Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2012

DORTMUND EXPRESS: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9461051 EU ETS4 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2024: 21,511 t
Fuel burned: 6,895 t
Distance: 25,880 nm
Time at sea: 1,765 h
Emitted at berth: 2% of total
Share of year under way: 20%
Gross tonnage: 142,000

DORTMUND EXPRESS against its type

Built in 2012, it is 4 years newer than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 142,000 gross tonnage it is larger than 88% 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. Its MRV returns name it HAMBURG EXPRESS for 2018–2020 and DORTMUND EXPRESS for 2024–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Hamburg (2018–2024), then Monrovia (2025).

Its 21,511 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 21% above the median of 17,769 t among the 2,101 container ships on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 831.2 kg CO₂, 1.6 times the type median of 528.5 kg. It logged 1,765 hours at sea against a median of 3,325 hours for its type that year. 1.5% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 2.8%. Across 3 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (21,511 t) and the lowest 2018 (878 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 27 in 2020 to 20 in 2024 (lower is more efficient). The one sister ship listed below with a 2024 return reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile.

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	21,511	6,895	25,880	1,765	324	831.2	8.6	20
2020	4,075	1,305	4,473	269	256	911.0	10.4	27
2018	878	282	—	75	24	827.7	9.1	not ranked

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9461051
Previously reported as: HAMBURG EXPRESS
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 142,000
Length overall: 366.0 m
Year built: 2012
Flag state: Liberia per EU MRV 2025
Builder: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
Port of registry: Hamburg MRV 2024
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (7.67 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2025-03-26
Compliance document expires: 2026-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2024

Position 333 of 1,661 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 20th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 15.4; this vessel reported 8.6.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 2,495,512,761 tonne-miles over 25,880 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 2,349.5% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, so the series has gaps.

From 2020 to 2024, emissions rose 427.9% while distance sailed rose 478.6%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 8.8%.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: 21,850 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.34 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 1.24 t
Under EU ETS: 11,431 t, 53% of total

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