Chemical tanker · Marshall Islands flag · built 2015
ARDMORE DEFENDER: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9707390 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 6,496 t
- Fuel burned
- 2,062 t
- Distance
- 22,947 nm
- Time at sea
- 1,989 h
- Emitted at berth
- 14% of total
- Share of year under way
- 23%
- Gross tonnage
- 23,702
ARDMORE DEFENDER against its type
Built in 2015, it is 5 years newer than the median chemical tanker on this register, which was built in 2010 (1,951 vessels with a known build year). At 23,702 gross tonnage it is larger than 55% of the other 1,899 chemical tankers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 474 chemical tankers here under the Marshall Islands flag, 20.2% of the 2,344 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 983 other vessels here, 330 of them chemical tankers. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Majuro as port of registry.
Its 6,496 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 17% above the median of 5,531 t among the 1,484 chemical tankers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 283.1 kg CO₂, 13% above the type median of 250.2 kg. It logged 1,989 hours at sea against a median of 2,106 hours for its type that year. 14.0% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for chemical tankers was 6.6%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (10,035 t) and the lowest 2023 (1,055 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 24 in 2018 to 42 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 7 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 7 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 | 6,496 | 2,062 | 22,947 | 1,989 | 910 | 283.1 | 13.1 | 42 |
| 2024 | 10,035 | 3,188 | 34,022 | 2,873 | 840 | 295.0 | 11.2 | 27 |
| 2023 | 1,055 | 333 | 3,617 | 283 | 233 | 291.6 | 9.7 | 15 |
| 2022 | 5,545 | 1,767 | 23,000 | 2,250 | 460 | 241.1 | 11.1 | 24 |
| 2021 | 4,014 | 1,274 | 15,288 | 1,610 | 803 | 262.5 | 14.8 | 43 |
| 2020 | 1,398 | 445 | — | 589 | 45 | 237.7 | 56.2 | not ranked |
| 2019 | 1,220 | 390 | — | 879 | 78 | 226.3 | 24.7 | not ranked |
| 2018 | 5,802 | 1,835 | 23,552 | 2,767 | 274 | 246.4 | 11.4 | 24 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9707390
- Ship type
- Chemical tanker
- Gross tonnage
- 23,702
- Length overall
- 184.0 m
- Year built
- 2015
- Flag state
- Marshall Islands per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Mipo
- Port of registry
- Majuro MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (5.04 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD), Greece
- Accreditation
- 1083-2
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-04-17
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 572 of 1,348 qualifying chemical tankers by EEOI, at the 42nd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.4; this vessel reported 13.1.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 495,900,763 tonne-miles over 22,947 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 12.0% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 35.3% while distance sailed fell 32.6%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 4.0%.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
- 6,598 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.10 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.37 t
- Under EU ETS
- 4,515 t, 69% of total
Laden voyages2025
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 4,330 t, 67% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 1,383 t
- CO₂ per nm, laden
- 238.9 kg
The rest of the 2025 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | DNV | Germany |
| 2023 | 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).
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking and 5 of 5 vessel particulars. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history, 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.