Oil tanker · Marshall Islands flag · built 2008
FALCON EXPRESS: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9402213 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 11,043 t
- Fuel burned
- 3,515 t
- Distance
- 25,571 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,774 h
- Emitted at berth
- 10% of total
- Share of year under way
- 32%
- Gross tonnage
- 59,259
FALCON EXPRESS against its type
Built in 2008, it is 2 years older than the median oil tanker on this register, which was built in 2010 (2,896 vessels with a known build year). At 59,259 gross tonnage it is larger than 50% of the other 2,841 oil tankers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 793 oil tankers here under the Marshall Islands flag, 22.4% of the 3,548 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 103 other vessels here, 28 of them oil tankers. Its MRV returns name it FALCON EXPRESS for 2018–2020 and VELOS EMERALD for 2021–2025. The reported port of registry changed: NASSAU (2018–2020), then MAJURO (2021–2025).
Its 11,043 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 39% above the median of 7,922 t among the 1,704 oil tankers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 431.9 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 403.2 kg. It logged 2,774 hours at sea against a median of 2,030 hours for its type that year. 9.7% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for oil tankers was 7.8%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2020 (16,334 t) and the lowest 2018 (4,244 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 39 in 2018 to 58 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 2 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 1 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 | 11,043 | 3,515 | 25,571 | 2,774 | 1,070 | 431.9 | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2024 | 8,737 | 2,793 | 22,270 | 2,057 | 363 | 392.3 | 5.5 | 25 |
| 2023 | 7,268 | 2,319 | 20,129 | 2,094 | 265 | 361.1 | 4.8 | 12 |
| 2022 | 9,843 | 3,156 | 17,784 | 2,055 | 250 | 553.5 | 7.0 | 38 |
| 2021 | 5,681 | 1,799 | 12,897 | 1,154 | 124 | 440.5 | 6.7 | 32 |
| 2020 | 16,334 | 5,136 | 20,694 | 2,086 | 4,723 | 789.3 | 10.5 | 64 |
| 2019 | 14,297 | 4,559 | 29,394 | 2,905 | 1,815 | 486.4 | 8.6 | 51 |
| 2018 | 4,244 | 1,356 | 10,209 | 923 | 271 | 415.7 | 7.5 | 39 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9402213
- Previously reported as
- VELOS EMERALD
- Ship type
- Oil tanker
- Gross tonnage
- 59,259
- Length overall
- 243.8 m
- Beam
- 42.0 m
- Year built
- 2008
- Flag state
- Marshall Islands per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Bahamas. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025. - Builder
- Sasebo Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- MAJURO MRV 2025
- Home port
- MAJURO
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (3.31 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- RINA HELLAS LTD, Greece
- Accreditation
- 1325
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-06-12
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 836 of 1,448 qualifying oil tankers by EEOI, at the 58th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 7.5; this vessel reported 8.0.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,373,543,532 tonne-miles over 25,571 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 160.2% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 26.4% while distance sailed rose 14.8%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 10.1%.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 11,216 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.18 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.63 t
- Under EU ETS
- 6,056 t, 55% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai | Japan |
| 2022 | RINA HELLAS LTD | Greece |
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).
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a name history. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, 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.