Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2003
MAERSK KINGSTON: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9244934 EU ETS7 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 57,086 t
- Fuel burned
- 18,142 t
- Distance
- 74,582 nm
- Time at sea
- 4,729 h
- Emitted at berth
- 4% of total
- Share of year under way
- 54%
- Gross tonnage
- 74,656
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MAERSK KINGSTON against its type
Built in 2003, it is 5 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 74,656 gross tonnage it is larger than 65% 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 761 other vessels here, 355 of them container ships. Its MRV returns name it MAERSK KINGSTON for 2018–2022 and ZIM AMERICA for 2024–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Hong Kong (2018–2022), then Monrovia (2024–2025).
Its 57,086 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 3.5 times the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 765.4 kg CO₂, 40% above the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 4,729 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 3.7% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (57,086 t) and the lowest 2022 (28,922 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 32 in 2018 to 53 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 7 sister ships 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 | 57,086 | 18,142 | 74,582 | 4,729 | 2,111 | 765.4 | 15.1 | 53 |
| 2024 | 39,769 | 12,668 | 52,019 | 3,313 | 1,593 | 764.5 | 15.9 | 52 |
| 2022 | 28,922 | 9,270 | 41,869 | 2,682 | 1,745 | 690.8 | 13.2 | 36 |
| 2021 | 34,416 | 11,043 | 44,765 | 2,886 | 5,144 | 768.8 | 29.1 | 78 |
| 2020 | 50,250 | 15,982 | 66,750 | 4,922 | 5,855 | 752.8 | 13.6 | 40 |
| 2019 | 54,164 | 17,336 | 74,845 | 5,381 | 2,314 | 723.7 | 13.8 | 35 |
| 2018 | 42,890 | 13,741 | 66,813 | 5,723 | 1,769 | 641.9 | 14.1 | 32 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9244934
- Previously reported as
- ZIM AMERICA
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 74,656
- Length overall
- 303.8 m
- Year built
- 2003
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- Monrovia MRV 2025
- Home port
- Monrovia
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (11.7 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD), Greece
- Accreditation
- 1083-2
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-02-15
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 982 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 53rd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 15.1.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 3,775,538,360 tonne-miles over 74,582 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 33.1% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2023, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 43.5% while distance sailed rose 43.4%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 0.1%.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
- 57,977 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.91 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 3.27 t
- Under EU ETS
- 34,116 t, 60% of total
Laden voyages2025
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 54,976 t, 96% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 17,481 t
- CO₂ per nm, laden
- 737.1 kg
The rest of the 2025 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | DNV | Germany |
| 2020 | HELLENIC LLOYD'S S.A. | Greece |
| 2024 | AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. 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) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 7 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, a name history and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, 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.