OptiCARBON™

Core Features

OptiCARBON combines vessel performance modelling, regulatory cost analysis, and long-term scenario planning to support maritime fleet decarbonization decisions. Its capabilities include:

• Digital Vessel Modelling: Uses Bureau Veritas digital models to estimate energy consumption and emissions for individual ships under different operating conditions, including changes in routes, speeds, and operational profiles.

• Maritime Regulatory Compliance: Models the implications of EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and FuelEU Maritime requirements, helping operators assess their regulatory exposure, anticipate compliance costs, and evaluate strategies for reducing penalties.

• Fuel Strategy Optimization: Simulates alternative fuel strategies, including biofuel blends, to identify combinations that balance energy requirements, fuel expenditure, emissions, and regulatory costs.

• Fleet Decarbonization Scenarios: Evaluates operational and technical interventions such as onshore power supply, electrification, and vessel retrofits. Users can compare the emissions and financial implications of alternative strategies over time.

• Performance and Investment Forecasting: Projects fleet performance and the potential returns from decarbonization investments, with comparisons available at fleet, vessel, voyage, and operational-phase levels.

• Customizable Fleet Management: Offers modular subscriptions, customizable key performance indicators, and collaborative workflows. Organizations can select relevant modules and incorporate Bureau Veritas advisory expertise into their planning activities.

Closing Insights

Launched in September 2025, OptiCARBON extends Bureau Veritas' maritime technical advisory services into subscription-based fleet planning software. Its initial focus on ferries, cruise ships, and RoRo vessels reflects the operational complexity of passenger shipping, where fuel choices, voyage schedules, and vessel investments can significantly affect regulatory costs.

Brittany Ferries is a documented early user. The operator deployed OptiCARBON for vessel performance mapping, compliance simulations, and management of EU ETS obligations. Bureau Veritas presents this implementation as an example of combining predictive modelling with specialist maritime consulting to inform longer-term fleet strategies.

The platform's outlook is linked to increasingly demanding maritime emissions regulations, particularly FuelEU Maritime and evolving IMO requirements. OptiCARBON is offered through modular subscriptions, with pricing tailored to customer requirements.