MERSIN EXPRESS: CO₂ emissions 2022–2025

MERSIN EXPRESS against its type

Built in 2017, it is 9 years newer than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 31,425 gross tonnage it is smaller than 63% 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. ARKAS Line is linked to 47 vessels on this register. The reported port of registry changed: Izmir (2022), then Valletta (2023–2025).

Its 27,537 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 1.7 times the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 381.6 kg CO₂, 30% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 4,828 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 2.9% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 4 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (27,537 t) and the lowest 2022 (3,228 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 54 in 2022 to 62 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 2 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 1 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.

Emissions by year2022–2025

Vessel particulars

IMO number

9740653

Ship type

Container ship

Gross tonnage

31,425

Length overall

186.0 m

Beam

35.2 m

Year built

2017

Flag state

Malta per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Türkiye. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025.

Port of registry

Valletta MRV 2025

Home port

Valletta

Technical efficiency (design)

EEDI (11.25 gCO₂/t·nm)

Operator

ARKAS Line

Verifier

DNV, Germany

Accreditation

VS-16026-01

Compliance document issued

2026-01-26

Compliance document expires

2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 1,140 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 62nd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 17.7.

Across the 37 ranked vessels operated by ARKAS Line, the median percentile is 77. This vessel is more efficient than its own fleet median.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,559,285,957 tonne-miles over 72,152 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 753.1% higher than in 2022, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 7.1% while distance sailed rose 4.5%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 2.5%.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

27,968 t

Methane (CH₄)

0.44 t

Nitrous oxide (N₂O)

1.58 t

Under EU ETS

16,762 t, 61% of total

Sources and how to read this

• Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2022–2025, published by the European Commission.
• Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).

This page draws on 4 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking and 4 of 5 vessel particulars. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history, 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.

Comparable vesselsnearest by tonnage, same type

• 0184 TR ATHOS 2017 · 31,370 GT · 5,848 t · 374.3 kg/nm
• IZMIT EXPRESS 2017 · 31,425 GT · 26,627 t · 393.0 kg/nm
• MAERSK PATRAS 1998 · 31,333 GT · 13,545 t · 381.2 kg/nm
• ALIAGA EXPRESS 2017 · 31,425 GT · 18,864 t · 308.6 kg/nm
• MAERSK PALERMO 1998 · 31,333 GT · 16,674 t · 443.1 kg/nm
• GEMLIK EXPRESS 2017 · 31,425 GT · 26,293 t · 370.9 kg/nm
• MAERSK PENANG 1998 · 31,333 GT · 25,172 t · 433.2 kg/nm
• MSC DENISSE 1988 · 31,430 GT · 1,752 t · 415.8 kg/nm