Container ship · Panama flag · built 1991

MSC ATLANTIC: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 8913447 EU ETS8 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 20,407 t
Fuel burned: 6,529 t
Distance: 44,673 nm
Time at sea: 3,616 h
Emitted at berth: 4% of total
Share of year under way: 41%
Gross tonnage: 37,071

MSC ATLANTIC against its type

Built in 1991, it is 17 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 37,071 gross tonnage it is smaller than 59% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 387 container ships here under the Panama flag, 11.1% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 32 other vessels here, 21 of them container ships. Its MRV returns name it MSC ATLANTIC for 2018–2022 and MSC ATLANTIC III for 2023–2025. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Panama as port of registry.

Its 20,407 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 25% 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 456.8 kg CO₂, 16% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 3,616 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 3.9% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (36,665 t) and the lowest 2022 (16,093 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 58 in 2018 to 70 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 2 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 1 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	20,407	6,529	44,673	3,616	796	456.8	20.6	70
2024	31,101	9,952	64,789	4,896	1,131	480.0	23.2	74
2023	18,207	5,758	44,535	3,858	1,254	408.8	20.9	61
2022	16,093	5,091	39,202	3,167	1,009	410.5	19.1	56
2021	29,244	9,257	64,530	4,525	1,475	453.2	17.5	54
2020	32,786	10,389	67,741	4,634	1,087	484.0	19.9	64
2019	34,089	10,827	75,479	5,557	1,289	451.6	19.6	59
2018	36,665	11,628	69,261	5,706	1,599	529.4	21.3	58

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 8913447
Previously reported as: MSC ATLANTIC III
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 37,071
Length overall: 237.0 m
Year built: 1991
Flag state: Panama per EU MRV 2025
Builder: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Port of registry: Panama MRV 2025
Ice class: IB
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (13.99 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-01-22
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 1,290 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 70th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 20.6.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 990,651,456 tonne-miles over 44,673 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 44.3% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 34.4% while distance sailed fell 31.0%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 4.8%.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: 20,728 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.33 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 1.18 t
Under EU ETS: 13,447 t, 66% of total

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).

This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a name history. Not found in the sources for this vessel: 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.