Scope first, distance second
For every desk that prices a voyage: brokers, charterers, owners, operators, banks and analysts. Sailing distances are published elsewhere. What a desk cannot look up is how much of a voyage falls under EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime. The Reference states that share for every tabulated port pair, together with the distance and the carbon per mile for common vessel types.
What the edition contains
One annual edition, tied to the FuelEU target year; interim releases within the year carry a point version. Current release: v1.16, 7 Nov 2026 — the same table the MCCS v4.24.6 builds carry.
237 ports across 19 regions, each with its country, EU/EEA status and the trades it serves.
479 port pairs, each carrying one of the three distance grades below. In v1.16: 91 verified, 67 checked, 321 curated — 158 (33%) read against a named source on a stated date. The share of verified and checked legs rises with each release.
The main tanker, dry bulk, container and gas lanes with their scope class.
Ready voyages with distance, scope and carbon, recomputed from stated assumptions.
Emissions per nautical mile for thirteen vessel archetypes.
The legal basis for each scope rule, the transhipment exception and the derogations that do not apply.
What each distance is worth, in writing
Every leg in the Reference and on the Distances tab of MCCS carries one of three grades, the source and the date. The grade says what has been done to the figure, so a desk knows what it can quote.
| Grade | What it means | Typical accuracy | v1.16 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verified | The book value of NGA Pub 151, Distances Between Ports (11th ed.), for that exact port pair, read on the stated date. | Published routeing distance; differences from a ship's own track come from the master's routeing, not the table | 91 |
| Checked | Read on the stated date against a named secondary source: a Pub 151 junction composition or chained book values (32), or a voyage planner or sea-lane calculator with the waypoints recorded (35). | Within about 1% of a Pub 151 value where both exist; the source and waypoints are on the row | 67 |
| Curated | An RCA working figure from standard distance tables and junction compositions, not yet read against an external source. Labelled "verify before quoting" on the row. | Fit for screening a fixture; to be verified before a figure is quoted in an offer or a clause | 321 |
What this means commercially. MCCS prices a voyage on any grade and shows the grade beside the distance, so a curated figure is never mistaken for a verified one. Before delivery, the legs a client trades are verified or checked on request, and each release names the legs that moved grade. A distance the desk types in itself is shown as the desk's own figure and is not graded.
UK ports are shown separately and are not counted in EU scope.
Workbook
The core deliverable: the master table, regional sheets, templates driven by an assumptions sheet, and the scope guide. Data files are included for import into the desk's own systems.
Presentation kit
A printed executive summary in a presentation folder, a desk wall sheet and an access card for the digital edition. Licensed per desk.