Fuel Lifecycle Label (FLL) for marine fuels

The Fuel Lifecycle Label (FLL) is the document that carries a marine fuel’s lifecycle GHG data, introduced by the 2024 LCA Guidelines, resolution MEPC.391(81) of 22 March 2024. Under draft regulation 34 of a new MARPOL Annex VI Chapter 5, the certified information in the FLL may accompany the bunker delivery note required by regulation 18; it does not replace it.

The full article will cover the parts of the label, which values are defaults and which are certified by a recognized sustainable fuels certification scheme, how a ship uses the label to report its attained GFI , and how the label compares with the proofs of sustainability used under FuelEU Maritime.