Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · Malta flag · built 2021
HANSEATIC SPIRIT: CO₂ emissions 2021–2025
IMO 9857640 EU ETS5 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 9,005 t
- Fuel burned
- 2,809 t
- Time at sea
- 2,599 h
- Emitted at berth
- 13% of total
- Share of year under way
- 30%
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HANSEATIC SPIRIT against its type
Built in 2021, it is 11 years newer than the median cruise ship on this register, which was built in 2010 (195 vessels with a known build year). It is one of 34 cruise ships here under the Malta flag, 16.8% of the 202 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 2 other vessels here. Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is linked to 6 vessels on this register. The returns for 2021–2025 all give Valletta as port of registry.
Its 9,005 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 71% below the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 284.0 kg CO₂, 65% below the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 2,599 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 13.3% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2022 (14,795 t) and the lowest 2024 (6,395 t). Of the 8 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 1 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2021–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,005 | 2,809 | — | 2,599 | 1,196 | 284.0 | — | — |
| 2024 | 6,395 | 1,995 | — | 1,969 | 692 | 303.4 | — | — |
| 2023 | 8,138 | 2,538 | — | 2,902 | 802 | 329.5 | — | — |
| 2022 | 14,795 | 4,615 | — | 6,108 | 395 | 273.2 | — | — |
| 2021 | 7,938 | 2,476 | — | 1,983 | 2,122 | 405.4 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9857640
- Length overall
- 138.8 m
- Year built
- 2021
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Vard Group
- Port of registry
- Valletta MRV 2025
- Ice class
- PC6
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (19.11 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-30
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 13.4% higher than in 2021, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 40.8% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 6.4%.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
- 9,142 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.14 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.51 t
- Under EU ETS
- 7,961 t, 88% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD) | Greece |
| 2022 | DNV | Germany |
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 2021–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 5 MRV reporting years, 4 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.