Container ship · Cyprus flag · built 2003
MSC AQUARIUS: CO₂ emissions 2019–2025
IMO 9262704 EU ETS6 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 1,020 t
- Fuel burned
- 326 t
- Time at sea
- 114 h
- Emitted at berth
- 31% of total
- Share of year under way
- 1%
- Gross tonnage
- 75,484
MSC AQUARIUS against its type
Built in 2003, it is 5 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 75,484 gross tonnage it is larger than 65% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 119 container ships here under the Cyprus flag, 3.4% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 87 other vessels here, 22 of them container ships. Its MRV returns name it MSC AQUARIUS for 2019–2024 and MSC AQUARIUS VII for 2025. The returns for 2023–2025 all give Limassol as port of registry.
Its 1,020 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 94% below the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 926.5 kg CO₂, 1.7 times the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 114 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 30.9% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 3 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (17,019 t) and the lowest 2025 (1,020 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 55 in 2023 to 57 in 2024 (lower is more efficient). The one sister ship listed below with a 2025 return reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile.
Emissions by year2019–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,020 | 326 | — | 114 | 315 | 926.5 | 15.9 | not ranked |
| 2024 | 17,019 | 5,462 | 24,758 | 1,533 | 276 | 687.4 | 17.2 | 57 |
| 2023 | 8,675 | 2,780 | 11,720 | 779 | 623 | 740.2 | 19.1 | 55 |
| 2021 | No EU/EEA voyages reported | |||||||
| 2020 | No EU/EEA voyages reported | |||||||
| 2019 | No EU/EEA voyages reported | |||||||
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9262704
- Previously reported as
- MSC AQUARIUS VII
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 75,484
- Length overall
- 299.0 m
- Beam
- 40.0 m
- Year built
- 2003
- Flag state
- Cyprus per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- IHI Marine United
- Port of registry
- LIMASSOL MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (11.5 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Efficiency ranking
- Not ranked: transport work below the floor (2025)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-23
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 88.2% lower than in 2023, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2022, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 94.0% and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 34.8%.Distance is missing for at least one of the two years, so activity and efficiency cannot be separated here.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 1,036 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.02 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.06 t
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | RINA Services Spa | Italy |
| 2023 | RINA HELLAS LTD | Greece |
| 2025 | DNV | Germany |
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 2019–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
This page draws on 6 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a name history. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.