Ro-pax ship · Greece flag · built 2001
FESTOS PALACE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9204568 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 60,233 t
- Fuel burned
- 19,240 t
- Time at sea
- 5,028 h
- Emitted at berth
- 8% of total
- Share of year under way
- 57%
- Gross tonnage
- 24,352
FESTOS PALACE against its type
Built in 2001, it is 1 year newer than the median ro-pax ship on this register, which was built in 2000 (483 vessels with a known build year). At 24,352 gross tonnage it is larger than 52% of the other 470 ro-pax ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 48 ro-pax ships here under the Greece flag, 9.7% of the 493 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 132 other vessels here, 27 of them ro-pax ships. Its MRV returns name it FESTOS PALACE for 2018 and KYDON PALACE for 2019–2025. The returns for 2019–2025 all give Piraeus as port of registry.
Its 60,233 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.0 times the median of 30,062 t among the 417 ro-pax ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 668.0 kg CO₂, 43% above the type median of 467.6 kg. It logged 5,028 hours at sea against a median of 4,243 hours for its type that year. 8.1% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for ro-pax ships was 6.7%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2020 (76,644 t) and the lowest 2022 (46,431 t). Of the 7 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 3 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 | 60,233 | 19,240 | — | 5,028 | 4,888 | 668.0 | — | — |
| 2024 | 60,776 | 19,481 | — | 4,395 | 3,900 | 736.0 | — | — |
| 2023 | 55,542 | 17,798 | — | 3,662 | 4,162 | 763.1 | — | — |
| 2022 | 46,431 | 14,872 | — | 2,828 | 4,205 | 823.8 | — | — |
| 2021 | 50,880 | 16,267 | — | 2,525 | 4,869 | 901.4 | — | — |
| 2020 | 76,644 | 24,535 | — | 3,870 | 4,291 | 863.4 | — | — |
| 2019 | 60,004 | 19,184 | — | 3,657 | 3,732 | 796.5 | — | — |
| 2018 | 56,444 | 18,032 | — | 3,245 | 5,442 | 831.1 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9204568
- Previously reported as
- KYDON PALACE
- Ship type
- Ro-pax ship
- Gross tonnage
- 24,352
- Length overall
- 214.0 m
- Year built
- 2001
- Flag state
- Greece per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Fincantieri
- Port of registry
- Piraeus MRV 2025
- Home port
- Piraeus
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (22.48 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- RINA HELLAS LTD, Greece
- Accreditation
- 1325
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-06-30
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 6.7% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 0.9% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 9.2%.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
- 61,178 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.96 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 3.46 t
- Under EU ETS
- 58,745 t, 98% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | RINA Services Spa | Italy |
| 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) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, a name history and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.