GOLDEN SHEA: CO₂ emissions 2019–2025

GOLDEN SHEA against its type

Built in 2007, it is 5 years older than the median bulk carrier on this register, which was built in 2012 (6,882 vessels with a known build year). At 40,717 gross tonnage it is larger than 64% of the other 6,571 bulk carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 1,601 bulk carriers here under the Panama flag, 19.7% of the 8,138 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 90 other vessels here, 68 of them bulk carriers. Its MRV returns name it GOLDEN SHEA for 2019–2020 and HONOR STAR for 2025.

Its 3,787 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 17% above the median of 3,239 t among the 3,731 bulk carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 278.8 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 260.7 kg. It logged 1,204 hours at sea against a median of 1,200 hours for its type that year. 3.8% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for bulk carriers was 3.7%. Across 3 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (3,787 t) and the lowest 2019 (2,207 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 30 in 2019 to 73 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 5 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 3 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.

Emissions by year2019–2025

Vessel particulars

IMO number

9335991

Previously reported as

HONOR STAR

Ship type

Bulk carrier

Gross tonnage

40,717

Length overall

224.9 m

Beam

32.2 m

Year built

2007

Flag state

Panama per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Marshall Islands. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025.

Builder

Namura Shipbuilding

Port of registry

PANAMA MRV 2025

Technical efficiency (design)

EEXI (3.59 gCO₂/t·nm)

Verifier

Bureau Veritas Certification France, France

Accreditation

3-2047 rev. 4

Compliance document issued

2026-03-20

Compliance document expires

2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 2,355 of 3,241 qualifying bulk carriers by EEOI, at the 73rd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 7.6; this vessel reported 9.4.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 402,878,723 tonne-miles over 13,584 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 71.6% higher than in 2019, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, so the series has gaps.

From 2020 to 2025, emissions rose 54.3% while distance sailed rose 86.1%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 17.1%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.

Where the 2025 emissions occurred

Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025

Total CO₂ equivalent

3,846 t

Methane (CH₄)

0.06 t

Nitrous oxide (N₂O)

0.22 t

Under EU ETS

2,113 t, 56% of total

Verifier history

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 2019–2025, published by the European Commission.
• Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).

This page draws on 3 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.

Comparable vesselssister ships and nearest by tonnage

• PAQUIS sister · 2005 · 38,938 GT · 4,027 t · 363.3 kg/nm
• ARTEMIS sister · 2006 · 40,608 GT · 5,350 t · 278.2 kg/nm
• OMICRON SKY sister · 2006 · 40,611 GT · 3,062 t · 268.5 kg/nm
• NAVIOS HELIOS sister · 2005 · 40,689 GT · 3,304 t · 306.3 kg/nm
• LENI sister · 2008 · 40,690 GT · 4,616 t · 255.3 kg/nm
• DELPHINUS sister · 2007 · 40,717 GT · 2,386 t · 314.1 kg/nm
• BALTIMORE sister · 2005 · 89,523 GT · 5,592 t · 505.9 kg/nm
• AQUABRIDGE sister · 2005 · 89,588 GT · 3,321 t · 594.2 kg/nm