Oil tanker · Panama flag · built 2009
CHINA DAWN: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9402249 EU ETS6 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 20,563 t
- Fuel burned
- 6,502 t
- Distance
- 47,849 nm
- Time at sea
- 4,370 h
- Emitted at berth
- 12% of total
- Share of year under way
- 50%
- Gross tonnage
- 59,408
CHINA DAWN against its type
Built in 2009, it is 1 year older than the median oil tanker on this register, which was built in 2010 (2,896 vessels with a known build year). At 59,408 gross tonnage it is larger than 50% of the other 2,841 oil tankers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 244 oil tankers here under the Panama flag, 6.9% of the 3,548 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 103 other vessels here, 28 of them oil tankers. Its MRV returns name it CHINA DAWN for 2018–2021 and ORCA PEARL for 2022–2025. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Panama as port of registry.
Its 20,563 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.6 times the median of 7,922 t among the 1,704 oil tankers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 429.8 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 403.2 kg. It logged 4,370 hours at sea against a median of 2,030 hours for its type that year. 11.8% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for oil tankers was 7.8%. Across 6 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (20,563 t) and the lowest 2021 (2,582 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 53 in 2018 to 50 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 2 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 | 20,563 | 6,502 | 47,849 | 4,370 | 2,434 | 429.8 | 7.4 | 50 |
| 2024 | 3,915 | 1,249 | 9,821 | 819 | 0 | 398.6 | 3.9 | 7 |
| 2022 | 3,923 | 1,248 | 10,577 | 949 | 354 | 370.9 | 7.5 | 44 |
| 2021 | 2,582 | 826 | 6,754 | 678 | 180 | 382.3 | 6.3 | 28 |
| 2019 | 9,224 | 2,930 | 14,933 | 2,232 | 884 | 617.7 | 9.3 | 58 |
| 2018 | 5,500 | 1,736 | 12,183 | 1,214 | 677 | 451.4 | 8.8 | 53 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9402249
- Previously reported as
- ORCA PEARL
- Ship type
- Oil tanker
- Gross tonnage
- 59,408
- Length overall
- 246.0 m
- Beam
- 42.0 m
- Year built
- 2009
- Flag state
- Panama per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Sasebo Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- Panama MRV 2025
- Home port
- Panama
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (3.31 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD), Greece
- Accreditation
- 1083-2
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-28
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 717 of 1,448 qualifying oil tankers by EEOI, at the 50th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 7.5; this vessel reported 7.4.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 2,775,033,738 tonne-miles over 47,849 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 273.9% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2020, 2023, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 425.2% while distance sailed rose 387.2%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 7.8%.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
- 20,882 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.33 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.17 t
- Under EU ETS
- 12,166 t, 59% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | VERIFAVIA (UK) LTD | United Kingdom |
| 2021 | NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS | France |
| 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 6 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 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.