Bulk carrier · Singapore flag · built 2018

MH COLUMBIA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2024

IMO 9805673 EU ETS5 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2024: 3,285 t
Fuel burned: 1,050 t
Distance: 13,590 nm
Time at sea: 1,813 h
Emitted at berth: 3% of total
Share of year under way: 21%

MH COLUMBIA against its type

Built in 2018, it is 6 years newer than the median bulk carrier on this register, which was built in 2012 (6,882 vessels with a known build year). It is one of 428 bulk carriers here under the Singapore flag, 5.3% of the 8,138 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 468 other vessels here, 362 of them bulk carriers. Its MRV returns name it NORD COLUMBIA for 2018–2021 and MH COLUMBIA for 2023–2024. The reported port of registry changed: HELLERUP (2020–2021), then Singapore (2023–2024).

Its 3,285 t of CO₂ for 2024 is close to the median of 3,377 t among the 3,676 bulk carriers on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 241.7 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 264.0 kg. It logged 1,813 hours at sea against a median of 1,238 hours for its type that year. 2.7% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for bulk carriers was 2.9%. Across 4 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2021 (6,157 t) and the lowest 2023 (1,791 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 44 in 2020 to 37 in 2024 (lower is more efficient). Of the 3 sister ships listed below with a 2024 return, 2 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.

Emissions by year2018–2024

Year	CO₂ (t)	Fuel (t)	Distance (nm)	At sea (h)	At berth (t)	kg CO₂/nm	EEOI	Percentile
2024	3,285	1,050	13,590	1,813	90	241.7	7.0	37
2023	1,791	572	7,330	1,254	51	244.3	5.3	16
2021	6,157	1,974	20,909	1,844	245	294.4	6.7	26
2020	6,087	1,951	22,440	1,787	341	271.2	7.6	44
2018	No EU/EEA voyages reported

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9805673
Previously reported as: NORD COLUMBIA
Ship type: Bulk carrier
Year built: 2018
Flag state: Singapore per EU MRV 2024
Builder: Oshima Shipbuilding
Port of registry: Singapore MRV 2024
Home port: Singapore
Technical efficiency (design): EEDI (3.6 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS, France
Accreditation: 3-2127
Compliance document issued: 2025-06-03
Compliance document expires: 2026-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2024

Position 1,067 of 2,858 qualifying bulk carriers by EEOI, at the 37th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 7.9; this vessel reported 7.0.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 467,280,228 tonne-miles over 13,590 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 46.0% lower than in 2020, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2022, so the series has gaps.

From 2023 to 2024, emissions rose 83.4% while distance sailed rose 85.4%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 1.1%.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: 3,337 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.05 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.19 t
Under EU ETS: 1,845 t, 56% of total

Verifier history

From reporting year	Verifier	Accredited in
2018	VERIFAVIA (UK) LTD	United Kingdom
2020	DNV	Germany
2023	NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS	France

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 2018–2024, published by the European Commission.
Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.

This page draws on 5 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 3 of 5 vessel particulars, a name history and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: 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.