Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2005
COLOMBO EXPRESS: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9295244 EU ETS6 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2024
- 49,623 t
- Fuel burned
- 15,877 t
- Distance
- 66,574 nm
- Time at sea
- 4,417 h
- Emitted at berth
- 1% of total
- Share of year under way
- 50%
- Gross tonnage
- 93,750
COLOMBO EXPRESS against its type
Built in 2005, it is 3 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 93,750 gross tonnage it is larger than 74% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 976 container ships here under the Liberia flag, 27.9% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 761 other vessels here, 355 of them container ships. Hapag-Lloyd is linked to 28 vessels on this register. The reported port of registry changed: Hamburg (2018–2022), then Monrovia (2023–2025).
Its 49,623 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 2.8 times the median of 17,769 t among the 2,101 container ships on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 745.4 kg CO₂, 41% above the type median of 528.5 kg. It logged 4,417 hours at sea against a median of 3,325 hours for its type that year. 1.1% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 2.8%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (49,623 t) and the lowest 2021 (3,658 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type was 25 in both 2018 and 2024. Of the 3 sister ships listed below with a 2024 return, 3 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
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
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No EU/EEA voyages reported | |||||||
| 2024 | 49,623 | 15,877 | 66,574 | 4,417 | 544 | 745.4 | 9.5 | 25 |
| 2023 | 14,713 | 4,684 | 18,906 | 1,458 | 757 | 778.2 | 11.1 | 27 |
| 2022 | 4,583 | 1,461 | 6,256 | 490 | 185 | 732.7 | 10.0 | 20 |
| 2021 | 3,658 | 1,166 | 4,937 | 523 | 113 | 741.0 | 10.5 | 23 |
| 2018 | 40,854 | 13,085 | 47,143 | 2,914 | 724 | 866.6 | 12.1 | 25 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9295244
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 93,750
- Length overall
- 335.5 m
- Year built
- 2005
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- Monrovia MRV 2024
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (9.47 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Hapag-Lloyd
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2025-03-17
- Compliance document expires
- 2026-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2024
Position 410 of 1,661 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 25th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 15.4; this vessel reported 9.5.
Across the 24 ranked vessels operated by Hapag-Lloyd, the median percentile is 29. This vessel is more efficient than its own fleet median.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 5,223,467,368 tonne-miles over 66,574 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 21.5% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2020, so the series has gaps.
From 2023 to 2024, emissions rose 237.3% while distance sailed rose 252.1%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 4.2%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2024 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2024
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 50,403 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.79 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 2.86 t
- Under EU ETS
- 24,360 t, 49% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | DNV | Germany |
| 2023 | EnvService GmbH | Germany |
| 2024 | DNV | Germany |
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) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 6 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, 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.