Chemical tanker · Norway flag · built 2006
BOW SEA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9215282 MMSI 257894000EU ETS6 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 18,148 t
- Fuel burned
- 5,816 t
- Distance
- 57,452 nm
- Time at sea
- 4,755 h
- Emitted at berth
- 4% of total
- Share of year under way
- 54%
- Gross tonnage
- 30,008
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BOW SEA against its type
Built in 2006, it is 4 years older than the median chemical tanker on this register, which was built in 2010 (1,951 vessels with a known build year). At 30,008 gross tonnage it is larger than 90% of the other 1,899 chemical tankers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 95 chemical tankers here under the Norway flag, 4.1% of the 2,344 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 80 other vessels here, 7 of them chemical tankers. The reported port of registry changed: Singapore (2018–2019), then Bergen (2022–2025).
Its 18,148 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 3.3 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 315.9 kg CO₂, 26% above the type median of 250.2 kg. It logged 4,755 hours at sea against a median of 2,109 hours for its type that year. 4.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for chemical tankers was 6.6%. Across 6 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (18,148 t) and the lowest 2024 (474 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 32 in 2018 to 38 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 6 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 2 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 | 18,148 | 5,816 | 57,452 | 4,755 | 791 | 315.9 | 12.2 | 38 |
| 2024 | 474 | 152 | — | 139 | 0 | 250.2 | 8.5 | not ranked |
| 2023 | 8,172 | 2,579 | 19,853 | 1,465 | 1,555 | 411.6 | 12.9 | 34 |
| 2022 | 3,012 | 955 | 8,302 | 605 | 0 | 362.9 | 10.4 | 18 |
| 2019 | 5,440 | 1,733 | 13,497 | 1,280 | 565 | 403.1 | 13.0 | 31 |
| 2018 | 12,578 | 4,005 | 31,533 | 3,096 | 1,304 | 398.9 | 12.8 | 32 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9215282
- MMSI
- 257894000
- Ship type
- Chemical tanker
- Gross tonnage
- 30,008
- Length overall
- 182.0 m
- Beam
- 32.0 m
- Year built
- 2006
- Flag state
- Norway per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Szczecin Shipyard
- Port of registry
- Bergen MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (4.99 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-19
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 508 of 1,348 qualifying chemical tankers by EEOI, at the 38th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.4; this vessel reported 12.2.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,481,509,388 tonne-miles over 57,452 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 44.3% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2020, 2021, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 3,731.7% and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 26.2%.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
- 18,434 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.29 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.05 t
- Under EU ETS
- 9,638 t, 53% of total
Observed movementsAIS · Norwegian waters
- First seen
- 18 May 2026
- Last seen
- 18 May 2026
- Days observed
- 1
- Positions
- 33
- Median speed
- 14.7 kn
Its recorded positions span 58.0°N to 58.3°N and 4.5°E to 5.6°E.
Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS, Norwegian waters only, 01 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2026. A gap means the vessel was not recorded here, not that it was idle or that a transponder was off.
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.
- Movements: Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS extract.
This page draws on 6 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, AIS movements in Norwegian waters and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: a name history, 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.