Vehicle carrier · Panama flag · built 1998
ERK IZMIR: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9179983 EU ETS7 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 8,733 t
- Fuel burned
- 2,724 t
- Distance
- 67,556 nm
- Time at sea
- 6,453 h
- Emitted at berth
- 1% of total
- Share of year under way
- 74%
- Gross tonnage
- 9,233
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ERK IZMIR against its type
Built in 1998, it is 10 years older than the median vehicle carrier on this register, which was built in 2008 (595 vessels with a known build year). At 9,233 gross tonnage it is smaller than 99% of the other 571 vehicle carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 177 vehicle carriers here under the Panama flag, 24.8% of the 713 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 35 other vessels here, 3 of them vehicle carriers. Its MRV returns name it MAIN HIGHWAY for 2018–2022 and ERK IZMIR for 2024–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Limassol (2018–2022), then panama (2024–2025).
Its 8,733 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 23% above the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 129.3 kg CO₂, 58% below the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 6,453 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 1.1% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 3.1%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (10,806 t) and the lowest 2024 (4,054 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 98 in 2018 to 97 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 3 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 0 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 | 8,733 | 2,724 | 67,556 | 6,453 | 100 | 129.3 | 176.4 | 97 |
| 2024 | 4,054 | 1,265 | — | 3,507 | 38 | 99.9 | 152.3 | not ranked |
| 2022 | 9,184 | 2,865 | 64,414 | 5,739 | 314 | 142.6 | 185.9 | 97 |
| 2021 | 9,538 | 2,975 | 60,604 | 6,092 | 325 | 157.4 | 216.5 | 98 |
| 2020 | 8,518 | 2,657 | 59,114 | 4,975 | 440 | 144.1 | 213.4 | 97 |
| 2019 | 9,419 | 2,938 | 76,381 | 5,286 | 365 | 123.3 | 188.2 | 96 |
| 2018 | 10,806 | 3,371 | 73,486 | 5,835 | 388 | 147.1 | 233.4 | 98 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9179983
- Previously reported as
- MAIN HIGHWAY
- Ship type
- Vehicle carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 9,233
- Length overall
- 99.9 m
- Year built
- 1998
- Flag state
- Panama per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Cyprus. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025. - Builder
- Rolandwerft
- Port of registry
- panama MRV 2025
- Ice class
- IA
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (36.5 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- Polish Register of Shipping, Poland
- Accreditation
- PL-VG-0013
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-06
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 409 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 97th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 176.4.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 49,503,883 tonne-miles over 67,556 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 19.2% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2023, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 115.4% and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 29.4%.Distance is missing for at least one of the two years, so activity and efficiency cannot be separated here.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 8,867 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.14 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.49 t
- Under EU ETS
- 4,772 t, 55% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Ltd | United Kingdom |
| 2020 | HELLENIC LLOYD'S S.A. | Greece |
| 2022 | DNV | Germany |
| 2024 | Polish Register of Shipping | Poland |
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 7 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.