General cargo ship · Bahamas flag · built 2009
BIRCH ARROW: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9419242 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 7,520 t
- Fuel burned
- 2,386 t
- Time at sea
- 1,845 h
- Emitted at berth
- 4% of total
- Share of year under way
- 21%
- Gross tonnage
- 35,240
BIRCH ARROW against its type
Built in 2009, it is 2 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 35,240 gross tonnage it is larger than 97% of the other 2,665 general cargo ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 146 general cargo ships here under the Bahamas flag, 4.7% of the 3,081 on the register. Its MRV returns name it GMB ARTEMIS for 2018–2020, GREAT CRYSTAL for 2021–2022 and BIRCH ARROW for 2023–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Monrovia (2019–2022), then Nassau (2023–2025).
Its 7,520 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.7 times 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 317.6 kg CO₂, 2.6 times the type median of 122.2 kg. It logged 1,845 hours at sea against a median of 3,044 hours for its type that year. 3.9% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for general cargo ships was 4.3%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2019 (9,868 t) and the lowest 2024 (1,437 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 6 in 2018 to 16 in 2022 (lower is more efficient). Of the 4 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 | 7,520 | 2,386 | — | 1,845 | 294 | 317.6 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,437 | 456 | — | 369 | 0 | 321.4 | — | — |
| 2023 | 8,586 | 2,719 | — | 2,611 | 310 | 315.1 | — | — |
| 2022 | 6,342 | 2,024 | 17,884 | 1,626 | 397 | 354.6 | 12.7 | 16 |
| 2021 | 4,677 | 1,494 | 12,711 | 1,156 | 200 | 367.9 | 14.8 | 20 |
| 2020 | No EU/EEA voyages reported | |||||||
| 2019 | 9,868 | 3,149 | 30,582 | 2,569 | 391 | 322.7 | 13.7 | 12 |
| 2018 | 9,138 | 2,922 | 31,247 | 2,817 | 475 | 292.4 | 10.6 | 6 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9419242
- Previously reported as
- GMB ARTEMIS, GREAT CRYSTAL
- Ship type
- General cargo ship
- Gross tonnage
- 35,240
- Length overall
- 196.2 m
- Year built
- 2009
- Flag state
- Bahamas per EU MRV 2025
- Port of registry
- Nassau MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (6.2 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-01-18
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2022
Position 66 of 406 qualifying general cargo ships by EEOI, at the 16th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 23.3; this vessel reported 12.7.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 498,996,853 tonne-miles over 17,884 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 17.7% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 423.4% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 1.2%.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
- 7,637 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.12 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.43 t
- Under EU ETS
- 4,276 t, 57% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EnvService GmbH | Germany |
| 2021 | CHINA CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY | China |
| 2023 | DNV | Germany |
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).
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 4 of 5 vessel particulars and a name history. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a licensed photograph, 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.