Container ship · Malta flag · built 2001
MEL SPIRIT: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9237369 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 9,889 t
- Fuel burned
- 3,102 t
- Time at sea
- 3,502 h
- Emitted at berth
- 6% of total
- Share of year under way
- 40%
- Gross tonnage
- 9,981
MEL SPIRIT 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 9,981 gross tonnage it is smaller than 90% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 336 container ships here under the Malta flag, 9.6% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 180 other vessels here, 110 of them container ships. Its MRV returns name it MOVEON for 2018–2023 and MEL SPIRIT for 2024–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Madeira (2019–2023), then MONROVIA (2024), then VALLETTA (2025).
Its 9,889 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 40% below the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 229.0 kg CO₂, 58% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 3,502 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 6.1% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2021 (17,569 t) and the lowest 2023 (3,668 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 96 in 2018 to 88 in 2022 (lower is more efficient). Of the 6 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 4 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 | 9,889 | 3,102 | — | 3,502 | 604 | 229.0 | — | — |
| 2024 | 11,712 | 3,747 | — | 3,868 | 7,504 | 259.9 | 83.7 | not ranked |
| 2023 | 3,668 | 1,175 | — | 1,573 | 52 | 238.0 | 71.2 | not ranked |
| 2022 | 12,909 | 4,137 | 58,585 | 4,754 | 395 | 220.3 | 40.2 | 88 |
| 2021 | 17,569 | 5,633 | 69,222 | 5,101 | 466 | 253.8 | 39.4 | 88 |
| 2020 | 17,394 | 5,579 | 74,458 | 5,885 | 418 | 233.6 | 41.0 | 89 |
| 2019 | 14,061 | 4,505 | 54,787 | 6,672 | 417 | 256.6 | 49.9 | 93 |
| 2018 | 10,128 | 3,240 | 37,141 | 5,908 | 354 | 272.7 | 57.6 | 96 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9237369
- Previously reported as
- MOVEON
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 9,981
- Length overall
- 134.6 m
- Year built
- 2001
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Portugal. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025. - Builder
- Pella Sietas
- Port of registry
- VALLETTA MRV 2025
- Ice class
- IA
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (23.11 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Efficiency ranking
- Not ranked: transport work below the floor (2024)
- Verifier
- HELLENIC LLOYD'S S.A., Greece
- Accreditation
- 1190
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-04-02
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 2.4% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 15.6% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 11.9%.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
- 10,041 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.16 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.56 t
- Under EU ETS
- 9,889 t, 100% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | DNV | Germany |
| 2024 | HELLENIC LLOYD'S S.A. | 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 8 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, a name history and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.