Container ship · Panama flag · built 1998

MSC BELLE: CO₂ emissions 2019–2025

IMO 9203904 EU ETS7 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 6,938 t
Fuel burned: 2,183 t
Distance: 33,771 nm
Time at sea: 3,920 h
Emitted at berth: 7% of total
Share of year under way: 45%
Gross tonnage: 12,004

MSC BELLE against its type

Built in 1998, it is 10 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 12,004 gross tonnage it is smaller than 86% 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. MSC Shipmanagement is linked to 109 vessels on this register. The returns for 2019–2025 all give Panama as port of registry.

Its 6,938 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 58% 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 205.4 kg CO₂, 62% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 3,920 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 6.9% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2020 (7,959 t) and the lowest 2024 (4,324 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 90 in 2020 to 79 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 8 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 0 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.

Emissions by year2019–2025

Year	CO₂ (t)	Fuel (t)	Distance (nm)	At sea (h)	At berth (t)	kg CO₂/nm	EEOI	Percentile
2025	6,938	2,183	33,771	3,920	476	205.4	25.2	79
2024	4,324	1,380	—	2,193	256	213.0	29.5	not ranked
2023	5,176	1,639	23,125	2,353	334	223.8	37.2	85
2022	4,835	1,531	—	2,644	374	196.3	43.8	not ranked
2021	5,357	1,694	—	2,769	664	238.2	39.5	not ranked
2020	7,959	2,516	26,940	4,975	844	295.4	42.6	90
2019	6,763	2,162	—	3,660	494	282.1	63.0	not ranked

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9203904
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 12,004
Length overall: 148.6 m
Beam: 23.1 m
Year built: 1998
Flag state: Panama per EU MRV 2025
Port of registry: Panama MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (21.3 gCO₂/t·nm)
Operator: MSC Shipmanagement
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-01-16
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 1,453 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 79th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 25.2.

Across the 102 ranked vessels operated by MSC Shipmanagement, the median percentile is 59. This vessel is less efficient than its own fleet median.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 275,768,680 tonne-miles over 33,771 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 2.6% higher than in 2019, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 60.5% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 3.5%.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: 7,046 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.11 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.39 t
Under EU ETS: 4,268 t, 62% of total

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 7 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.