Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · Bahamas flag · built 1988
BALMORAL: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 8506294 MMSI 308785000EU ETS4 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 39,118 t
- Fuel burned
- 12,309 t
- Time at sea
- 5,049 h
- Emitted at berth
- 12% of total
- Share of year under way
- 58%
- Gross tonnage
- 43,537
BALMORAL against its type
Built in 1988, it is 22 years older than the median cruise ship on this register, which was built in 2010 (195 vessels with a known build year). At 43,537 gross tonnage it is smaller than 73% of the other 177 cruise ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 67 cruise ships here under the Bahamas flag, 33.2% of the 202 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 65 other vessels here, 29 of them cruise ships. Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is linked to 4 vessels on this register. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Nassau as port of registry.
Its 39,118 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 25% above the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 580.1 kg CO₂, 29% below the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 5,049 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 12.0% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Across 4 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (53,873 t) and the lowest 2023 (37,856 t). 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 | 39,118 | 12,309 | — | 5,049 | 4,706 | 580.1 | — | — |
| 2024 | 49,930 | 15,756 | — | 5,768 | 4,010 | 641.6 | — | — |
| 2023 | 37,856 | 11,892 | — | 4,463 | 2,825 | 647.3 | — | — |
| 2018 | 53,873 | 16,971 | — | 7,175 | 7,402 | 667.1 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 8506294
- MMSI
- 308785000
- Gross tonnage
- 43,537
- Length overall
- 186.0 m
- Beam
- 28.0 m
- Year built
- 1988
- Flag state
- Bahamas per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Meyer Werft
- Port of registry
- Nassau MRV 2025
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-30
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 27.4% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 21.7% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 9.6%.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
- 39,723 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.62 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 2.22 t
- Under EU ETS
- 26,441 t, 68% of total
Observed movementsAIS · Norwegian waters
- First seen
- 03 Aug 2025
- Last seen
- 20 Jul 2026
- Days observed
- 97
- Positions
- 11,281
- Median speed
- 13.5 kn
Its recorded positions span 58.0°N to 70.8°N and 4.4°E to 23.3°E.
400 hourly points from 11,281 positions. Filled circle first, open circle last; squares are ports for orientation, not calls.
Positions recorded per month
Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS, Norwegian waters only, 01 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2026. A gap means the vessel was not recorded here, not that it was idle or that a transponder was off.
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.
- Movements: Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS extract.
This page draws on 4 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, AIS movements in Norwegian waters and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.