Chemical tanker · Malta flag · built 2011
BLACK STAR: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9527776 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 9,549 t
- Fuel burned
- 3,017 t
- Distance
- 40,495 nm
- Time at sea
- 3,969 h
- Emitted at berth
- 7% of total
- Share of year under way
- 45%
- Gross tonnage
- 7,386
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BLACK STAR against its type
Built in 2011, it is 1 year newer than the median chemical tanker on this register, which was built in 2010 (1,951 vessels with a known build year). At 7,386 gross tonnage it is smaller than 90% of the other 1,899 chemical tankers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 218 chemical tankers here under the Malta flag, 9.3% of the 2,344 on the register. Its MRV returns name it BLACK STAR for 2018–2021 and MED NORDIC for 2022–2025. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Valletta as port of registry.
Its 9,549 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 1.7 times the median of 5,533 t among the 1,483 chemical tankers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 235.8 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 250.2 kg. It logged 3,969 hours at sea against a median of 2,109 hours for its type that year. 7.1% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for chemical tankers was 6.6%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2021 (22,171 t) and the lowest 2020 (2,891 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 100 in 2018 to 94 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 6 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 6 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 | 9,549 | 3,017 | 40,495 | 3,969 | 681 | 235.8 | 42.2 | 94 |
| 2024 | 10,222 | 3,254 | 44,971 | 4,333 | 746 | 227.3 | 48.5 | 95 |
| 2023 | 9,272 | 2,948 | 40,806 | 3,935 | 789 | 227.2 | 66.4 | 99 |
| 2022 | 8,609 | 2,704 | 39,187 | 4,905 | 447 | 219.7 | 43.4 | 95 |
| 2021 | 22,171 | 6,916 | 44,953 | 4,244 | 1,130 | 493.2 | 106.6 | 100 |
| 2020 | 2,891 | 902 | — | 1,074 | 126 | 269.9 | 59.8 | not ranked |
| 2019 | 12,526 | 3,974 | 48,132 | 7,449 | 1,101 | 260.2 | 60.5 | 100 |
| 2018 | 11,116 | 3,522 | 44,148 | 6,197 | 824 | 251.8 | 58.5 | 100 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9527776
- Previously reported as
- MED NORDIC
- Ship type
- Chemical tanker
- Gross tonnage
- 7,386
- Length overall
- 128.1 m
- Beam
- 19.5 m
- Year built
- 2011
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
- Port of registry
- Valletta MRV 2025
- Home port
- Valletta
- Ice class
- IA
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (12.21 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- HELLENIC LLOYD'S S.A., Greece
- Accreditation
- 1190
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-24
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,270 of 1,348 qualifying chemical tankers by EEOI, at the 94th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.4; this vessel reported 42.2.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 226,495,256 tonne-miles over 40,495 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 14.1% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 6.6% while distance sailed fell 10.0%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 3.7%.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
- 9,697 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.15 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.54 t
- Under EU ETS
- 8,579 t, 90% of total
Laden voyages2025
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 470 t, 5% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 146 t
The rest of the 2025 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Ltd | United Kingdom |
| 2020 | HELLENIC LLOYD'S S.A. | 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, 4 of 5 vessel particulars, a name history and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, 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.