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ByEnvironment Agencycobalt_ridge_8274d5

Guidance to help maritime operators understand and meet their compliance obligations under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS).

Adapted edition

Transport safety
Document type
Reference Guide
Format
DOCX
Pages
22
Language
English
Version
1.0
Updated
2026-09-17
Category
Safety & operations
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Description

Guidance to help maritime operators understand and meet their compliance obligations under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS). Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

Contents
  • About this guidance
  • Regulators and their contact details
  • Understand whether the UK ETS applies to you
  • Example 1: maritime operator criteria met
  • Example 2: ISM company does not meet the criteria to be the maritime operator
  • What a maritime activity is
  • What a port of call is
  • What a voyage is
  • What an in-port activity is
  • What the excluded activities are
  • Example 1: A voyage between UK ports of call
  • Example 2: International voyage with in-port activities
  • Example 3: UK ETS voyage including a stop that is not a port of call
  • Delegation of UK ETS responsibility
  • Complying with your UK ETS requirements
  • Your METS online account
Source and licence
UK Emissions Trading Scheme for maritime: how to comply

Environment Agency

Original source OGL-UK-3.0

AttributionEnvironment Agency, ‘UK Emissions Trading Scheme for maritime: how to comply’ (updated 22 June 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.

Version history
  • v1.017/09/2026
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