Vehicle carrier · Norway flag · built 2006

AUTO WAY: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9303558 EU ETS8 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 25,980 t
Fuel burned: 8,693 t
Distance: 81,067 nm
Time at sea: 6,162 h
Emitted at berth: 5% of total
Share of year under way: 70%
Gross tonnage: 59,705

AUTO WAY against its type

Built in 2006, it is 2 years older than the median vehicle carrier on this register, which was built in 2008 (595 vessels with a known build year). At 59,705 gross tonnage it is larger than 61% of the other 571 vehicle carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 54 vehicle carriers here under the Norway flag, 7.6% 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 HOEGH CHIBA for 2018–2023 and AUTO WAY for 2024–2025. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Oslo as port of registry.

Its 25,980 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 3.7 times the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 320.5 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 6,162 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 5.3% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 3.1%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (25,980 t) and the lowest 2018 (5,294 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 67 in 2018 to 61 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	25,980	8,693	81,067	6,162	1,385	320.5	59.4	61
2024	13,432	4,291	41,859	2,954	468	320.9	64.0	67
2023	15,841	5,061	46,215	3,029	409	342.8	39.6	12
2022	10,581	3,386	35,306	2,579	228	299.7	87.3	86
2021	5,852	1,864	17,752	1,160	167	329.7	52.4	37
2020	8,909	2,840	24,196	1,951	412	368.2	48.0	30
2019	5,650	1,797	14,713	1,034	269	384.0	90.3	83
2018	5,294	1,683	15,730	1,357	377	336.6	71.7	67

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9303558
Previously reported as: HOEGH CHIBA
Ship type: Vehicle carrier
Gross tonnage: 59,705
Length overall: 199.1 m
Beam: 32.2 m
Year built: 2006
Flag state: Norway per EU MRV 2025
Builder: Hanwha Ocean
Port of registry: OSLO MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (14.63 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-03-21
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 259 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 61st percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 59.4.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 437,524,924 tonne-miles over 81,067 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 390.8% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 93.4% while distance sailed rose 93.7%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 0.1%.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: 26,407 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.43 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 1.56 t
Under EU ETS: 9,810 t, 38% 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 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.