Ro-ro ship · Denmark flag · built 1996
ARK FUTURA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9129598 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 20,966 t
- Fuel burned
- 6,618 t
- Distance
- 85,465 nm
- Time at sea
- 5,636 h
- Emitted at berth
- 3% of total
- Share of year under way
- 64%
- Gross tonnage
- 18,725
ARK FUTURA against its type
Built in 1996, it is 6 years older than the median ro-ro ship on this register, which was built in 2002 (281 vessels with a known build year). At 18,725 gross tonnage it is smaller than 61% of the other 269 ro-ro ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 21 ro-ro ships here under the Denmark flag, 6.8% of the 311 on the register. DFDS is linked to 6 vessels on this register. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Esbjerg as port of registry.
Its 20,966 t of CO₂ for 2025 is close to the median of 21,362 t among the 238 ro-ro ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 245.3 kg CO₂, 25% below the type median of 327.0 kg. It logged 5,636 hours at sea against a median of 4,872 hours for its type that year. 3.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for ro-ro ships was 4.3%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2019 (23,531 t) and the lowest 2024 (16,979 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 57 in 2018 to 61 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 8 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 0 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 | 20,966 | 6,618 | 85,465 | 5,636 | 734 | 245.3 | 95.2 | 61 |
| 2024 | 16,979 | 5,432 | 67,989 | 4,653 | 552 | 249.7 | 102.1 | 61 |
| 2023 | 19,334 | 6,199 | 71,751 | 4,917 | 673 | 269.5 | 100.3 | 58 |
| 2022 | 19,354 | 6,189 | 75,892 | 5,323 | 599 | 255.0 | 88.6 | 54 |
| 2021 | 20,550 | 6,415 | 69,202 | 4,472 | 842 | 297.0 | 122.5 | 69 |
| 2020 | 19,728 | 6,319 | 72,547 | 5,007 | 1,361 | 271.9 | 101.0 | 54 |
| 2019 | 23,531 | 7,542 | 88,440 | 5,971 | 962 | 266.1 | 91.0 | 56 |
| 2018 | 21,223 | 6,798 | 78,395 | 5,195 | 845 | 270.7 | 92.1 | 57 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9129598
- Ship type
- Ro-ro ship
- Gross tonnage
- 18,725
- Length overall
- 183.1 m
- Year built
- 1996
- Flag state
- Denmark per EU MRV 2025
- Port of registry
- Esbjerg MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (13.8 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- DFDS
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-01-29
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 117 of 192 qualifying ro-ro ships by EEOI, at the 61st percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 85.3; this vessel reported 95.2.
Across the 5 ranked vessels operated by DFDS, the median percentile is 47. This vessel is less efficient than its own fleet median.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 220,256,540 tonne-miles over 85,465 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 1.2% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 23.5% while distance sailed rose 25.7%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 1.8%.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
- 21,291 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.33 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.19 t
- Under EU ETS
- 16,658 t, 79% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | VERIFAVIA (UK) LTD | United Kingdom |
| 2020 | NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS | France |
| 2022 | 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, 4 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history, 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.