Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2013
MSC ADELAIDE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9618290 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 42,917 t
- Fuel burned
- 13,771 t
- Distance
- 48,054 nm
- Time at sea
- 3,189 h
- Emitted at berth
- 4% of total
- Share of year under way
- 36%
- Gross tonnage
- 95,390
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MSC ADELAIDE 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 95,390 gross tonnage it is larger than 77% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 976 container ships here under the Liberia flag, 27.9% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 196 other vessels here, 17 of them container ships. Mediterranean Shipping Company SRL is linked to 105 vessels on this register. Its MRV returns name it MSC ADELAIDE for 2018–2024 and SAPPHIRE TOWER for 2025. The reported port of registry changed: Panama (2019–2024), then MONROVIA (2025).
Its 42,917 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.6 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 893.1 kg CO₂, 1.6 times the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 3,189 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 3.8% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2020 (59,369 t) and the lowest 2024 (4,840 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 26 in 2018 to 44 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 7 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 3 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 | 42,917 | 13,771 | 48,054 | 3,189 | 1,619 | 893.1 | 12.6 | 44 |
| 2024 | 4,840 | 1,551 | 5,707 | 618 | 541 | 848.0 | 15.0 | 49 |
| 2023 | 58,974 | 18,715 | 73,801 | 5,353 | 2,160 | 799.1 | 14.7 | 43 |
| 2022 | 46,781 | 14,834 | 50,275 | 3,352 | 2,333 | 930.5 | 13.4 | 36 |
| 2021 | 53,662 | 17,013 | 56,440 | 3,551 | 2,991 | 950.8 | 11.7 | 29 |
| 2020 | 59,369 | 18,819 | 64,568 | 3,946 | 3,526 | 919.5 | 13.1 | 37 |
| 2019 | 44,135 | 14,151 | 50,134 | 3,230 | 2,057 | 880.3 | 14.3 | 38 |
| 2018 | 58,484 | 18,752 | 65,044 | 4,220 | 2,902 | 899.1 | 12.3 | 26 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9618290
- Previously reported as
- SAPPHIRE TOWER
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 95,390
- Length overall
- 300.0 m
- Year built
- 2013
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Panama. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025. - Port of registry
- MONROVIA MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (7.2 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
- 2026-03-31
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 804 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 44th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 12.6.
Across the 103 ranked vessels operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company SRL, the median percentile is 37. This vessel is less efficient than its own fleet median.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 3,398,008,709 tonne-miles over 48,054 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 26.6% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 786.8% while distance sailed rose 742.0%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 5.3%.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
- 43,593 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.69 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 2.48 t
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | DNV | Germany |
| 2025 | 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 2018–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 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.