Container ship · Malta flag · built 2007
GFS SAPPHIRE: CO₂ emissions 2022–2025
IMO 9330927 EU ETS4 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 6,038 t
- Fuel burned
- 1,932 t
- Distance
- 19,396 nm
- Time at sea
- 1,783 h
- Emitted at berth
- 5% of total
- Share of year under way
- 20%
- Gross tonnage
- 15,995
GFS SAPPHIRE against its type
Built in 2007, it is 1 year older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 15,995 gross tonnage it is smaller than 82% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 336 container ships here under the Malta flag, 9.6% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 43 other vessels here, 30 of them container ships. The reported port of registry changed: Singapore (2022–2023), then Valletta (2024–2025).
Its 6,038 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 63% below the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 311.3 kg CO₂, 43% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 1,783 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 5.1% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 4 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (6,038 t) and the lowest 2023 (1,089 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 72 in 2024 to 80 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 7 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 6 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2022–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,038 | 1,932 | 19,396 | 1,783 | 307 | 311.3 | 25.6 | 80 |
| 2024 | 4,386 | 1,407 | 16,456 | 1,456 | 99 | 266.5 | 22.5 | 72 |
| 2023 | 1,089 | 350 | — | 612 | 14 | 164.6 | 111.7 | not ranked |
| 2022 | 2,643 | 846 | — | 1,408 | 59 | 160.2 | 102.1 | not ranked |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9330927
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 15,995
- Length overall
- 170.0 m
- Beam
- 25.2 m
- Year built
- 2007
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Singapore. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025. - Builder
- Peene-Werft
- Port of registry
- Valletta MRV 2025
- Home port
- Dubai
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (18.97 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-02-27
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,466 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 80th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 25.6.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 235,602,029 tonne-miles over 19,396 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 128.4% higher than in 2022, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 37.7% while distance sailed rose 17.9%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 16.8%.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 6,133 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.10 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.35 t
- Under EU ETS
- 4,971 t, 82% of total
Sources and how to read this
- Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2022–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
This page draws on 4 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking and 5 of 5 vessel particulars. Not found in the sources for this vessel: 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.