Vehicle carrier · United States flag · built 2007
ARC INDEPENDENCE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9332925 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 11,053 t
- Fuel burned
- 3,521 t
- Distance
- 33,649 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,484 h
- Emitted at berth
- 6% of total
- Share of year under way
- 28%
- Gross tonnage
- 71,583
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ARC INDEPENDENCE against its type
Built in 2007, it is 1 year older than the median vehicle carrier on this register, which was built in 2008 (595 vessels with a known build year). At 71,583 gross tonnage it is larger than 90% 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 660 other vessels here, 45 of them vehicle carriers. Its MRV returns name it FAUST for 2018 and ARC INDEPENDENCE for 2019–2025. The returns for 2019–2025 all give WILMINGTON, DE as port of registry.
Its 11,053 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 1.6 times the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 328.5 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 2,484 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 5.6% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 3.1%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (20,394 t) and the lowest 2022 (6,092 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 55 in 2018 to 65 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 2 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 2 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 | 11,053 | 3,521 | 33,649 | 2,484 | 618 | 328.5 | 63.4 | 65 |
| 2024 | 12,566 | 4,010 | 36,637 | 2,682 | 683 | 343.0 | 44.8 | 31 |
| 2023 | 11,046 | 3,473 | 31,004 | 2,303 | 1,066 | 356.3 | 50.2 | 40 |
| 2022 | 6,092 | 1,916 | 15,051 | 1,243 | 578 | 404.8 | 64.7 | 66 |
| 2021 | 14,145 | 4,497 | 35,805 | 2,761 | 524 | 395.1 | 92.0 | 85 |
| 2020 | 19,534 | 6,199 | 52,600 | 4,109 | 643 | 371.4 | 64.3 | 24 |
| 2019 | 17,587 | 5,599 | 44,863 | 3,274 | 404 | 392.0 | 85.2 | 50 |
| 2018 | 20,394 | 6,518 | 51,703 | 3,372 | 490 | 394.4 | 63.4 | 55 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9332925
- Previously reported as
- FAUST
- Ship type
- Vehicle carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 71,583
- Length overall
- 227.8 m
- Year built
- 2007
- Flag state
- United States per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Hanwha Ocean
- Port of registry
- WILMINGTON, DE MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (11.64 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier
- 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 277 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 65th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 63.4.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 174,358,258 tonne-miles over 33,649 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 45.8% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 12.0% while distance sailed fell 8.2%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 4.2%.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
- 11,225 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.18 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.63 t
- Under EU ETS
- 6,087 t, 55% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Ltd | United Kingdom |
| 2019 | DNV | Germany |
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, 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.