Vehicle carrier · Malta flag · built 1997
HOEGH INCHON: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9088249 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 18,322 t
- Fuel burned
- 5,853 t
- Distance
- 66,866 nm
- Time at sea
- 4,461 h
- Emitted at berth
- 1% of total
- Share of year under way
- 51%
- Gross tonnage
- 44,219
HOEGH INCHON against its type
Built in 1997, it is 11 years older than the median vehicle carrier on this register, which was built in 2008 (595 vessels with a known build year). At 44,219 gross tonnage it is smaller than 83% of the other 571 vehicle carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 31 vehicle carriers here under the Malta flag, 4.3% of the 713 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 5 other vessels here, 2 of them vehicle carriers. Its MRV returns name it HOEGH INCHON for 2018–2020, PELAGIC PIRANHA for 2021–2022 and PIRANHA for 2023–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Singapore (2018–2020), then Valletta (2021–2025).
Its 18,322 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.6 times the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 274.0 kg CO₂, 11% below the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 4,461 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 1.2% 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 (21,701 t) and the lowest 2020 (10,875 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 80 in 2018 to 60 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). The one sister ship listed below with a 2025 return reported a higher or equal CO₂ per nautical mile.
Emissions by year2018–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18,322 | 5,853 | 66,866 | 4,461 | 211 | 274.0 | 59.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 17,227 | 5,500 | 62,851 | 4,153 | 252 | 274.1 | 55.3 | 57 |
| 2023 | 15,745 | 5,027 | 56,742 | 3,881 | 403 | 277.5 | 66.8 | 73 |
| 2022 | 13,559 | 4,325 | 49,908 | 3,384 | 353 | 271.7 | 54.0 | 48 |
| 2021 | 17,825 | 5,686 | 68,463 | 5,338 | 493 | 260.4 | 95.0 | 86 |
| 2020 | 10,875 | 3,471 | 40,649 | 3,197 | 444 | 267.5 | 83.8 | 81 |
| 2019 | 21,701 | 6,910 | 72,974 | 5,307 | 1,057 | 297.4 | 103.4 | 87 |
| 2018 | 11,156 | 3,545 | 38,433 | 3,015 | 1,397 | 290.3 | 92.8 | 80 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9088249
- Previously reported as
- PELAGIC PIRANHA, PIRANHA
- Ship type
- Vehicle carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 44,219
- Length overall
- 179.5 m
- Year built
- 1997
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Hashihama Shipbuilding
- Port of registry
- Valletta MRV 2025
- Home port
- Antwerp
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (20.14 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-31
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 255 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 60th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 59.1.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 310,226,888 tonne-miles over 66,866 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 64.2% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 6.4% while distance sailed rose 6.4%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell <0.1%.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
- 18,609 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.29 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.05 t
- Under EU ETS
- 9,596 t, 52% 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, a name history and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, 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.