General cargo ship · Saudi Arabia flag · built 2014
AAL NEWCASTLE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9498482 EU ETS5 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 7,035 t
- Fuel burned
- 2,231 t
- Time at sea
- 1,778 h
- Emitted at berth
- 7% of total
- Share of year under way
- 20%
- Gross tonnage
- 23,930
AAL NEWCASTLE against its type
Built in 2014, it is 7 years newer than the median general cargo ship on this register, which was built in 2007 (2,852 vessels with a known build year). At 23,930 gross tonnage it is larger than 90% of the other 2,665 general cargo ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 2 general cargo ships here under the Saudi Arabia flag, 0.1% of the 3,081 on the register. Columbia Shipmanagement Ltd. is linked to 43 vessels on this register. Its MRV returns name it AAL NEWCASTLE for 2018–2023 and BAHRI DIRIYAH for 2024–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Monrovia (2018–2023), then Dammam (2024–2025).
Its 7,035 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.5 times the median of 2,820 t among the 2,469 general cargo ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 285.2 kg CO₂, 2.3 times the type median of 122.2 kg. It logged 1,778 hours at sea against a median of 3,044 hours for its type that year. 6.8% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for general cargo ships was 4.3%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (7,035 t) and the lowest 2018 (1,173 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 83 in 2022 to 72 in 2023 (lower is more efficient). Of the 7 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 6 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 | 7,035 | 2,231 | — | 1,778 | 477 | 285.2 | — | — |
| 2024 | 4,425 | 1,412 | — | 1,084 | 113 | 317.7 | — | — |
| 2023 | 6,677 | 2,111 | 20,074 | 1,778 | 605 | 332.6 | 29.9 | 72 |
| 2022 | 4,755 | 1,520 | 14,092 | 1,074 | 449 | 337.4 | 40.9 | 83 |
| 2018 | 1,173 | 375 | — | 291 | 166 | 521.4 | 219.3 | not ranked |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9498482
- Previously reported as
- BAHRI DIRIYAH
- Ship type
- General cargo ship
- Gross tonnage
- 23,930
- Length overall
- 193.8 m
- Beam
- 29.1 m
- Year built
- 2014
- Flag state
- Saudi Arabia per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Liberia. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025. - Port of registry
- Dammam MRV 2025
- Home port
- Dammam
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EIV (9.95 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Columbia Shipmanagement Ltd.
- Verifier
- AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD), Greece
- Accreditation
- 1083-2
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-03
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2023
Position 240 of 331 qualifying general cargo ships by EEOI, at the 72nd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 21.1; this vessel reported 29.9.
Across the 36 ranked vessels operated by Columbia Shipmanagement Ltd., the median percentile is 66. This vessel is less efficient than its own fleet median.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 223,695,812 tonne-miles over 20,074 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 499.9% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2020, 2021, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 59.0% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 10.2%.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
- 7,144 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.11 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.40 t
- Under EU ETS
- 4,144 t, 59% of total
Laden voyages2025
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 5,152 t, 73% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 1,638 t
- CO₂ per nm, laden
- 259.4 kg
The rest of the 2025 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
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).
This page draws on 5 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 4 of 5 vessel particulars and a name history. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a licensed photograph, 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.