Chemical tanker · Norway flag · built 2004

BOW SPRING: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9215256 EU ETS8 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 14,631 t
Fuel burned: 4,683 t
Distance: 46,889 nm
Time at sea: 3,692 h
Emitted at berth: 4% of total
Share of year under way: 42%
Gross tonnage: 29,965

BOW SPRING against its type

Built in 2004, it is 6 years older than the median chemical tanker on this register, which was built in 2010 (1,951 vessels with a known build year). At 29,965 gross tonnage it is larger than 87% 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 returns for 2018–2025 all give Bergen as port of registry.

Its 14,631 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.6 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 312.0 kg CO₂, 25% above the type median of 250.2 kg. It logged 3,692 hours at sea against a median of 2,109 hours for its type that year. 3.8% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for chemical tankers was 6.6%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2023 (18,905 t) and the lowest 2021 (7,110 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 14 in 2018 to 39 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 6 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	14,631	4,683	46,889	3,692	561	312.0	12.5	39
2024	15,290	4,876	50,850	3,952	559	300.7	11.8	32
2023	18,905	5,983	58,879	4,574	1,350	321.1	11.0	23
2022	11,682	3,691	33,344	2,790	1,066	350.3	11.1	24
2021	7,110	2,248	19,634	1,538	486	362.2	14.1	39
2020	18,497	5,854	54,105	4,143	1,224	341.9	11.9	26
2019	8,885	2,841	24,275	1,975	551	366.0	11.2	22
2018	7,642	2,444	20,538	1,686	403	372.1	9.9	14

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9215256
Ship type: Chemical tanker
Gross tonnage: 29,965
Length overall: 182.9 m
Year built: 2004
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 522 of 1,348 qualifying chemical tankers by EEOI, at the 39th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.4; this vessel reported 12.5.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,174,252,809 tonne-miles over 46,889 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 91.5% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 4.3% while distance sailed fell 7.8%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 3.8%.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: 14,861 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.23 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.84 t
Under EU ETS: 7,486 t, 51% 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 8 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.