Bulk carrier · Marshall Islands flag · built 2012

BUFFLEHEAD: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9598294 EU ETS8 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 7,097 t
Fuel burned: 2,268 t
Distance: 32,834 nm
Time at sea: 3,121 h
Emitted at berth: 2% of total
Share of year under way: 36%
Gross tonnage: 19,943

BUFFLEHEAD against its type

Built in 2012, it is the same age as the median bulk carrier on this register (build year 2012, 6,882 vessels with a known build year). At 19,943 gross tonnage it is smaller than 91% of the other 6,571 bulk carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 1,603 bulk carriers here under the Marshall Islands flag, 19.7% of the 8,138 on the register. Its MRV returns name it BUFFLEHEAD for 2018 and SEAHOPE for 2019–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Limassol (2018), then MAJURO (2019–2025).

Its 7,097 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.2 times the median of 3,239 t among the 3,731 bulk carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 216.2 kg CO₂, 17% below the type median of 260.7 kg. It logged 3,121 hours at sea against a median of 1,200 hours for its type that year. 2.2% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for bulk carriers was 3.7%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (8,259 t) and the lowest 2020 (570 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 66 in 2018 to 52 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 5 comparable vessels 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	7,097	2,268	32,834	3,121	157	216.2	7.7	52
2024	6,761	2,158	30,188	2,668	249	224.0	8.6	59
2023	2,915	924	9,861	916	331	295.6	14.1	90
2022	5,040	1,594	19,362	1,980	215	260.3	17.7	95
2021	5,421	1,715	20,659	1,726	281	262.4	13.5	89
2020	570	181	—	229	57	215.6	24.2	not ranked
2019	1,812	576	7,550	908	32	240.1	8.2	51
2018	8,259	2,627	29,414	3,915	988	280.8	9.7	66

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9598294
Previously reported as: SEAHOPE
Ship type: Bulk carrier
Gross tonnage: 19,943
Length overall: 177.4 m
Beam: 28.2 m
Year built: 2012
Flag state: Marshall Islands per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Cyprus. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025.
Port of registry: Majuro MRV 2025
Ice class: IC
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (5.39 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-01-28
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 1,689 of 3,241 qualifying bulk carriers by EEOI, at the 52nd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 7.6; this vessel reported 7.7.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 918,128,072 tonne-miles over 32,834 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 rose 5.0% while distance sailed rose 8.8%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 3.5%.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: 7,208 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.11 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.41 t
Under EU ETS: 3,839 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 8 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 4 of 5 vessel particulars and a name history. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, 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.