Bulk carrier · Marshall Islands flag · built 2009
BITTERN: CO₂ emissions 2018–2024
IMO 9441269 EU ETS6 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2024
- 1,578 t
- Fuel burned
- 504 t
- Distance
- 4,865 nm
- Time at sea
- 519 h
- Emitted at berth
- 8% of total
- Share of year under way
- 6%
- Gross tonnage
- 33,045
BITTERN against its type
Built in 2009, it is 3 years older than the median bulk carrier on this register, which was built in 2012 (6,882 vessels with a known build year). At 33,045 gross tonnage it is smaller than 56% of the other 6,571 bulk carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 1,603 bulk carriers here under the Marshall Islands flag, 19.7% of the 8,138 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 139 other vessels here, 125 of them bulk carriers. The returns for 2022–2024 all give Majuro as port of registry.
Its 1,578 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 53% below the median of 3,377 t among the 3,676 bulk carriers on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 324.5 kg CO₂, 23% above the type median of 264.0 kg. It logged 519 hours at sea against a median of 1,238 hours for its type that year. 8.4% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for bulk carriers was 2.9%. Across 6 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2023 (7,132 t) and the lowest 2024 (1,578 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 62 in 2018 to 76 in 2024 (lower is more efficient).
Emissions by year2018–2024
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,578 | 504 | 4,865 | 519 | 133 | 324.5 | 10.4 | 76 |
| 2023 | 7,132 | 2,277 | 20,786 | 2,107 | 567 | 343.1 | 8.7 | 59 |
| 2022 | 4,040 | 1,287 | 9,992 | 845 | 869 | 404.3 | 18.0 | 95 |
| 2020 | 3,222 | 1,031 | 10,156 | 932 | 186 | 317.3 | 7.9 | 47 |
| 2019 | 1,883 | 603 | 5,735 | 543 | 109 | 328.3 | 16.6 | 95 |
| 2018 | 6,937 | 2,215 | 21,351 | 1,934 | 157 | 324.9 | 9.3 | 62 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9441269
- Ship type
- Bulk carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 33,045
- Length overall
- 189.9 m
- Beam
- 32.3 m
- Year built
- 2009
- Flag state
- Marshall Islands per EU MRV 2024
- Port of registry
- Majuro MRV 2024
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (4.12 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2025-03-11
- Compliance document expires
- 2026-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2024
Position 2,170 of 2,858 qualifying bulk carriers by EEOI, at the 76th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 7.9; this vessel reported 10.4.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 152,216,008 tonne-miles over 4,865 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 77.2% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2021, so the series has gaps.
From 2023 to 2024, emissions fell 77.9% while distance sailed fell 76.6%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 5.4%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2024 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2024
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 1,603 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.03 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.09 t
- Under EU ETS
- 1,037 t, 66% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | VERIFAVIA (UK) LTD | United Kingdom |
| 2020 | NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS | France |
| 2022 | 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 2018–2024, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
This page draws on 6 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking and 5 of 5 vessel particulars. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history, 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.