Vehicle carrier · Panama flag · built 2004

GRAND AURORA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9279331 EU ETS8 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 6,479 t
Fuel burned: 2,094 t
Distance: 16,731 nm
Time at sea: 1,147 h
Emitted at berth: 2% of total
Share of year under way: 13%
Gross tonnage: 59,217

GRAND AURORA against its type

Built in 2004, it is 4 years older than the median vehicle carrier on this register, which was built in 2008 (595 vessels with a known build year). At 59,217 gross tonnage it is larger than 54% of the other 571 vehicle carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 177 vehicle carriers here under the Panama flag, 24.8% of the 713 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 102 other vessels here, 50 of them vehicle carriers. The returns for 2023–2025 all give Panama as port of registry.

Its 6,479 t of CO₂ for 2025 is close to the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 387.2 kg CO₂, 25% above the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 1,147 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 1.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 3.1%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2019 (15,190 t) and the lowest 2022 (1,137 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 59 in 2018 to 58 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 5 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 5 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	6,479	2,094	16,731	1,147	98	387.2	56.1	58
2024	5,788	1,857	16,167	1,004	78	358.0	52.6	51
2023	8,590	2,714	24,131	1,650	426	355.9	53.2	48
2022	1,137	356	—	167	403	557.2	132.7	not ranked
2021	2,191	691	5,424	386	299	403.9	62.3	58
2020	14,630	4,628	43,386	2,664	552	337.2	52.7	43
2019	15,190	4,850	40,342	2,762	396	376.5	60.8	54
2018	9,219	2,946	24,744	1,619	258	372.6	66.0	59

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9279331
Ship type: Vehicle carrier
Gross tonnage: 59,217
Length overall: 199.9 m
Year built: 2004
Flag state: Panama per EU MRV 2025
Builder: Shinkurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding
Port of registry: Panama MRV 2025
Home port: Panama
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (15.1 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: Korean Register, Korea, Republic of
Accreditation: D-VS-20824-01-00
Compliance document issued: 2026-03-25
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 244 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 58th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 56.1.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 115,533,524 tonne-miles over 16,731 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 29.7% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 11.9% while distance sailed rose 3.5%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 8.2%.That points mainly to how efficiently it sailed, rather than the other.

Where the 2025 emissions occurred

Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025

Total CO₂ equivalent: 6,582 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.10 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.38 t
Under EU ETS: 2,744 t, 42% of total

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, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history, 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.