Ro-pax ship · Cyprus flag · built 1975
ASTERION II: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 8922163 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 33,221 t
- Fuel burned
- 10,565 t
- Time at sea
- 3,320 h
- Emitted at berth
- 7% of total
- Share of year under way
- 38%
- Gross tonnage
- 32,071
ASTERION II against its type
Built in 1975, it is 25 years older than the median ro-pax ship on this register, which was built in 2000 (483 vessels with a known build year). At 32,071 gross tonnage it is larger than 73% of the other 470 ro-pax ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 82 ro-pax ships here under the Cyprus flag, 16.6% of the 493 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 25 other vessels here, 9 of them ro-pax ships. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Limassol as port of registry.
Its 33,221 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 11% above the median of 30,062 t among the 417 ro-pax ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 525.9 kg CO₂, 12% above the type median of 467.6 kg. It logged 3,320 hours at sea against a median of 4,243 hours for its type that year. 7.2% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for ro-pax ships was 6.7%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2019 (61,359 t) and the lowest 2025 (33,221 t). Of the 7 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 3 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 | 33,221 | 10,565 | — | 3,320 | 2,404 | 525.9 | — | — |
| 2024 | 41,534 | 13,308 | — | 4,436 | 2,400 | 497.9 | — | — |
| 2023 | 56,802 | 18,226 | — | 6,178 | 1,408 | 490.4 | — | — |
| 2022 | 59,978 | 19,253 | — | 6,589 | 883 | 490.3 | — | — |
| 2021 | 60,261 | 19,338 | — | 6,598 | 0 | 477.0 | — | — |
| 2020 | 60,476 | 19,395 | — | 6,355 | 1,947 | 492.0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 61,359 | 19,676 | — | 6,135 | 2,104 | 518.7 | — | — |
| 2018 | 35,154 | 11,274 | — | 3,685 | 1,906 | 535.1 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 8922163
- Ship type
- Ro-pax ship
- Gross tonnage
- 32,071
- Length overall
- 192.5 m
- Year built
- 1975
- Flag state
- Cyprus per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- LIMASSOL MRV 2025
- Home port
- LIMASSOL
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (30.12 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS, France
- Accreditation
- 3-2127
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-28
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 5.5% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 20.0% and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 5.6%.Distance is missing for at least one of the two years, so activity and efficiency cannot be separated here.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 33,740 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.53 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.90 t
- Under EU ETS
- 32,788 t, 99% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | RINA Services Spa | Italy |
| 2022 | RINA HELLAS LTD | Greece |
| 2025 | NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS | France |
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, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.