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OPINION: EU needs to re-think ETS

By Anna-Maria Darmanin, secretary general of the European Tugowners’ Association 2025-10-06T13:58:00

Anna Maria Darmanin, ETA secretary general

As the maritime sector braces for the formal adoption of the IMO Net-Zero Framework (NZF) this October, the European Union finds itself at a regulatory crossroads.

The EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and FuelEU Maritime, which have been hailed as pioneering climate tools, now risk becoming redundant, or worse, counterproductive.

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