Vehicle carrier · South Korea flag · built 1998

ASIAN EMPIRE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9176606 EU ETS7 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 9,836 t
Fuel burned: 3,135 t
Distance: 29,329 nm
Time at sea: 1,976 h
Emitted at berth: 4% of total
Share of year under way: 23%
Gross tonnage: 71,383

ASIAN EMPIRE against its type

Built in 1998, it is 10 years older than the median vehicle carrier on this register, which was built in 2008 (595 vessels with a known build year). At 71,383 gross tonnage it is larger than 89% of the other 571 vehicle carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 43 vehicle carriers here under the South Korea flag, 6.0% of the 713 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 761 other vessels here, 18 of them vehicle carriers. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Jeju as port of registry.

Its 9,836 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 39% above the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 335.4 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 1,976 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 3.8% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 3.1%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2019 (16,073 t) and the lowest 2020 (4,979 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 16 in 2018 to 8 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	9,836	3,135	29,329	1,976	375	335.4	33.4	8
2024	6,936	2,199	21,138	1,441	262	328.1	42.6	25
2023	9,426	2,980	27,983	1,769	240	336.8	54.5	51
2022	7,847	2,503	20,717	1,276	226	378.8	47.6	29
2020	4,979	1,575	13,645	854	166	364.9	50.7	8
2019	16,073	5,129	43,411	2,727	431	370.3	47.7	7
2018	13,713	4,381	32,577	2,215	285	420.9	55.6	16

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9176606
Ship type: Vehicle carrier
Gross tonnage: 71,383
Length overall: 228.0 m
Beam: 32.0 m
Year built: 1998
Flag state: South Korea per EU MRV 2025
Builder: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
Port of registry: Jeju MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (12.9 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-02-18
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 37 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 8th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 33.4.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 294,239,605 tonne-miles over 29,329 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 28.3% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2021, so the series has gaps.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 41.8% while distance sailed rose 38.7%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 2.2%.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: 9,990 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.16 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.56 t
Under EU ETS: 5,527 t, 56% 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 7 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 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.