LNG carrier · Hong Kong flag · built 2020
LNG MERAK: CO₂ emissions 2020–2025
IMO 9834301 MMSI 477345800EU ETS6 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 8,891 t
- Fuel burned
- 3,243 t
- Time at sea
- 1,157 h
- Emitted at berth
- 4% of total
- Share of year under way
- 13%
LNG MERAK against its type
Built in 2020, it is 6 years newer than the median LNG carrier on this register, which was built in 2014 (396 vessels with a known build year). It is one of 16 LNG carriers here under the Hong Kong flag, 3.0% of the 538 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 204 other vessels here, 9 of them LNG carriers. The returns for 2020–2025 all give Hong Kong as port of registry.
Its 8,891 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 59% below the median of 21,516 t among the 351 LNG carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 485.7 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 533.6 kg. It logged 1,157 hours at sea against a median of 2,940 hours for its type that year. 3.9% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for LNG carriers was 2.0%. Across 6 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2022 (50,538 t) and the lowest 2025 (8,891 t). Of the 6 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 0 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2020–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,891 | 3,243 | — | 1,157 | 348 | 485.7 | — | — |
| 2024 | 37,887 | 13,849 | — | 4,328 | 0 | 569.7 | — | — |
| 2023 | 44,997 | 16,269 | — | 5,480 | 879 | 532.4 | — | — |
| 2022 | 50,538 | 18,179 | — | 5,554 | 873 | 569.2 | — | — |
| 2021 | 50,351 | 18,008 | — | 5,287 | 1,705 | 561.0 | — | — |
| 2020 | 46,383 | 16,441 | — | 5,061 | 2,194 | 666.1 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9834301
- MMSI
- 477345800
- Call sign
- VRSF4
- Ship type
- LNG carrier
- Length overall
- 295.0 m
- Beam
- 45.0 m
- Year built
- 2020
- Flag state
- Hong Kong per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
- Port of registry
- Hong Kong MRV 2025
- Home port
- HONG KONG
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (4.96 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, Japan
- Accreditation
- VS-21325-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-02
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 80.8% lower than in 2020, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 76.5% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 14.7%.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
- 10,552 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 55.79 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.37 t
- Under EU ETS
- 4,620 t, 52% of total
Observed movementsAIS · Norwegian waters
- First seen
- 14 Jul 2025
- Last seen
- 17 Jun 2026
- Days observed
- 30
- Positions
- 1,187
- Median speed
- 16.1 kn
Its recorded positions span 58.0°N to 71.0°N and 4.5°E to 19.2°E.
102 hourly points from 1,187 positions. Filled circle first, open circle last; squares are ports for orientation, not calls.
Positions recorded per month
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | DNV | Germany |
| 2023 | 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 2020–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
- Movements: Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS extract.
This page draws on 6 MRV reporting years, 4 of 5 vessel particulars and AIS movements in Norwegian waters. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, a name history, 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.