Container ship · Cyprus flag · built 2018
BG SAPPHIRE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9803699 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 10,125 t
- Fuel burned
- 3,235 t
- Distance
- 38,292 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,791 h
- Emitted at berth
- 9% of total
- Share of year under way
- 32%
- Gross tonnage
- 12,831
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BG SAPPHIRE against its type
Built in 2018, it is 10 years newer than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 12,831 gross tonnage it is smaller than 86% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 119 container ships here under the Cyprus flag, 3.4% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 5 other vessels here, all of them container ships. The returns for 2018–2025 all give LIMASSOL as port of registry.
Its 10,125 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 38% below the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 264.4 kg CO₂, 52% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 2,791 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 9.2% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2020 (14,525 t) and the lowest 2018 (9,167 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 89 in 2018 to 88 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 3 sister ships 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 | 10,125 | 3,235 | 38,292 | 2,791 | 931 | 264.4 | 35.1 | 88 |
| 2024 | 12,971 | 4,146 | 47,804 | 3,524 | 2,276 | 271.3 | 34.1 | 86 |
| 2023 | 13,919 | 4,448 | 50,645 | 3,807 | 2,479 | 274.8 | 36.2 | 84 |
| 2022 | 13,209 | 4,216 | 44,386 | 3,209 | 2,951 | 297.6 | 36.7 | 85 |
| 2021 | 13,317 | 4,252 | 47,713 | 3,403 | 2,888 | 279.1 | 36.8 | 86 |
| 2020 | 14,525 | 4,643 | 51,763 | 3,698 | 2,506 | 280.6 | 36.7 | 86 |
| 2019 | 13,727 | 4,388 | 50,406 | 3,748 | 2,483 | 272.3 | 32.9 | 82 |
| 2018 | 9,167 | 2,932 | 34,836 | 2,565 | 1,158 | 263.2 | 45.1 | 89 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9803699
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 12,831
- Length overall
- 152.8 m
- Year built
- 2018
- Flag state
- Cyprus per EU MRV 2025
- Port of registry
- LIMASSOL MRV 2025
- Home port
- LIMASSOL
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEDI (18.18 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- RINA HELLAS LTD, Greece
- Accreditation
- 1325
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-04
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,624 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 88th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 35.1.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 288,555,999 tonne-miles over 38,292 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 10.5% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 21.9% while distance sailed fell 19.9%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 2.5%.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
- 10,284 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.16 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.58 t
- Under EU ETS
- 3,434 t, 34% of total
Laden voyages2025
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 10,085 t, 100% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 3,222 t
- CO₂ per nm, laden
- 263.4 kg
The rest of the 2025 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | RINA Services Spa | Italy |
| 2022 | Dromon Bureau of Shipping | Greece |
| 2024 | RINA HELLAS LTD | 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 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.