Bulk carrier · Marshall Islands flag · built 2015
MERCHIA: CO₂ emissions 2019–2024
IMO 9702493 EU ETS3 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2024
- 5,903 t
- Fuel burned
- 1,878 t
- Distance
- 20,806 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,311 h
- Emitted at berth
- 5% of total
- Share of year under way
- 26%
- Gross tonnage
- 36,332
MERCHIA against its type
Built in 2015, it is 3 years newer than the median bulk carrier on this register, which was built in 2012 (6,882 vessels with a known build year). At 36,332 gross tonnage it is larger than 56% of the other 6,571 bulk carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 1,603 bulk carriers here under the Marshall Islands flag, 19.7% of the 8,138 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 114 other vessels here, 111 of them bulk carriers. Its MRV returns name it SOHO MERCHANT for 2019–2020 and MERCHIA for 2024. The returns for 2019–2024 all give Majuro as port of registry.
Its 5,903 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 1.7 times the median of 3,377 t among the 3,676 bulk carriers on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 283.7 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 264.0 kg. It logged 2,311 hours at sea against a median of 1,238 hours for its type that year. 5.3% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for bulk carriers was 2.9%. Across 3 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2020 (6,733 t) and the lowest 2019 (5,818 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 49 in 2019 to 54 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 | 5,903 | 1,878 | 20,806 | 2,311 | 311 | 283.7 | 8.2 | 54 |
| 2020 | 6,733 | 2,132 | 25,662 | 2,218 | 154 | 262.4 | 6.7 | 31 |
| 2019 | 5,818 | 1,858 | 21,849 | 2,218 | 87 | 266.3 | 8.1 | 49 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9702493
- Previously reported as
- SOHO MERCHANT
- Ship type
- Bulk carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 36,332
- Length overall
- 199.9 m
- Beam
- 32.3 m
- Year built
- 2015
- Flag state
- Marshall Islands per EU MRV 2024
- Builder
- Chengxi Shipyard
- Port of registry
- MAJURO MRV 2024
- Home port
- MAJURO
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEDI (3.86 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD), Greece
- Accreditation
- 1083-2
- Compliance document issued
- 2025-10-12
- Compliance document expires
- 2026-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2024
Position 1,549 of 2,858 qualifying bulk carriers by EEOI, at the 54th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 7.9; this vessel reported 8.2.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 719,926,829 tonne-miles over 20,806 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 1.5% higher than in 2019, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2021, 2022, 2023, so the series has gaps.
From 2020 to 2024, emissions fell 12.3% while distance sailed fell 18.9%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 8.1%.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
- 5,996 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.09 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.34 t
- Under EU ETS
- 3,656 t, 62% of total
Laden voyages2024
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 5,321 t, 90% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 1,696 t
- CO₂ per nm, laden
- 268.7 kg
The rest of the 2024 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | DNV | Germany |
| 2024 | AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD) | 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 2019–2024, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
This page draws on 3 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.