General cargo ship · Sierra Leone flag · built 2009
LAKER 1: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9453614 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 1,939 t
- Fuel burned
- 611 t
- Distance
- 16,809 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,637 h
- Emitted at berth
- 5% of total
- Share of year under way
- 30%
- Gross tonnage
- 5,716
LAKER 1 against its type
Built in 2009, it is 2 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 5,716 gross tonnage it is smaller than 55% of the other 2,665 general cargo ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 20 general cargo ships here under the Sierra Leone flag, 0.6% of the 3,081 on the register. Its MRV returns name it MEROVING for 2018–2024 and LAKER 1 for 2025. The reported port of registry changed: Valetta (2018–2024), then Freetown (2025).
Its 1,939 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 31% below the median of 2,820 t among the 2,469 general cargo ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 115.3 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 122.2 kg. It logged 2,637 hours at sea against a median of 3,044 hours for its type that year. 5.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for general cargo ships was 4.3%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2021 (3,627 t) and the lowest 2022 (306 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 46 in 2018 to 44 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 5 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 3 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 | 1,939 | 611 | 16,809 | 2,637 | 104 | 115.3 | 27.7 | 44 |
| 2024 | 3,139 | 1,001 | 27,267 | 3,640 | 223 | 115.1 | 22.6 | 47 |
| 2023 | 1,247 | 398 | 10,285 | 1,453 | 62 | 121.3 | 22.2 | 54 |
| 2022 | 306 | 98 | — | 343 | 12 | 114.6 | 47.1 | not ranked |
| 2021 | 3,627 | 1,158 | 31,014 | 3,777 | 142 | 117.0 | 28.2 | 72 |
| 2020 | 3,083 | 976 | 26,322 | 3,446 | 104 | 117.1 | 29.5 | 65 |
| 2019 | 2,083 | 665 | 19,426 | 2,446 | 105 | 107.2 | 30.0 | 53 |
| 2018 | 2,575 | 823 | 26,096 | 2,911 | 62 | 98.7 | 25.2 | 46 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9453614
- Previously reported as
- MEROVING
- Ship type
- General cargo ship
- Gross tonnage
- 5,716
- Length overall
- 139.9 m
- Beam
- 16.7 m
- Year built
- 2009
- Flag state
- Sierra Leone per EU MRV 2025
- Port of registry
- Freetown MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (14.11 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- RINA HELLAS LTD, Greece
- Accreditation
- 1325
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-30
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 211 of 479 qualifying general cargo ships by EEOI, at the 44th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 29.4; this vessel reported 27.7.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 69,908,042 tonne-miles over 16,809 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 24.7% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 38.2% while distance sailed fell 38.4%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 0.2%.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
- 1,969 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.03 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.11 t
- Under EU ETS
- 35 t, 2% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMICERT | Greece |
| 2025 | RINA HELLAS LTD | Greece |
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).
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 4 of 5 vessel particulars and a name history. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, 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.