Chemical tanker · Marshall Islands flag · built 1997
BOW CARDINAL: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9114244 EU ETS5 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 3,747 t
- Fuel burned
- 1,192 t
- Distance
- 12,569 nm
- Time at sea
- 1,058 h
- Emitted at berth
- 3% of total
- Share of year under way
- 12%
- Gross tonnage
- 23,220
BOW CARDINAL against its type
Built in 1997, it is 13 years older than the median chemical tanker on this register, which was built in 2010 (1,951 vessels with a known build year). At 23,220 gross tonnage it is smaller than 50% of the other 1,899 chemical tankers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 474 chemical tankers here under the Marshall Islands flag, 20.2% of the 2,344 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 25 other vessels here, 20 of them chemical tankers. The reported port of registry changed: Bergen (2018), then Majuro (2022–2025).
Its 3,747 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 32% below the median of 5,531 t among the 1,484 chemical tankers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 298.1 kg CO₂, 19% above the type median of 250.2 kg. It logged 1,058 hours at sea against a median of 2,106 hours for its type that year. 3.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for chemical tankers was 6.6%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2022 (8,142 t) and the lowest 2018 (2,751 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 30 in 2018 to 68 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 2 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 1 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 | 3,747 | 1,192 | 12,569 | 1,058 | 127 | 298.1 | 20.1 | 68 |
| 2024 | 4,812 | 1,532 | 15,344 | 1,303 | 376 | 313.6 | 15.9 | 50 |
| 2023 | 6,481 | 2,046 | 19,771 | 1,760 | 625 | 327.8 | 12.4 | 31 |
| 2022 | 8,142 | 2,569 | 26,221 | 2,240 | 987 | 310.5 | 11.6 | 27 |
| 2018 | 2,751 | 875 | 10,383 | 877 | 189 | 265.0 | 12.6 | 30 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9114244
- Ship type
- Chemical tanker
- Gross tonnage
- 23,220
- Length overall
- 183.1 m
- Beam
- 32.2 m
- Year built
- 1997
- Flag state
- Marshall Islands per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Ankerløkken Verft
- Port of registry
- Majuro MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (4.88 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-02
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 923 of 1,348 qualifying chemical tankers by EEOI, at the 68th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.4; this vessel reported 20.1.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 186,342,616 tonne-miles over 12,569 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 36.2% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2020, 2021, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 22.1% while distance sailed fell 18.1%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 4.9%.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
- 3,806 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.06 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.21 t
- Under EU ETS
- 2,010 t, 54% of total
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 5 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.