Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · Malta flag · built 2020
CELEBRITY APEX: CO₂ emissions 2021–2025
IMO 9838383 MMSI 215105000EU ETS5 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 56,030 t
- Fuel burned
- 17,964 t
- Time at sea
- 3,509 h
- Emitted at berth
- 9% of total
- Share of year under way
- 40%
CELEBRITY APEX against its type
Built in 2020, it is 10 years newer than the median cruise ship on this register, which was built in 2010 (195 vessels with a known build year). It is one of 34 cruise ships here under the Malta flag, 16.8% of the 202 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 51 other vessels here, 35 of them cruise ships. Celebrity Cruises is linked to 15 vessels on this register. The returns for 2021–2025 all give Valletta as port of registry.
Its 56,030 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 1.8 times the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 967.7 kg CO₂, 18% above the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 3,509 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 9.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (56,030 t) and the lowest 2021 (28,280 t). Of the 3 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 0 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2021–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56,030 | 17,964 | — | 3,509 | 5,293 | 967.7 | — | — |
| 2024 | 50,430 | 16,173 | — | 3,211 | 4,249 | 1,027.3 | — | — |
| 2023 | 44,068 | 14,584 | — | 2,998 | 6,123 | 959.5 | — | — |
| 2022 | 52,697 | 16,894 | — | 4,520 | 1,387 | 1,052.9 | — | — |
| 2021 | 28,280 | 9,055 | — | 2,781 | 1,707 | 957.7 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9838383
- MMSI
- 215105000
- Length overall
- 306.0 m
- Beam
- 50.0 m
- Year built
- 2020
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Chantiers de l'Atlantique
- Port of registry
- Valletta MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (7.94 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Celebrity Cruises
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-31
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 98.1% higher than in 2021, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 11.1% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 5.8%.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
- 56,912 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.90 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 3.23 t
Observed movementsAIS · Norwegian waters
- First seen
- 06 Jul 2025
- Last seen
- 20 Jul 2026
- Days observed
- 64
- Positions
- 7,623
- Median speed
- 16.5 kn
Its recorded positions span 58.0°N to 71.0°N and 4.4°E to 24.4°E.
400 hourly points from 7,623 positions. Filled circle first, open circle last; squares are ports for orientation, not calls.
Positions recorded per month
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 2021–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
- Movements: Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS extract.
This page draws on 5 MRV reporting years, 4 of 5 vessel particulars, AIS movements in Norwegian waters and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.