Container ship · Portugal flag · built 2012
ITALIAN EXPRESS: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9474395 MMSI 255806451EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 14,001 t
- Fuel burned
- 4,459 t
- Distance
- 47,871 nm
- Time at sea
- 5,570 h
- Emitted at berth
- 8% of total
- Share of year under way
- 64%
- Gross tonnage
- 12,514
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ITALIAN EXPRESS against its type
Built in 2012, it is 4 years newer than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 12,514 gross tonnage it is smaller than 86% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 307 container ships here under the Portugal flag, 8.8% of the 3,495 on the register. No other vessel on this register is recorded with the same builder. Its MRV returns name it ITALIAN EXPRESS for 2018–2020 and NORDIC ITALIA for 2021–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Gibraltar (2018–2019), then Madeira (2020–2025).
Its 14,001 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 14% below the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 292.5 kg CO₂, 46% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 5,570 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 7.9% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (20,554 t) and the lowest 2021 (7,892 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 97 in 2018 to 92 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 7 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 7 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 | 14,001 | 4,459 | 47,871 | 5,570 | 1,107 | 292.5 | 41.1 | 92 |
| 2024 | 13,479 | 4,253 | 53,110 | 4,453 | 2,040 | 253.8 | 38.4 | 89 |
| 2023 | 14,183 | 4,480 | 57,082 | 4,727 | 1,975 | 248.5 | 34.3 | 82 |
| 2022 | 15,311 | 4,820 | 55,254 | 4,689 | 2,003 | 277.1 | 37.5 | 86 |
| 2021 | 7,892 | 2,500 | 29,386 | 2,869 | 413 | 268.6 | 32.6 | 82 |
| 2020 | 13,540 | 4,281 | 46,178 | 4,019 | 1,306 | 293.2 | 36.1 | 86 |
| 2019 | 11,952 | 3,824 | 42,958 | 4,876 | 1,141 | 278.2 | 57.0 | 97 |
| 2018 | 20,554 | 6,592 | 75,008 | 5,724 | 1,118 | 274.0 | 58.2 | 97 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9474395
- Previously reported as
- NORDIC ITALIA
- MMSI
- 255806451
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 12,514
- Length overall
- 158.0 m
- Beam
- 23.5 m
- Year built
- 2012
- Flag state
- Portugal per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Nanjing Wujiazui Shipbuilding Co Ltd
- Port of registry
- MADEIRA MRV 2025
- Ice class
- IA
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (21.2 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Distance in ice
- 193 nm
- Time in ice
- 14 h
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-04-09
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,700 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 92nd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 41.1.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 340,653,285 tonne-miles over 47,871 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 31.9% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 3.9% while distance sailed fell 9.9%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 15.2%.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
- 14,220 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.22 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.80 t
- Under EU ETS
- 14,001 t, 100% of total
Observed movementsAIS · Norwegian waters
- First seen
- 01 Mar 2026
- Last seen
- 02 Mar 2026
- Days observed
- 2
- Positions
- 157
- Median speed
- 16.4 kn
Its recorded positions span 58.0°N to 59.9°N and 9.3°E to 10.8°E.
16 hourly points from 157 positions. Filled circle first, open circle last; squares are ports for orientation, not calls.
Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS, Norwegian waters only, 01 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2026. A gap means the vessel was not recorded here, not that it was idle or that a transponder was off.
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | RINA Services Spa | Italy |
| 2020 | AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD) | Greece |
| 2025 | 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 2018–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
- Movements: Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS extract.
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: 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.