CHEMTRANS SATURN: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

CHEMTRANS SATURN against its type

Built in 2006, it is 4 years older than the median oil tanker on this register, which was built in 2010 (2,896 vessels with a known build year). At 40,698 gross tonnage it is smaller than 66% of the other 2,841 oil tankers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 718 oil tankers here under the Liberia flag, 20.2% of the 3,548 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 204 other vessels here, 19 of them oil tankers. Its MRV returns name it DESPINA for 2018, CHEMTRANS SATURN for 2022 and NORDIC for 2023–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Piraeus (2018), then Monrovia (2022–2025).

Its 2,878 t of CO₂ for 2023 is 62% below the median of 7,491 t among the 1,850 oil tankers on this register that reported for 2023. Per nautical mile it emitted 298.4 kg CO₂, 27% below the type median of 408.5 kg. It logged 898 hours at sea against a median of 1,807 hours for its type that year. 3.2% of its 2023 emissions were at berth; the median for oil tankers was 8.4%. Across 3 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (9,034 t) and the lowest 2022 (2,732 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 36 in 2018 to 55 in 2022 (lower is more efficient).

No EU/EEA voyages were reported for 2025: zero CO₂ and zero time at sea, left out of the trend and of any ranking.

Emissions by year2018–2025

Vessel particulars

IMO number

9309007

Previously reported as

DESPINA, NORDIC

Ship type

Oil tanker

Gross tonnage

40,698

Length overall

228.6 m

Beam

32.3 m

Year built

2006

Flag state

Liberia per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Greece. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025.

Builder

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding

Port of registry

Monrovia MRV 2023

Technical efficiency (design)

EEXI (4.14 gCO₂/t·nm)

Efficiency ranking

Not ranked: transport work below the floor (2023)

Verifier

Bureau Veritas Certification France, France

Accreditation

3-2047 rév. 1

Compliance document issued

2024-06-29

Compliance document expires

2025-06-30

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2023 was 68.1% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024, so the series has gaps.

From 2022 to 2023, emissions rose 5.3% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 27.1%.Distance is missing for at least one of the two years, so activity and efficiency cannot be separated here.

Where the 2023 emissions occurred

Verifier history

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 4 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a name history. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.

Comparable vesselssister ships and nearest by tonnage

• BANGUS sister · 2005 · 40,682 GT · 2,650 t · 343.6 kg/nm
• COMPANION sister · 2005 · 40,690 GT · 3,767 t · 333.1 kg/nm
• CHEMTRANS MOON sister · 2004 · 40,763 GT · 6,161 t · 369.2 kg/nm
• PGC IKAROS 2004 · 40,690 GT · 2,636 t · 470.5 kg/nm
• CHEMTRANS SEA 2004 · 40,763 GT · 2,828 t · 380.9 kg/nm
• MARITINA 2006 · 40,803 GT · 4,389 t · 315.5 kg/nm
• MARTINI 2006 · 40,038 GT · 5,206 t · 402.8 kg/nm
• ETERNAL DILIGENCE 2006 · 40,803 GT · 2,689 t · 375.6 kg/nm