Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · Malta flag · built 2023
EXPLORA I: CO₂ emissions 2023–2025
IMO 9869875 EU ETS3 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 34,354 t
- Fuel burned
- 10,715 t
- Time at sea
- 3,354 h
- Emitted at berth
- 18% of total
- Share of year under way
- 38%
- Gross tonnage
- 63,621
EXPLORA I against its type
Built in 2023, it is 13 years newer than the median cruise ship on this register, which was built in 2010 (195 vessels with a known build year). At 63,621 gross tonnage it is smaller than 61% of the other 177 cruise ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 34 cruise ships here under the Malta flag, 16.8% of the 202 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 132 other vessels here, 60 of them cruise ships. Explora Journeys is linked to 2 vessels on this register. The returns for 2023–2025 all give Valletta as port of registry.
Its 34,354 t of CO₂ for 2025 is close to the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 849.9 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 3,354 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 18.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Across 3 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (34,354 t) and the lowest 2023 (9,798 t). Of the 8 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 5 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2023–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34,354 | 10,715 | — | 3,354 | 6,312 | 849.9 | — | — |
| 2024 | 29,292 | 9,137 | — | 2,888 | 5,338 | 830.1 | — | — |
| 2023 | 9,798 | 3,056 | — | 2,925 | 937 | 990.3 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9869875
- Gross tonnage
- 63,621
- Length overall
- 248.9 m
- Beam
- 32.6 m
- Year built
- 2023
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Fincantieri
- Port of registry
- Valletta MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEDI (11.93 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Explora Journeys
- Verifier
- Bureau Veritas Certification France, France
- Accreditation
- 3-2047 rev. 4
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-03
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 250.6% higher than in 2023, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 17.3% and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 2.4%.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
- 34,880 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.54 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.93 t
- Under EU ETS
- 28,111 t, 82% of total
Sources and how to read this
- Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2023–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 3 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.