Latest Operator BAF, EVA & EU ETS Fuel Surcharges

PLEASE NOTE Other operators not listed below may apply a fuel surcharge. These may be subject to amendments irregularly and at short notice.

FREIGHT FERRIES

Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF)

Freight ferries burn tonnes of fuel on each crossing. As a result some of the ferry operators have a fuel surcharge (BAF) which is an additional charge per booking to contribute to the exceptional cost of the fuel. Low Sulphur Surcharges (LSS) also need to be considered.

MARPOL

The amount of fuel surcharge fluctuates significantly depending on the freight ferry operator. Longer ferry crossings burn more fuel which tend to result in a higher level of fuel surcharge. Some ferry operators charge a percentage of the fare, others charge a per unit charge which may vary depending on your size of vehicle. Some routes also have a MARPOL or sulphur charge where a certain type of fuel only is allowed to be used. We build in any such applicable additional charges into the fuel surcharge for your convenience.

Most ferry operators currently amend their fuel surcharge levels on a monthly basis. All bookings will be charged the fuel surcharge applicable at the time of travel. If you are booking for travel within the current month prices shown on our website include any applicable fuel surcharges, however, for your convenience the most recent fuel surcharges are shown below.

Emissions Trading System (ETS)

From 1st January 2024, many EU ferries will be subject to a new ‘carbon tax’ - the Emissions Trading System (ETS) for shipping. The introduction of the new EU ETS for Shipping is part of the EU’s wider efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across industries.

This new operator charge is shown in the '£ ETS' and '€ ETS' columns in the table below.

EUROTUNNEL FREIGHT

Due to the recent significant increase in electricity costs, all crossings are now subject to an Electricity Value Adjustment (EVA) shown below.

Freightlink Length £ BAF £ Marpol £ ETS £ Total € BAF € Marpol € ETS € Total Valid From Valid To
Irish Sea
Seatruck Ferries (Liverpool - Dublin, Heysham - Dublin, Heysham - Warrenpoint) All £2.57 / m € 2.95 / m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Irish Ferries (Holyhead - Dublin, Pembroke - Rosslare) 0-10m £11.40 £14.40 £25.80 €13.25 €16.80 € 30.05 05 Dec 2023 04 Jan 2024
10.1m+ £22.80 £28.80 £51.60 € 26.50 € 33.60 € 60.10 05 Dec 2023 04 Jan 2024
Stena Line (Holyhead - Dublin, Fishguard - Rosslare) £2.21/ m € 2.54/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Stena Line (Cairnryan - Belfast) £2.02/ m € 2.32/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Stena Line (Heysham - Belfast) £2.78 / m € 3.19 / m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Stena Line (Liverpool Birkenhead - Belfast) £3.43/ m €3.93/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
P&O Irish Sea (Cairnryan - Larne) 0-7m £14.47 €16.64 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
7.1m+ £30.60 €35.19 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
P&O Irish Sea (Liverpool - Dublin) 0-7m £22.49 € 25.86 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
7.1m+ £43.70 €50.26 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Isle of Man Steam Packet (Heysham - Douglas) £12.99/ m 01 Oct 2022 31 Dec 2023
Freightlink Length £ BAF £ Marpol £ ETS £ Total € BAF € Marpol € ETS € Total Valid From Valid To
Dover
DFDS Seaways (Dover) (Dover - Calais, Dover - Dunkerque) 0-12m £18.24 € 20.88 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
12.1m+ £37.62 €43.07 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
P&O Dover (Dover - Calais) 0-8m £19.88 €22.86 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
8.1m+ £40.27 €46.31 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Irish Ferries (Dover - Calais) 0-10m £14.95 € 17.45 05 Dec 2023 04 Jan 2024
10.1m+ £29.90 €34.90 05 Dec 2023 04 Jan 2024
Eurotunnel LeShuttle Freight (Folkestone - Calais) 0-7.49m £13.00 €14.00 07 Aug 2022 31 Dec 2023
7.5m+ £26.00 €28.00 07 Aug 2022 31 Dec 2023
Eurotunnel Freight Vans on Passenger (VP) (Folkestone - Calais) 0-7.49m £13.00 €14.00 07 Aug 2022 31 Dec 2023
Freightlink Length £ BAF £ Marpol £ ETS £ Total € BAF € Marpol € ETS € Total Valid From Valid To
Western Channel
DFDS LD Lines (Newhaven - Dieppe) £26.94 € 30.71 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
DFDS LD Lines (Dunkerque - Rosslare) £15.34/m € 17.60/m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Brittany Ferries (Portsmouth - Caen, Poole - Cherbourg, Portsmouth - St Malo, Portsmouth - Le Havre, Plymouth - Roscoff) £41.26 € 47.33 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Brittany Ferries (Portsmouth - Bilbao, Portsmouth - Santander, Plymouth - Santander, Poole - Bilbao, Rosslare - Bilbao) £123.79 € 163.08 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Brittany Ferries (Roscoff - Cork, Rosslare - Roscoff, Rosslare - Le Havre) £82.53 €94.66 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Irish Ferries (Cherbourg - Dublin) 0-10m £31.15 £45.60 £76.75 €36.25 € 53.20 € 89.45 05 Dec 2023 04 Jan 2024
10.1m+ £62.35 £91.20 £153.55 €72.50 € 106.40 € 178.90 05 Dec 2023 04 Jan 2024
Stena Line (Cherbourg - Rosslare) £7.97 / m € 9.14 / m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Freightlink Length £ BAF £ Marpol £ ETS £ Total € BAF € Marpol € ETS € Total Valid From Valid To
North Sea
Stena Line (Harwich - Rotterdam (Europoort), Harwich - Hook of Holland) £1.65/ m € 1.89/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Stena Line (Killingholme - Hook of Holland, Immingham - Rotterdam (Europoort)) £2.20/ m € 2.52/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
DFDS Seaways (North Sea) (Felixstowe - Rotterdam Vlaardingen) £2.71/ m € 3.11/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
DFDS Seaways (North Sea) (Immingham - Brevik, Immingham - Gothenburg) £9.28/ m € 10.64/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
DFDS Seaways (North Sea) (Immingham - Cuxhaven) £8.52/ m € 9.77/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
DFDS Seaways (North Sea) (Immingham - Esbjerg) £6.97/ m € 7.99/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
DFDS Seaways (North Sea) (Immingham - Rotterdam Vlaardingen) £3.85/m € 4.42/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
DFDS Seaways (North Sea) (Newcastle - Ijmuiden) £6.97/ m € 7.99/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
P&O North Sea (Hull - Rotterdam (Europoort)) 0-7m £38.24 € 43.98 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
7.1m+ £78.66 €90.46 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
P&O North Sea (Tilbury - Zeebrugge) 0-7m £24.38 € 28.04 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
7.1m+ £45.27 €52.06 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
DFDS Seaways (North Sea) (Calais - Sheerness) £22.80 € 26.10 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Freightlink Length £ BAF £ Marpol £ ETS £ Total € BAF € Marpol € ETS € Total Valid From Valid To
Scandinavia and Baltic
Color Line (Hirtshals - Kristiansand, Hirtshals - Larvik) € 10.10 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Color Line (Oslo - Kiel) € 10.60 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
NordöLink (Travemunde - Malmo) € 8.10/ m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Scandlines (Puttgarden - Rodby, Puttgarden - Malmo) min charge 7m € 1.01 /m €0.88 /m € 1.89 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Scandlines (Rostock - Gedser, Rostock - Malmo) min charge 7m € 2.94 /m €1.66 /m € 4.60 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Scandlines (Puttgarden - Helsingborg) min charge 7m € 1.01 /m € 2.32 /m € 3.33 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Scandlines (Rostock - Helsingborg) min charge 7m € 2.94 /m €3.10 /m € 6.04/m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Scandlines (Helsingor - Helsingborg) min charge 7m €0.00 /m € 1.44 /m € 1.44 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Stena Line (Frederikshavn - Gothenburg, Grenaa - Halmstad) £1.22 /m €1.40 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Stena Line (Trelleborg - Rostock) £2.44 /m € 2.80 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Stena Line (Gothenburg - Kiel, Karlskrona - Gdynia, Nynashamn - Ventspils, Nynashamn - Hanko) £3.66 /m €4.20 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Stena Line (Travemunde - Liepaja) £7.15 /m €8.20 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
TT-Line (Travemunde - Trelleborg, Swinoujscie - Trelleborg, Swinoujscie - Copenhagen) € 7.06 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
TT-Line (Rostock - Trelleborg) €5.88 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Viking Line (Stockholm - Helsinki) € 6.01 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Viking Line (Stockholm - Turku) € 4.81 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Viking Line (Helsinki - Tallinn) € 3.20/m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Finnlines (Kapellskar - Naantali) 7.1m+ € 4.95 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Finnlines (Gdynia - Hanko, Rostock - Hanko, Rostock - Helsinki, Travemunde - Helsinki, Travemunde - Turku, Travemunde - Uusikaupunki) € 16.64 /m 07 Dec 2023 06 Jan 2024
Fjord Line (Hirtshals - Stavanger, Hirtshals - Bergen) € 8.26/m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Fjord Line (Hirtshals - Kristiansand) € 8.26 /m 01 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Polferries (Swinoujscie - Ystad) €5.15 /m 09 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Polferries (Gdansk - Nynashamn) €11.50 /m 09 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Unity Line (Swinoujscie - Ystad, Swinoujscie - Trelleborg) €6.30 /m 15 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2023
Finnlines (Rosslare - Zeebrugge) Trucks / Trailers € 144.00 07 Dec 2023 06 Jan 2024
Vans / Small Units 28.8% 07 Dec 2023 06 Jan 2024
Freightlink Length £ BAF £ Marpol £ ETS £ Total € BAF € Marpol € ETS € Total Valid From Valid To
Adriatic Sea
ANEK Superfast Ferries (Bari - Patras, Bari - Igoumenitsa) €10.00 /m (adjusted per truck category) 20 Jun 2022 31 Dec 2023
ANEK Superfast Ferries (Ancona - Igoumenitsa, Ancona - Patras) €21.00 /m (adjusted per truck category) 20 Jun 2022 31 Dec 2023
ANEK Superfast Ferries (Venice - Igoumenitsa, Venice - Patras) €20.00 /m (adjusted per truck category) €80.00 20 Jun 2022 31 Dec 2023

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