Vehicle carrier · United States flag · built 2011

ARC ENDEAVOR: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9505065 EU ETS6 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 14,733 t
Fuel burned: 4,697 t
Distance: 43,082 nm
Time at sea: 3,040 h
Emitted at berth: 5% of total
Share of year under way: 35%
Gross tonnage: 72,295

ARC ENDEAVOR against its type

Built in 2011, it is 3 years newer than the median vehicle carrier on this register, which was built in 2008 (595 vessels with a known build year). At 72,295 gross tonnage it is larger than 92% of the other 571 vehicle carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 23 vehicle carriers here under the United States flag, 3.2% of the 713 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 761 other vessels here, 18 of them vehicle carriers. Its MRV returns name it TUGELA for 2018–2023 and ARC ENDEAVOR for 2025. The reported port of registry changed: Valletta (2018–2023), then WILMINGTON, DE (2025).

Its 14,733 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.1 times the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 342.0 kg CO₂, 11% above the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 3,040 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 5.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 3.1%. Across 6 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (17,727 t) and the lowest 2021 (4,290 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 19 in 2018 to 88 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 5 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	14,733	4,697	43,082	3,040	793	342.0	97.7	88
2023	4,763	1,497	11,344	817	425	419.9	93.9	92
2022	6,560	2,091	16,774	1,395	437	391.1	39.5	10
2021	4,290	1,358	9,460	629	196	453.5	37.9	6
2020	11,742	3,727	27,008	1,958	605	434.8	56.3	16
2018	17,727	5,643	41,098	2,639	566	431.3	58.6	19

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9505065
Previously reported as: TUGELA
Ship type: Vehicle carrier
Gross tonnage: 72,295
Length overall: 230.0 m
Year built: 2011
Flag state: United States per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Malta. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025.
Builder: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
Port of registry: WILMINGTON, DE MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (12.15 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-02-24
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 371 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 88th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 97.7.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 150,798,874 tonne-miles over 43,082 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 16.9% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2024, so the series has gaps.

From 2023 to 2025, emissions rose 209.3% while distance sailed rose 279.8%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 18.6%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.

Where the 2025 emissions occurred

Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025

Total CO₂ equivalent: 14,964 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.23 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.85 t
Under EU ETS: 7,921 t, 54% of total

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 6 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, a name history and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: 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.