Bulk carrier · Marshall Islands flag · built 2012
ECO SPITFIRE: CO₂ emissions 2019–2025
IMO 9539468 EU ETS5 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 2,200 t
- Fuel burned
- 698 t
- Distance
- 9,549 nm
- Time at sea
- 890 h
- Emitted at berth
- 4% of total
- Share of year under way
- 10%
- Gross tonnage
- 21,213
ECO SPITFIRE against its type
Built in 2012, it is the same age as the median bulk carrier on this register (build year 2012, 6,882 vessels with a known build year). At 21,213 gross tonnage it is smaller than 88% of the other 6,571 bulk carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 1,603 bulk carriers here under the Marshall Islands flag, 19.7% of the 8,138 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 307 other vessels here, 48 of them bulk carriers. Its MRV returns name it SAPPHIRE ISLAND for 2019 and ECO SPITFIRE for 2022–2025. The reported port of registry changed: PANAMA (2019), then MAJURO (2022–2025).
Its 2,200 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 32% below the median of 3,238 t among the 3,732 bulk carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 230.4 kg CO₂, 12% below the type median of 260.7 kg. It logged 890 hours at sea against a median of 1,199 hours for its type that year. 4.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for bulk carriers was 3.7%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (3,991 t) and the lowest 2022 (1,608 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 45 in 2019 to 82 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 4 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 4 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2019–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,200 | 698 | 9,549 | 890 | 96 | 230.4 | 10.8 | 82 |
| 2024 | 3,991 | 1,263 | 14,592 | 1,319 | 244 | 273.5 | 11.6 | 84 |
| 2023 | 2,666 | 852 | 12,054 | 982 | 178 | 221.1 | 31.3 | 99 |
| 2022 | 1,608 | 506 | — | 639 | 67 | 233.4 | — | — |
| 2019 | 2,190 | 701 | 9,449 | 862 | 62 | 231.8 | 7.8 | 45 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9539468
- Previously reported as
- SAPPHIRE ISLAND
- Ship type
- Bulk carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 21,213
- Length overall
- 180.0 m
- Year built
- 2012
- Flag state
- Marshall Islands per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Shin Kurushima Dockyard
- Port of registry
- Majuro MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (6.18 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-16
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 2,667 of 3,241 qualifying bulk carriers by EEOI, at the 82nd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 7.6; this vessel reported 10.8.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 203,530,065 tonne-miles over 9,549 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 0.5% higher than in 2019, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2020, 2021, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 44.9% while distance sailed fell 34.6%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 15.8%.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
- 2,234 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.03 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.13 t
- Under EU ETS
- 1,148 t, 52% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai | Japan |
| 2022 | 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 2019–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 5 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.