Chemical tanker · Marshall Islands flag · built 2009
BALTIC SAPPHIRE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9443425 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 13,130 t
- Fuel burned
- 4,112 t
- Distance
- 32,326 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,978 h
- Emitted at berth
- 19% of total
- Share of year under way
- 34%
- Gross tonnage
- 23,339
BALTIC SAPPHIRE against its type
Built in 2009, it is 1 year older than the median chemical tanker on this register, which was built in 2010 (1,951 vessels with a known build year). At 23,339 gross tonnage it is larger than 52% of the other 1,899 chemical tankers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 474 chemical tankers here under the Marshall Islands flag, 20.2% of the 2,344 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 983 other vessels here, 330 of them chemical tankers. Its MRV returns name it BALTIC SAPPHIRE for 2018–2024 and SAPPHIRE for 2025. The reported port of registry changed: Valletta (2018–2024), then Majuro (2025).
Its 13,130 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.4 times the median of 5,531 t among the 1,484 chemical tankers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 406.2 kg CO₂, 1.6 times the type median of 250.2 kg. It logged 2,978 hours at sea against a median of 2,106 hours for its type that year. 18.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for chemical tankers was 6.6%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (16,893 t) and the lowest 2023 (9,666 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 79 in 2018 to 77 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 5 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 5 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 | 13,130 | 4,112 | 32,326 | 2,978 | 2,432 | 406.2 | 24.3 | 77 |
| 2024 | 9,685 | 3,043 | 23,618 | 2,391 | 1,369 | 410.1 | 35.2 | 86 |
| 2023 | 9,666 | 3,025 | 25,521 | 2,460 | 1,541 | 378.7 | 25.7 | 76 |
| 2022 | 12,201 | 3,818 | 33,402 | 3,792 | 2,113 | 365.3 | 18.0 | 60 |
| 2021 | 12,070 | 3,800 | 44,051 | 4,165 | 1,364 | 274.0 | 16.7 | 53 |
| 2020 | 10,047 | 3,179 | 27,597 | 5,545 | 1,029 | 364.1 | 19.4 | 66 |
| 2019 | 9,759 | 3,092 | 27,548 | 6,294 | 1,545 | 354.3 | 21.6 | 70 |
| 2018 | 16,893 | 5,354 | 38,339 | 6,501 | 2,430 | 440.6 | 26.1 | 79 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9443425
- Previously reported as
- SAPPHIRE
- Ship type
- Chemical tanker
- Gross tonnage
- 23,339
- Length overall
- 183.0 m
- Year built
- 2009
- Flag state
- Marshall Islands per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Cyprus. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025. - Builder
- HD Hyundai Mipo
- Port of registry
- Majuro MRV 2025
- Home port
- Majuro
- Ice class
- IB
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EIV (6.44 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- HELLENIC LLOYD'S S.A., Greece
- Accreditation
- 1190
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-31
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,034 of 1,348 qualifying chemical tankers by EEOI, at the 77th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.4; this vessel reported 24.3.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 540,118,881 tonne-miles over 32,326 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 22.3% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 35.6% while distance sailed rose 36.9%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 0.9%.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
- 13,332 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.21 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.74 t
- Under EU ETS
- 6,211 t, 47% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Dromon Bureau of Shipping | Greece |
| 2024 | HELLENIC LLOYD'S S.A. | Greece |
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, 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.