FuelEU Pooling Marketplace
A transparent, market-driven solution
to FuelEU Maritime compliance
What is FuelEU Marketplace?
FuelEU Marketplace is a subscription-based digital platform enabling maritime stakeholders to
comply with FuelEU Maritime obligations through pooling.
The platform addresses regulatory complexity, liquidity
fragmentation, and cost inefficiencies by acting as a neutral EU-wide compliance marketplace.
Market Problems
- FuelEU Maritime introduces annual GHG intensity targets and penalties. Compliance options (fuel switching, pooling, banking, penalties) are complex
- Market is fragmented into bilateral contracts and manual processes
- Shipowners lack visibility on cost-optimal compliance strategies
- Suppliers lack efficient demand aggregation and standardized compliance workflows
Solution Overview
KICKSTER FUELEU MARKETPLACE provides:
- digital pooling FuelEU listing marketplace
- automated compliance calculation
- verified participant onboarding and audit trail
- direct negotiation within participants
- automatic digital contract
- analytics, forecasting and regulatory-ready insights
Participants
Shipowners & operators
Ship managers
Charterers
Supply Side
Marine fuel suppliers&blenders
Pool operators & aggregators
Certificate providers
Enablers
Verifiers & auditors
Compliance consultants
What sets our marketplace apart?
TRANSPARENT PRICE DISCOVERY
Multiple offers from multiple providers, a true market view, not a single non-transparent price
FAIRNESS
No hidden commissions or margins, only a small onboarding fee
DIRECT
BUYER-SELLER CONNECTIONS
Direct negotiations for all deals
SIMPLIFIED REGULATORY NAVIGATION
AGGREGATED MARKET LIQUIDITY
AUTOMATED DIGITAL WORKFLOWS
2026
Upcoming obligations
31st January 2026
Companies
Submit ship specific FuelEU report to verifier
Verifiers
Verify submitted data, record, FuelEU reporting, calculate compliance balance
31st March 2026
Companies
Companies to notify in the FuelEU database the intention to include the vessel in a pool
Verifiers
Verify submitted data, record, FuelEU reporting, calculate compliance balance
30th April 2026
Companies
Record any advice compliance surplus
Companies to notify in the FuelEU database the intention to include the vessel in a pool
Verifiers
Verify submitted data, record, FuelEU reporting, calculate compliance balance
Record in FuelEU database composition and allocation of total pooled compliance to each vessel
30th June 2026
Companies
Payment of possible remedial penalties to Administering Authority and issue FuelEU Document of Compliance (DoC)
Verifiers
Issue FuelEU Document of Compliance (DoC), in case no remedial penalties arise
FuelEU
Maritime
Regulation
