Container ship · Malta flag · built 2013
MERKUR OCEAN: CO₂ emissions 2020–2025
IMO 9620619 EU ETS5 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 21,530 t
- Fuel burned
- 6,864 t
- Distance
- 50,471 nm
- Time at sea
- 3,440 h
- Emitted at berth
- 1% of total
- Share of year under way
- 39%
- Gross tonnage
- 42,564
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MERKUR OCEAN against its type
Built in 2013, it is 5 years newer than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 42,564 gross tonnage it is smaller than 51% 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 returns for 2020–2025 all give Valletta as port of registry.
Its 21,530 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 32% 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 426.6 kg CO₂, 22% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 3,440 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 1.3% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2023 (31,839 t) and the lowest 2021 (10,992 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 34 in 2020 to 70 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 5 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 0 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2020–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21,530 | 6,864 | 50,471 | 3,440 | 276 | 426.6 | 20.4 | 70 |
| 2023 | 31,839 | 10,192 | 66,166 | 3,971 | 163 | 481.2 | 41.3 | 88 |
| 2022 | 14,640 | 4,695 | 28,451 | 1,647 | 101 | 514.5 | 26.2 | 72 |
| 2021 | 10,992 | 3,528 | 26,454 | 1,990 | 124 | 415.5 | 10.9 | 26 |
| 2020 | 14,004 | 4,495 | 36,956 | 2,881 | 168 | 378.9 | 12.3 | 34 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9620619
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 42,564
- Length overall
- 227.9 m
- Beam
- 37.4 m
- Year built
- 2013
- Flag state
- Malta per EU MRV 2025
- Port of registry
- Valletta MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (12.63 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-02-12
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,283 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 70th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 20.4.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,056,443,572 tonne-miles over 50,471 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 53.7% higher than in 2020, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2024, so the series has gaps.
From 2023 to 2025, emissions fell 32.4% while distance sailed fell 23.7%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 11.3%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 21,867 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.34 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.24 t
- Under EU ETS
- 11,705 t, 54% of total
Sources and how to read this
- Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2020–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 5 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 4 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, 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.