General cargo ship · Marshall Islands flag · built 2011
KING COTTON: CO₂ emissions 2018–2024
IMO 9536856 MMSI 538009536EU ETS5 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2024
- 1,048 t
- Fuel burned
- 336 t
- Time at sea
- 385 h
- Share of year under way
- 4%
- Gross tonnage
- 21,205
KING COTTON against its type
Built in 2011, it is 4 years newer than the median general cargo ship on this register, which was built in 2007 (2,852 vessels with a known build year). At 21,205 gross tonnage it is larger than 82% of the other 2,665 general cargo ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 181 general cargo ships here under the Marshall Islands flag, 5.9% of the 3,081 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 307 other vessels here, 26 of them general cargo ships. Its MRV returns name it KING COTTON for 2018 and MANTA MELEK for 2021–2024. The returns for 2021–2024 all give MAJURO as port of registry.
Its 1,048 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 74% below the median of 4,046 t among the 1,395 general cargo ships on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 247.5 kg CO₂, 32% above the type median of 187.0 kg. It logged 385 hours at sea against a median of 2,074 hours for its type that year. 0.0% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for general cargo ships was 3.9%. Across 4 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2023 (4,145 t) and the lowest 2024 (1,048 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 83 in 2021 to 55 in 2023 (lower is more efficient).
Emissions by year2018–2024
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,048 | 336 | — | 385 | 0 | 247.5 | — | — |
| 2023 | 4,145 | 1,316 | 20,031 | 1,732 | 314 | 206.9 | 8.4 | 55 |
| 2022 | 2,690 | 847 | 14,919 | 1,223 | 207 | 180.3 | 8.2 | 47 |
| 2021 | 1,959 | 628 | 10,996 | 940 | 25 | 178.2 | 12.0 | 83 |
| 2018 | No EU/EEA voyages reported | |||||||
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9536856
- Previously reported as
- MANTA MELEK
- MMSI
- 538009536
- Ship type
- General cargo ship
- Gross tonnage
- 21,205
- Length overall
- 179.0 m
- Beam
- 28.0 m
- Year built
- 2011
- Flag state
- Marshall Islands per EU MRV 2024
- Builder
- Shin Kurushima Dockyard
- Port of registry
- MAJURO MRV 2024
- Home port
- MAJURO
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (6.19 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, Japan
- Accreditation
- VS-21325-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2025-03-09
- Compliance document expires
- 2026-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2023
Position 1,798 of 3,262 qualifying bulk carriers by EEOI, at the 55th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 8.0; this vessel reported 8.4.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 495,193,548 tonne-miles over 20,031 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 46.5% lower than in 2021, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2020, so the series has gaps.
From 2023 to 2024, emissions fell 74.7% and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 19.6%.Distance is missing for at least one of the two years, so activity and efficiency cannot be separated here.
Where the 2024 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2024
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 1,064 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.02 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.06 t
- Under EU ETS
- 534 t, 51% of total
Observed movementsAIS · Norwegian waters
- First seen
- 12 Nov 2025
- Last seen
- 12 Nov 2025
- Days observed
- 1
- Positions
- 20
- Median speed
- 8.8 kn
Its recorded positions span 58.0°N to 58.0°N and 4.5°E to 5.0°E.
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 | VERIFAVIA (UK) LTD | United Kingdom |
| 2021 | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai | Japan |
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 2018–2024, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
- Movements: Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS extract.
This page draws on 5 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, AIS movements in Norwegian waters and a name history. Not found in the sources for this vessel: 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.