Bulk carrier · Barbados flag · built 2011
GOLDEN SUEK: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9438614 6 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2022
- 5,232 t
- Fuel burned
- 1,677 t
- Distance
- 15,417 nm
- Time at sea
- 1,330 h
- Emitted at berth
- 2% of total
- Share of year under way
- 15%
- Gross tonnage
- 41,586
GOLDEN SUEK against its type
Built in 2011, it is 1 year older than the median bulk carrier on this register, which was built in 2012 (6,882 vessels with a known build year). At 41,586 gross tonnage it is larger than 66% of the other 6,571 bulk carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 127 bulk carriers here under the Barbados flag, 1.6% of the 8,138 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 4 other vessels here, all of them bulk carriers. Its MRV returns name it GOLDEN SUEK for 2018–2022 and POLAR LADY for 2025. The reported port of registry changed: Hong Kong (2018–2022), then Bridgetown (2025).
Its 5,232 t of CO₂ for 2022 is 34% above the median of 3,908 t among the 3,902 bulk carriers on this register that reported for 2022. Per nautical mile it emitted 339.4 kg CO₂, 18% above the type median of 288.1 kg. It logged 1,330 hours at sea against a median of 1,254 hours for its type that year. 1.6% of its 2022 emissions were at berth; the median for bulk carriers was 4.2%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2019 (13,141 t) and the lowest 2022 (5,232 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 74 in 2018 to 73 in 2022 (lower is more efficient).
No EU/EEA voyages were reported for 2025: zero CO₂ and zero time at sea, left out of the trend and of any ranking.
Emissions by year2018–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No EU/EEA voyages reported | |||||||
| 2022 | 5,232 | 1,677 | 15,417 | 1,330 | 82 | 339.4 | 10.8 | 73 |
| 2021 | 9,635 | 3,051 | 27,373 | 2,271 | 471 | 352.0 | 8.6 | 52 |
| 2020 | 8,468 | 2,693 | 21,928 | 2,037 | 261 | 386.2 | 14.2 | 92 |
| 2019 | 13,141 | 4,189 | 37,468 | 4,485 | 296 | 350.7 | 7.8 | 46 |
| 2018 | 9,604 | 3,074 | 28,295 | 3,195 | 187 | 339.4 | 10.4 | 74 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9438614
- Previously reported as
- POLAR LADY
- Call sign
- 8PRO4
- Ship type
- Bulk carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 41,586
- Length overall
- 224.9 m
- Beam
- 32.7 m
- Year built
- 2011
- Flag state
- Barbados per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Hong Kong. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025. - Port of registry
- Hong Kong MRV 2022
- Ice class
- IC
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (3.64 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2023-01-20
- Compliance document expires
- 2024-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2022
Position 2,701 of 3,692 qualifying bulk carriers by EEOI, at the 73rd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 8.4; this vessel reported 10.8.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 483,555,453 tonne-miles over 15,417 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2022 was 45.5% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2023, 2024, so the series has gaps.
From 2021 to 2022, emissions fell 45.7% while distance sailed fell 43.7%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 3.6%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2022 emissions occurred
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | DNV | Germany |
| 2025 | NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS | France |
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 6 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.