A fixture decision desk for the carbon era
MCCS puts EU ETS, FuelEU Maritime and IMO exposure into the same calculation as freight, bunkers and hire. It is built in editions, so each desk sees the modules that match its side of the contract.
Runs offline on your own computer · nothing leaves your office
Voyage & fixture desk
The core of every edition. One fixture, priced end to end.
Start from & paste recapHow fast can a desk get to a number?
One picker for benchmark lanes, saved fixtures and demonstration cases. A fixture recap pasted as text is read field by field and proposed before anything is written.
Fixture & routeWhat is in scope on this voyage?
Load and discharge ports from the RCA port database, each marked with its country and EU/EEA status. The distance comes from the Port Distance Reference with its grade — verified, checked or curated — its source and its date shown beside it, or the desk types its own. Laden and ballast legs are priced separately.
At-berth carbonWhat do port days add?
Load and discharge days with berth consumption. Scope is taken from each port, so an EU berth counts in full even on a 50% voyage.
Multi-leg voyagesWho carries what on each leg?
Several legs with cargo on board per leg, giving the FuelEU share and the cost per tonne carried.
Voyage mapWhere does the exposure sit?
The route drawn by scope colour, laden solid and ballast broken.
Speed & consumption curveWhat does a knot cost?
Consumption against speed for the vessel, so a change in speed moves days, bunkers and carbon together.
Weather & sea marginWhat if the weather is worse than planned?
A margin on distance and consumption, applied to the whole voyage and shown separately.
Speed & consumption warrantyDid the vessel perform as described?
The warranted speed and burn against the voyage as performed, with the carbon effect of the difference.
Voyage charter economicsWhat does the voyage earn?
Freight, bunkers, port and canal costs, commission and carbon in one voyage result, with TCE per day.
Break-even viewsWhere does the deal stop working?
Break-even freight, Worldscale and EUA price for the fixture as entered.
What-if playgroundWhat moves the result most?
Change one input at a time and see the voyage result and the carbon cost move.
Scenario comparison & confidenceWhich option is best, and how sure are we?
Fixtures side by side, ranked by voyage result or TCE per day, with a confidence reading on the inputs behind each number.
Compliance mechanics
How each regime is applied to the voyage. The arithmetic is the regulation's own: the home-page example is worked step by step, so a desk can reproduce an MCCS figure with a calculator.
Fuel blend & complianceWhich blend meets the FuelEU target?
Fuels mixed on the voyage and the resulting GHG intensity against the target year.
FuelEU banking & borrowingCan a surplus be carried or a deficit borrowed?
Banking of surplus and borrowing against the next period, within the limits of the regulation.
FuelEU horizonHow does the penalty grow?
The same fixture priced against each FuelEU target step from 2026 to 2050.
Voyage CII ratingWhere does this voyage sit on CII?
The voyage AER and the rating against the required line for the year.
Scheme navigatorWhich schemes reach this voyage?
EU ETS, FuelEU Maritime, UK ETS and the IMO Net-Zero Framework, each priced on the same fixture.
Carbon cost intensityWhat does carbon cost per mile, tonne and day?
The regulated cost expressed per nautical mile, per tonne of cargo and per day of hire.
Regulatory horizonWhat is proposed but not yet in force?
Pending revisions to EU ETS, MRV and FuelEU, shown as proposals.
Carbon-linked contracts
Clauses and contracts that decide who carries the carbon cost.
Carbon allocation clauseHow should the carbon bill be split?
Generates the allocation wording from the share agreed on the desk.
ETS index-linked clauseWho carries the EUA price?
A clause that links the carbon charge to the allowance price, with the effect of a price move on each party.
Index-linked hire & carbonWhat happens when hire floats and carbon rises?
Hire indexation and the carbon ramp in one view.
Charter rollover carbonWhat does an extension inherit?
The carbon cost of rolling a charter into later, stricter years.
Period / COA viewWhat does the contract carry over its term?
A period charter or contract of affreightment priced year by year as targets tighten.
Contract basketWhat is the carbon in all our contracts together?
Several fixtures and contracts added up into one carbon position.
Cargo carbon & cargo-owner viewWhat does carbon add per tonne of cargo?
Carbon adder in $/t and €/t, the ETS and FuelEU split, and who carries it under CIF/CFR or FOB.
Dual-fuel premiumIs a dual-fuel vessel worth the extra hire?
The carbon saving set against the premium asked.
Retrofit splitWho recovers an energy-saving device?
The saving from a retrofit split between owner and charterer over the charter.
S&P & fleet decisions
Buying, selling, ordering and chartering out, with carbon priced in.
Fleet acquisition carbon DDWhat liability comes with the fleet?
Two-fleet FuelEU pooling, the present value of inherited liability against the price, and cash or share-swap.
Hold vs sellDoes carbon move the exit year?
Hold value to each year against selling today, with and without carbon, plus a screen across the oldest vessels in the fleet.
Newbuild orderWhich fuel to specify?
Fuel options for a newbuild compared on regulated cost over the vessel's life.
Scrubber spread vs carbonDoes the scrubber still pay?
Fuel spread against carbon cost, which the scrubber does not reduce.
Chartered-out fleet exposureRevenue is contracted. Is the carbon?
Clause buckets across chartered-out tonnage and the share of the carbon bill the owner keeps.
Fleet compliance
For owners. Runs on the fleet inventory the client uploads.
Emissions & CIIWhere does each vessel stand?
Per-vessel emissions, AER and CII rating from the uploaded inventory.
EU ETS & FuelEU per vesselWhat does the fleet surrender and pay?
ETS exposure on a CO₂e basis and the FuelEU balance per vessel, with the penalty trajectory under the current fuel mix.
IMO Net-Zero FrameworkWhat if the global charge applies?
Selected vessels with and without the framework, shown as a scenario until it is adopted.
Fuel pathwaysWhich fuel lowers the total bill?
Biofuel blends, LNG, bio-LNG, methanol and ammonia compared on the same energy, regulated cost and net of fuel premium.
Where the fuel isCan the vessel actually lift it?
Bunkering availability by hub and fuel, and the main lanes by segment.
Efficiency & routingWhat does speed or route change?
Operational levers priced in carbon and bunkers.
Disclosure & reporting
Statements built from the same figures as the desk.
Poseidon Principles statementIs the fleet aligned with its lenders' trajectory?
Per-vessel required intensity from the official baselines, alignment weighted by transport work, ready for lender review.
Framework disclosuresWhat goes in the annual report?
ESRS, TCFD, SASB and EU Taxonomy drafts from the fleet data.
Board reportWhat does the board need to decide?
One ETS figure, FuelEU, the IMO scenarios and a stated basis and sources.
Which edition carries which modules
| Module group | Charterer | Broker | Owner | Owner SME | LNG Brokerage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voyage & fixture desk | |||||
| Compliance mechanics | |||||
| Carbon-linked contracts | |||||
| S&P & fleet decisions | — | — | |||
| Fleet compliance | — | — | — | ||
| Disclosure & reporting | — | — | — |
included · selected modules · The Owner SME edition opens further modules with a key, without reinstalling. The LNG Brokerage edition is in preparation. The final module set is agreed at scoping.
Every calculation is traceable to its source text. Methodology, regulatory mapping and validation are carried out by maritime carbon-compliance specialists.
Two short documents built on this desk — a fixture priced under five ETS clause structures, and a week's dry bulk voyages with their carbon cost — are on the Insights page, to read or download.