselBot also showed how continental European importers whose containers are on vessels that call ... The post EU shippers face €572m ETS bill – but Felixstowe calls slash exposure appeared first on The Loadstar .

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