Oil tanker · Panama flag · built 2003
BITU EXPRESS: CO₂ emissions 2018–2024
IMO 9265689 EU ETS7 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2024
- 8,507 t
- Fuel burned
- 2,726 t
- Distance
- 21,548 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,257 h
- Emitted at berth
- 6% of total
- Share of year under way
- 26%
- Gross tonnage
- 28,323
BITU EXPRESS against its type
Built in 2003, it is 7 years older than the median oil tanker on this register, which was built in 2010 (2,896 vessels with a known build year). At 28,323 gross tonnage it is smaller than 83% of the other 2,841 oil tankers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 244 oil tankers here under the Panama flag, 6.9% of the 3,548 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 307 other vessels here, 48 of them oil tankers. The returns for 2018–2024 all give PANAMA as port of registry.
Its 8,507 t of CO₂ for 2024 is close to the median of 8,196 t among the 1,808 oil tankers on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 394.8 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 408.2 kg. It logged 2,257 hours at sea against a median of 2,020 hours for its type that year. 6.5% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for oil tankers was 7.2%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2022 (17,931 t) and the lowest 2024 (8,507 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 81 in 2018 to 86 in 2024 (lower is more efficient). The one sister ship listed below with a 2024 return reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile.
Emissions by year2018–2024
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8,507 | 2,726 | 21,548 | 2,257 | 552 | 394.8 | 14.1 | 86 |
| 2023 | 8,620 | 2,757 | 21,650 | 2,006 | 775 | 398.1 | 11.3 | 75 |
| 2022 | 17,931 | 5,727 | 55,817 | 4,047 | 1,021 | 321.2 | 14.2 | 84 |
| 2021 | 15,122 | 4,844 | 45,288 | 4,173 | 774 | 333.9 | 13.3 | 78 |
| 2020 | 9,013 | 2,882 | 23,787 | 1,765 | 1,308 | 378.9 | 14.6 | 80 |
| 2019 | 10,187 | 3,264 | 28,437 | 2,194 | 1,377 | 358.2 | 19.6 | 90 |
| 2018 | 9,119 | 2,919 | 25,200 | 2,988 | 653 | 361.9 | 14.4 | 81 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9265689
- Ship type
- Oil tanker
- Gross tonnage
- 28,323
- Length overall
- 180.0 m
- Beam
- 32.0 m
- Year built
- 2003
- Flag state
- Panama per EU MRV 2024
- Builder
- Shin Kurushima Dockyard
- Port of registry
- PANAMA MRV 2024
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EIV (7.46 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- RINA HELLAS LTD, Greece
- Accreditation
- 1325
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-09
- Compliance document expires
- 2026-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2024
Position 1,348 of 1,566 qualifying oil tankers by EEOI, at the 86th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 7.6; this vessel reported 14.1.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 602,504,958 tonne-miles over 21,548 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 6.7% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2023 to 2024, emissions fell 1.3% while distance sailed fell 0.5%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 0.8%.That points mainly to how efficiently it sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2024 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2024
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 8,641 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.14 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.49 t
- Under EU ETS
- 4,530 t, 53% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | RINA Services Spa | Italy |
| 2022 | 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 2018–2024, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
This page draws on 7 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.