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The bill accelerates decarbonization in the maritime sector and reduces lifecycle emissions but does so by imposing compliance costs on vessel operators that could translate into higher shipping prices for businesses and consumers.
Owners and operators of covered vessels must reduce fuel carbon intensity, driving adoption of lower-GHG fuels and technologies and thereby reducing maritime lifecycle emissions.
Owners and operators of covered vessels will incur substantial compliance costs to meet stricter fuel/carbon standards, likely raising shipping costs and potentially increasing prices for consumers and small businesses.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Directs EPA to set progressive fuel carbon-intensity standards for large vessels and to require in-port elimination of GHG and criteria pollutant emissions by 2035 (or maximum feasible reductions).
Introduced July 10, 2025 by Robert Garcia · Last progress July 10, 2025
Requires the EPA to set a progressively stricter fuel carbon-intensity standard for large vessels on voyages involving U.S. ports, using a 2027 baseline and phasing reductions through 2050 to reach zero carbon intensity. It also requires EPA to issue in-port standards to eliminate greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions from vessels at berth or anchorage by 2035 (or the maximum feasible reduction if full elimination is not feasible), with reporting and enforcement provisions.