General cargo ship · Antigua and Barbuda flag · built 2012
BBC SAPPHIRE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9504798 EU ETS5 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 4,137 t
- Fuel burned
- 1,321 t
- Time at sea
- 1,236 h
- Emitted at berth
- 3% of total
- Share of year under way
- 14%
- Gross tonnage
- 12,838
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BBC SAPPHIRE against its type
Built in 2012, it is 5 years newer than the median general cargo ship on this register, which was built in 2007 (2,852 vessels with a known build year). At 12,838 gross tonnage it is larger than 69% of the other 2,665 general cargo ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 381 general cargo ships here under the Antigua and Barbuda flag, 12.4% of the 3,081 on the register.
Its 4,137 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 47% above the median of 2,820 t among the 2,469 general cargo ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 230.3 kg CO₂, 1.9 times the type median of 122.2 kg. It logged 1,236 hours at sea against a median of 3,044 hours for its type that year. 3.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for general cargo ships was 4.3%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2022 (14,375 t) and the lowest 2024 (3,186 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 | 4,137 | 1,321 | — | 1,236 | 139 | 230.3 | — | — |
| 2024 | 3,186 | 1,020 | 13,788 | 952 | 111 | 231.1 | 23.8 | 20 |
| 2023 | 8,390 | 2,665 | — | 2,614 | 424 | 233.9 | — | — |
| 2022 | 14,375 | 4,585 | — | 4,111 | 390 | 248.9 | — | — |
| 2018 | 5,600 | 1,792 | — | 1,774 | 170 | 243.4 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9504798
- Ship type
- General cargo ship
- Gross tonnage
- 12,838
- Length overall
- 153.5 m
- Beam
- 23.5 m
- Year built
- 2012
- Flag state
- Antigua and Barbuda per EU MRV 2025
- Port of registry
- St. John's MRV 2025
- Ice class
- IA
- Verifier
- Korean Register, Korea, Republic of
- Accreditation
- D-VS-20824-01-00
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-23
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2024
Position 31 of 155 qualifying other ship typess by EEOI, at the 20th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 38.0; this vessel reported 23.8.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 133,858,403 tonne-miles over 13,788 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 26.1% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2020, 2021, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 29.9% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 0.3%.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
- 4,202 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.07 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.24 t
- Under EU ETS
- 2,305 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 5 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 4 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.