MAERSK KIEL: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

MAERSK KIEL against its type

Built in 1998, it is 10 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 80,942 gross tonnage it is larger than 67% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 976 container ships here under the Liberia flag, 27.9% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 87 other vessels here, 22 of them container ships. Its MRV returns name it MAERSK KIEL for 2018–2022 and MSC GIOVANNA VII for 2023–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Hong Kong (2018–2022), then Monrovia (2023–2025).

Its 7,727 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 53% 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 648.6 kg CO₂, 19% above the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 751 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 0.8% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2022 (38,636 t) and the lowest 2020 (639 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type was 27 in both 2021 and 2025. Of the 4 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 1 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.

Emissions by year2018–2025

Vessel particulars

IMO number

9153850

Previously reported as

MSC GIOVANNA VII

Ship type

Container ship

Gross tonnage

80,942

Length overall

285.0 m

Beam

42.0 m

Year built

1998

Flag state

Liberia per EU MRV 2025

Builder

IHI Marine United

Port of registry

Monrovia MRV 2025

Technical efficiency (design)

EEXI (11.29 gCO₂/t·nm)

Verifier

DNV, Germany

Accreditation

VS-16026-01

Compliance document issued

2026-01-14

Compliance document expires

2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 489 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 27th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 9.3.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 827,329,764 tonne-miles over 11,914 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 610.4% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 43.3% while distance sailed fell 40.3%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 4.9%.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

7,849 t

Methane (CH₄)

0.12 t

Nitrous oxide (N₂O)

0.45 t

Under EU ETS

3,893 t, 50% of total

Verifier history

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, 5 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.

Comparable vesselssister ships and nearest by tonnage

• MAERSK KARACHI sister · 1998 · 80,942 GT · 57,418 t · 735.1 kg/nm
• MAERSK KIMI sister · 1998 · 80,942 GT · 29,567 t · 621.2 kg/nm
• MAERSK KITHIRA 2001 · 80,609 GT · 75,409 t · 774.7 kg/nm
• EPAMINONDAS 1998 · 80,942 GT · 13,578 t · 743.0 kg/nm
• MAERSK KAMPALA 2001 · 80,609 GT · 23,916 t · 615.0 kg/nm
• MAERSK KYRENIA 2001 · 80,609 GT · 9,975 t · 748.2 kg/nm
• MAERSK SELETAR 2007 · 80,503 GT · 5,409 t · 691.5 kg/nm
• KURE 1996 · 81,488 GT · 11,593 t · 703.1 kg/nm