Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2010
MAERSK NIENBURG: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9446104 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 24,332 t
- Fuel burned
- 7,719 t
- Distance
- 61,456 nm
- Time at sea
- 4,468 h
- Emitted at berth
- 3% of total
- Share of year under way
- 51%
- Gross tonnage
- 26,836
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MAERSK NIENBURG against its type
Built in 2010, it is 2 years newer than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 26,836 gross tonnage it is smaller than 68% 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 NIENBURG for 2018–2020 and SANTA MARTA EXPRESS for 2021–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Hong Kong (2018–2023), then Monrovia (2024–2025).
Its 24,332 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 49% above the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 395.9 kg CO₂, 27% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 4,468 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 2.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (37,604 t) and the lowest 2020 (3,349 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 61 in 2018 to 77 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 3 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 1 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 | 24,332 | 7,719 | 61,456 | 4,468 | 619 | 395.9 | 23.6 | 77 |
| 2024 | 24,438 | 7,811 | 58,739 | 4,113 | 595 | 416.1 | 24.2 | 75 |
| 2023 | 17,349 | 5,550 | 43,129 | 2,905 | 337 | 402.3 | 26.0 | 72 |
| 2022 | 16,692 | 5,334 | 37,434 | 2,843 | 612 | 445.9 | 23.6 | 68 |
| 2021 | 13,635 | 4,351 | 38,018 | 2,600 | 413 | 358.6 | 25.2 | 73 |
| 2020 | 3,349 | 1,070 | — | 625 | 165 | 362.9 | 22.0 | not ranked |
| 2019 | 29,071 | 9,298 | 74,544 | 4,974 | 840 | 390.0 | 20.1 | 60 |
| 2018 | 37,604 | 12,026 | 83,876 | 5,590 | 660 | 448.3 | 22.3 | 61 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9446104
- Previously reported as
- SANTA MARTA EXPRESS
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 26,836
- Length overall
- 210.1 m
- Year built
- 2010
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- Monrovia MRV 2025
- Ice class
- IA
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (16.9 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- Korean Register, Korea, Republic of
- Accreditation
- D-VS-20824-01-00
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-30
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,408 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 77th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 23.6.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,030,570,097 tonne-miles over 61,456 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 35.3% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 0.4% while distance sailed rose 4.6%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 4.8%.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 24,711 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.39 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.39 t
- Under EU ETS
- 13,694 t, 56% 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 |
| 2024 | Korean Register | Korea, Republic of |
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 8 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.