Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2003
0141 BSL CAPE TOWN: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9275048 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 5,657 t
- Fuel burned
- 1,812 t
- Time at sea
- 1,481 h
- Emitted at berth
- 1% of total
- Share of year under way
- 17%
- Gross tonnage
- 26,833
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0141 BSL CAPE TOWN against its type
Built in 2003, it is 5 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 26,833 gross tonnage it is smaller than 68% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 976 container ships here under the Liberia flag, 27.9% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 761 other vessels here, 355 of them container ships. Zeaborn Ship Management is linked to 56 vessels on this register. Its MRV returns name it BSL CAPE TOWN for 2018, 0141 BSL CAPE TOWN for 2019–2020 and GARDINER for 2021–2025. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Monrovia as port of registry.
Its 5,657 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 65% below the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 302.1 kg CO₂, 45% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 1,481 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 1.0% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (34,364 t) and the lowest 2025 (5,657 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 78 in 2018 to 74 in 2024 (lower is more efficient). Of the 7 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 1 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2018–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,657 | 1,812 | — | 1,481 | 56 | 302.1 | 32.7 | not ranked |
| 2024 | 18,551 | 5,928 | 46,383 | 3,027 | 454 | 399.9 | 23.3 | 74 |
| 2023 | 11,839 | 3,781 | 28,251 | 1,502 | 723 | 419.1 | 33.7 | 82 |
| 2022 | 18,615 | 5,933 | 45,709 | 2,170 | 526 | 407.2 | 27.9 | 76 |
| 2021 | 11,210 | 3,557 | — | 669 | 561 | 469.0 | 36.2 | not ranked |
| 2020 | 17,380 | 5,571 | 45,384 | 3,016 | 317 | 383.0 | 20.6 | 65 |
| 2019 | 25,524 | 8,160 | 69,789 | 5,077 | 470 | 365.7 | 24.4 | 69 |
| 2018 | 34,364 | 11,011 | 74,816 | 5,384 | 662 | 459.3 | 33.2 | 78 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9275048
- Previously reported as
- BSL CAPE TOWN, GARDINER
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 26,833
- Length overall
- 210.0 m
- Year built
- 2003
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- Monrovia MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (17.07 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Zeaborn Ship Management
- Efficiency ranking
- Not ranked: transport work below the floor (2025)
- Verifier
- AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD), Greece
- Accreditation
- 1083-2
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-20
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 83.5% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 69.5% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 24.5%.Distance is missing for at least one of the two years, so activity and efficiency cannot be separated here.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 5,746 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.09 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.33 t
- Under EU ETS
- 2,857 t, 50% of total
Laden voyages2025
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 5,602 t, 99% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 1,794 t
- CO₂ per nm, laden
- 299.1 kg
The rest of the 2025 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | VERIFAVIA (UK) LTD | United Kingdom |
| 2020 | NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS | France |
| 2021 | Bureau Veritas Certification France | France |
| 2024 | AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD) | Greece |
A change of verifier is not in itself a sign of anything being wrong.
Sources and how to read this
- Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2018–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, a name history and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a sanctions listing and US port state inspections.
Empty means unreported, never zero. How EEOI, distance, percentiles and sister ships are handled is explained under reading a vessel page. Something wrong? See corrections.