Container ship · Marshall Islands flag · built 2001
MAERSK KITHIRA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9215323 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2024
- 75,409 t
- Fuel burned
- 24,298 t
- Distance
- 97,339 nm
- Time at sea
- 5,814 h
- Emitted at berth
- 1% of total
- Share of year under way
- 66%
- Gross tonnage
- 80,609
MAERSK KITHIRA against its type
Built in 2001, it is 7 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 80,609 gross tonnage it is larger than 67% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 119 container ships here under the Marshall Islands flag, 3.4% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 983 other vessels here, 86 of them container ships. Its MRV returns name it MAERSK KITHIRA for 2018–2020 and W KITHIRA for 2021–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Hong Kong (2018–2019), then Majuro (2020–2025).
Its 75,409 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 4.2 times the median of 17,769 t among the 2,101 container ships on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 774.7 kg CO₂, 47% above the type median of 528.5 kg. It logged 5,814 hours at sea against a median of 3,325 hours for its type that year. 0.6% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 2.8%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (75,409 t) and the lowest 2020 (291 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 16 in 2021 to 35 in 2024 (lower is more efficient).
No EU/EEA voyages were reported for 2025: zero CO₂ and zero time at sea, left out of the trend and of any ranking.
Emissions by year2018–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No EU/EEA voyages reported | |||||||
| 2024 | 75,409 | 24,298 | 97,339 | 5,814 | 432 | 774.7 | 11.7 | 35 |
| 2023 | 18,093 | 5,768 | 27,035 | 2,064 | 281 | 669.2 | 9.6 | 21 |
| 2022 | 14,748 | 4,709 | 26,359 | 1,904 | 344 | 559.5 | 8.6 | 15 |
| 2021 | 13,364 | 4,280 | 23,966 | 1,545 | 197 | 557.6 | 9.0 | 16 |
| 2020 | 291 | 93 | — | 51 | 54 | 639.0 | 12.9 | not ranked |
| 2019 | 2,025 | 647 | — | 363 | 285 | 733.0 | 18.1 | not ranked |
| 2018 | 1,555 | 498 | — | 260 | 0 | 668.8 | 20.1 | not ranked |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9215323
- Previously reported as
- W KITHIRA
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 80,609
- Length overall
- 299.0 m
- Beam
- 42.0 m
- Year built
- 2001
- Flag state
- Marshall Islands per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Mipo
- Port of registry
- Majuro MRV 2024
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (11.35 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2025-09-11
- Compliance document expires
- 2026-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2024
Position 577 of 1,661 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 35th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 15.4; this vessel reported 11.7.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 6,445,178,632 tonne-miles over 97,339 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 4,749.4% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2023 to 2024, emissions rose 316.8% while distance sailed rose 260.1%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 15.8%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2024 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2024
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 76,602 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 1.21 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 4.37 t
- Under EU ETS
- 36,603 t, 49% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD) | Greece |
| 2020 | DNV | Germany |
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.