Container ship · Malta flag · built 2007
CMA CGM BLUE WHALE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9317963 EU ETS2 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 22,212 t
- Fuel burned
- 7,147 t
- Distance
- 38,763 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,731 h
- Emitted at berth
- 5% of total
- Share of year under way
- 31%
- Gross tonnage
- 54,309
CMA CGM BLUE WHALE against its type
Built in 2007, it is 1 year older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 54,309 gross tonnage it is larger than 56% 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. The same builder is recorded for 761 other vessels here, 355 of them container ships. The returns for 2018–2025 all give valletta as port of registry.
Its 22,212 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 36% 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 573.0 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 2,731 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 4.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 73 in 2018 to 57 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 4 sister ships 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 | 22,212 | 7,147 | 38,763 | 2,731 | 1,005 | 573.0 | 16.2 | 57 |
| 2018 | 10,408 | 3,336 | 14,822 | 1,214 | 491 | 702.2 | 28.5 | 73 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9317963
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 54,309
- Year built
- 2007
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- valletta MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (13.1 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
- 2026-04-10
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,051 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 57th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 16.2.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,367,742,611 tonne-miles over 38,763 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 113.4% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, so the series has gaps.
From 2018 to 2025, emissions rose 113.4% while distance sailed rose 161.5%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 18.4%.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
- 22,563 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.36 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.29 t
- Under EU ETS
- 11,713 t, 53% of total
Laden voyages2025
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 20,988 t, 94% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 6,757 t
- CO₂ per nm, laden
- 555.0 kg
The rest of the 2025 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
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 2 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking and 4 of 5 vessel particulars. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history, 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.