Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · Malta flag · built 2024
EXPLORA II: CO₂ emissions 2024–2025
IMO 9869887 EU ETS2 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 39,774 t
- Fuel burned
- 12,406 t
- Time at sea
- 3,852 h
- Emitted at berth
- 19% of total
- Share of year under way
- 44%
- Gross tonnage
- 63,900
EXPLORA II against its type
Built in 2024, it is 14 years newer than the median cruise ship on this register, which was built in 2010 (195 vessels with a known build year). At 63,900 gross tonnage it is smaller than 60% 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 2024–2025 all give valletta as port of registry.
Its 39,774 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 27% above the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 845.1 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 3,852 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 19.1% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Of the 8 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 3 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2024–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39,774 | 12,406 | — | 3,852 | 7,583 | 845.1 | — | — |
| 2024 | 12,443 | 3,881 | — | 1,036 | 1,888 | 897.2 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9869887
- Gross tonnage
- 63,900
- Length overall
- 249.0 m
- Year built
- 2024
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Fincantieri
- Port of registry
- valletta MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEDI (12.6 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Explora Journeys, MSC Cruises
- 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 219.7% higher than in 2024, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 219.7% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 5.8%.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
- 40,383 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.62 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 2.23 t
- Under EU ETS
- 31,248 t, 79% of total
Sources and how to read this
- Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2024–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
This page draws on 2 MRV reporting years and 5 of 5 vessel particulars. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history, a licensed photograph, 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.