You are using an outdated browser For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser. Subscribe Get Daily Email Subscribe --> Contact Us Sign in Home News & Features Compliance Costs Bunker Prices Bunker Intelligence EMEA News Latest Features World Americas EMEA Asia/Pacific Home News & Features EMEA Europe's Patchy RED III Rollout Is a Live Test of the Regulatory Fragmentation IMO Fears: PortXchange Europe's Patchy RED III Rollout Is a Live Test of the Regulatory Fragmentation IMO Fears: PortXchange by Ship & Bunker News Team Wednesday September 23, 2026 Tweet Follow @shipandbunker PortXchange managing director and co-founder Sjoerd de Jager. Image Credit: PortXchange PortXchange says the Dutch-first RED III rollout shows what happens when fuel rules differ "next door" Rotterdam's conventional sales fell to 1.58 million mt in Q1, the lowest since at least 2010; Q2 total sales were down 26.7% on the year Belgium has delayed its equivalent rule and Germany has left international shipping out, so volume moved there Spain's Royal Decree 611/2026 makes it the second country to regulate the supplier, though only for cabotage IMO Net-Zero Framework vote due December 4 The EU's country-by-country rollout of decarbonisation obligations on marine fuel suppliers is a live pilot of the fragmentation IMO member states are trying to avoid, and Rotterdam 's lost bunker volumes show how it plays out, according to PortXchange . The Rotterdam-based port emissions data company made the argument in an emailed press release on Tuesday, ten weeks before the IMO's resumed vote on its Net-Zero Framework , and as Spain becomes the second EU country to place a binding greenhouse gas intensity obligation on fuel suppliers rather than on the ships they serve. Since the Dutch transposition of RED III came into force on January 1, 2026 , requiring suppliers to cut the GHG intensity of bunker fuel sold in the Netherlands , Rotterdam's conventional bu