Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · Malta flag · built 2019
MEIN SCHIFF 2: CO₂ emissions 2019–2025
IMO 9783576 MMSI 248956000EU ETS7 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 44,958 t
- Fuel burned
- 14,410 t
- Time at sea
- 3,781 h
- Emitted at berth
- 15% of total
- Share of year under way
- 43%
- Gross tonnage
- 111,500
MEIN SCHIFF 2 against its type
Built in 2019, it is 9 years newer than the median cruise ship on this register, which was built in 2010 (195 vessels with a known build year). At 111,500 gross tonnage it is larger than 72% of the other 177 cruise ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 34 cruise ships here under the Malta flag, 16.8% of the 202 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 11 other vessels here, 8 of them cruise ships. TUI Cruises is linked to 11 vessels on this register. The returns for 2019–2025 all give Valletta as port of registry.
Its 44,958 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 44% above the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 821.6 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 3,781 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 15.1% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (44,958 t) and the lowest 2020 (30,840 t). Of the 5 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 1 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2019–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44,958 | 14,410 | — | 3,781 | 6,776 | 821.6 | — | — |
| 2024 | 39,911 | 12,801 | — | 3,651 | 6,619 | 854.4 | — | — |
| 2023 | 32,989 | 10,582 | — | 3,059 | 6,066 | 857.6 | — | — |
| 2022 | 37,989 | 12,187 | — | 4,914 | 1,484 | 902.8 | — | — |
| 2021 | 39,444 | 12,648 | — | 6,765 | 1,848 | 875.1 | — | — |
| 2020 | 30,840 | 9,896 | — | 3,642 | 447 | 745.3 | — | — |
| 2019 | 43,111 | 13,826 | — | 6,276 | 1,991 | 888.4 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9783576
- MMSI
- 248956000
- Gross tonnage
- 111,500
- Length overall
- 315.7 m
- Year built
- 2019
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Meyer Turku
- Port of registry
- VALLETTA MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (8.92 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- TUI Cruises, TUI Cruises
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-30
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 4.3% higher than in 2019, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 12.6% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 3.8%.Distance is missing for at least one of the two years, so activity and efficiency cannot be separated here.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 45,665 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.72 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 2.59 t
- Under EU ETS
- 38,592 t, 86% of total
Observed movementsAIS · Norwegian waters
- First seen
- 01 Jul 2025
- Last seen
- 09 Sep 2025
- Days observed
- 29
- Positions
- 2,563
- Median speed
- 15.9 kn
Its recorded positions span 58.0°N to 71.0°N and 4.4°E to 23.0°E.
352 hourly points from 2,563 positions. Filled circle first, open circle last; squares are ports for orientation, not calls.
Positions recorded per month
Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS, Norwegian waters only, 01 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2026. A gap means the vessel was not recorded here, not that it was idle or that a transponder was off.
Sources and how to read this
- Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2019–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
- Movements: Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS extract.
This page draws on 7 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, AIS movements in Norwegian waters and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, a name history, 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.