Container ship · Malta flag · built 2008
CARTAGENA TRADER: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9436422 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 20,058 t
- Fuel burned
- 6,385 t
- Distance
- 38,350 nm
- Time at sea
- 5,466 h
- Emitted at berth
- 7% of total
- Share of year under way
- 62%
- Gross tonnage
- 35,991
CARTAGENA TRADER against its type
Built in 2008, it is the same age as the median container ship on this register (build year 2008, 3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 35,991 gross tonnage it is smaller than 59% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 336 container ships here under the Malta flag, 9.6% of the 3,495 on the register. Columbia Shipmanagement is linked to 42 vessels on this register. Its MRV returns name it CARTAGENA TRADER for 2018–2020 and CMA CGM AMBARLI for 2021–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Valetta (2018–2020), then Valletta (2021–2023), then Valetta (2024–2025).
Its 20,058 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 23% above the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 523.0 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 5,466 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 6.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2021 (32,238 t) and the lowest 2018 (6,848 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 86 in 2018 to 81 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 3 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 3 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 | 20,058 | 6,385 | 38,350 | 5,466 | 1,304 | 523.0 | 26.5 | 81 |
| 2024 | 17,729 | 5,674 | 36,746 | 3,500 | 1,001 | 482.5 | 23.9 | 74 |
| 2023 | 16,450 | 5,245 | 34,056 | 2,444 | 1,203 | 483.0 | 21.7 | 63 |
| 2022 | 27,531 | 8,817 | 49,737 | 3,341 | 2,108 | 553.5 | 23.6 | 68 |
| 2021 | 32,238 | 10,330 | 50,342 | 3,760 | 3,469 | 640.4 | 24.6 | 72 |
| 2020 | 18,623 | 5,968 | 35,370 | 2,738 | 1,797 | 526.5 | 22.7 | 70 |
| 2019 | 17,039 | 5,455 | 30,475 | 2,216 | 2,581 | 559.1 | 24.8 | 70 |
| 2018 | 6,848 | 2,194 | 14,363 | 1,111 | 1,342 | 476.8 | 40.9 | 86 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9436422
- Previously reported as
- CMA CGM AMBARLI
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 35,991
- Length overall
- 230.9 m
- Year built
- 2008
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
- Port of registry
- Valetta MRV 2025
- Home port
- Valetta
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (14.3 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Columbia Shipmanagement
- Verifier
- AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD), Greece
- Accreditation
- 1083-2
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-31
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,486 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 81st percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 26.5.
Across the 41 ranked vessels operated by Columbia Shipmanagement, the median percentile is 53. This vessel is less efficient than its own fleet median.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 757,203,850 tonne-miles over 38,350 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 192.9% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 13.1% while distance sailed rose 4.4%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 8.4%.That points mainly to how efficiently it sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 20,372 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.32 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.15 t
- Under EU ETS
- 13,741 t, 69% of total
Laden voyages2025
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 17,034 t, 85% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 5,422 t
- CO₂ per nm, laden
- 498.3 kg
The rest of the 2025 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD) | Greece |
| 2021 | DNV | Germany |
| 2024 | AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD) | 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).
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.