Container ship · Portugal flag · built 2005

MAERSK LAUNCESTON: CO₂ emissions 2019–2024

IMO 9294408 EU ETS6 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2024: 21,631 t
Fuel burned: 6,844 t
Distance: 38,615 nm
Time at sea: 3,005 h
Emitted at berth: 5% of total
Share of year under way: 34%
Gross tonnage: 50,736

MAERSK LAUNCESTON against its type

Built in 2005, it is 3 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 50,736 gross tonnage it is larger than 52% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 307 container ships here under the Portugal flag, 8.8% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 64 other vessels here, 53 of them container ships. Its MRV returns name it MAERSK LAUNCESTON for 2019–2022 and MSC MARITINA V for 2023–2024. The returns for 2019–2024 all give Madeira as port of registry.

Its 21,631 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 22% above the median of 17,769 t among the 2,101 container ships on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 560.2 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 528.5 kg. It logged 3,005 hours at sea against a median of 3,325 hours for its type that year. 5.0% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 2.8%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2023 (22,532 t) and the lowest 2022 (2,632 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 64 in 2020 to 76 in 2024 (lower is more efficient).

Emissions by year2019–2024

Year	CO₂ (t)	Fuel (t)	Distance (nm)	At sea (h)	At berth (t)	kg CO₂/nm	EEOI	Percentile
2024	21,631	6,844	38,615	3,005	1,083	560.2	24.7	76
2023	22,532	7,105	33,504	2,477	939	672.5	29.1	76
2022	2,632	834	—	221	43	684.6	17.5	not ranked
2021	14,851	4,707	26,349	1,966	427	563.6	16.8	52
2020	10,447	3,310	18,204	1,349	650	573.9	19.8	64
2019	No EU/EEA voyages reported

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9294408
Previously reported as: MSC MARITINA V
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 50,736
Length overall: 266.0 m
Beam: 37.3 m
Year built: 2005
Flag state: Portugal per EU MRV 2024
Builder: Odense Steel Shipyard
Port of registry: Madeira MRV 2024
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (13.18 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2025-02-14
Compliance document expires: 2026-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2024

Position 1,266 of 1,661 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 76th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 15.4; this vessel reported 24.7.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 875,755,466 tonne-miles over 38,615 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 107.1% higher than in 2020, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2023 to 2024, emissions fell 4.0% while distance sailed rose 15.3%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 16.7%.

Where the 2024 emissions occurred

Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2024

Total CO₂ equivalent: 21,967 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.34 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 1.23 t
Under EU ETS: 14,862 t, 69% of total

Verifier history

From reporting year	Verifier	Accredited in
2019	EnvService GmbH	Germany
2023	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 2019–2024, published by the European Commission.
Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.

This page draws on 6 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.