Container ship · Portugal flag · built 2006
MSC CHARLESTON: CO₂ emissions 2018–2023
IMO 9299537 6 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2023
- 23,633 t
- Fuel burned
- 7,578 t
- Distance
- 43,203 nm
- Time at sea
- 3,301 h
- Emitted at berth
- 2% of total
- Share of year under way
- 38%
- Gross tonnage
- 89,954
MSC CHARLESTON against its type
Built in 2006, it is 2 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 89,954 gross tonnage it is larger than 70% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 307 container ships here under the Portugal flag, 8.8% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 133 other vessels here, 105 of them container ships. CPO Containerschiffreederei is linked to 60 vessels on this register. The reported port of registry changed: Hamburg (2018–2019), then Madeira (2020–2023).
Its 23,633 t of CO₂ for 2023 is 1.6 times the median of 14,627 t among the 1,920 container ships on this register that reported for 2023. Per nautical mile it emitted 547.0 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 509.2 kg. It logged 3,301 hours at sea against a median of 2,716 hours for its type that year. 2.2% of its 2023 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 4.0%. Across 6 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (60,711 t) and the lowest 2022 (9,924 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 40 in 2018 to 55 in 2023 (lower is more efficient).
Emissions by year2018–2023
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23,633 | 7,578 | 43,203 | 3,301 | 531 | 547.0 | 18.9 | 55 |
| 2022 | 9,924 | 3,170 | 12,434 | 877 | 451 | 798.1 | 10.7 | 23 |
| 2021 | 50,088 | 15,866 | 57,833 | 4,105 | 1,857 | 866.1 | 13.7 | 38 |
| 2020 | 53,508 | 16,968 | 66,939 | 4,272 | 1,924 | 799.4 | 13.7 | 41 |
| 2019 | 57,399 | 18,423 | 71,120 | 4,486 | 2,024 | 807.1 | 13.7 | 35 |
| 2018 | 60,711 | 19,494 | 70,091 | 4,140 | 1,222 | 866.2 | 16.3 | 40 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9299537
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 89,954
- Length overall
- 325.0 m
- Beam
- 43.0 m
- Year built
- 2006
- Flag state
- Portugal Wikidata/AIS, undated
- Port of registry
- Madeira MRV 2023
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (10.83 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- CPO Containerschiffreederei
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2024-04-12
- Compliance document expires
- 2025-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2023
Position 912 of 1,664 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 55th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 17.4; this vessel reported 18.9.
Across the 54 ranked vessels operated by CPO Containerschiffreederei, the median percentile is 48. This vessel is less efficient than its own fleet median.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,247,789,335 tonne-miles over 43,203 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2023 was 61.1% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2022 to 2023, emissions rose 138.2% while distance sailed rose 247.5%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 31.5%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2023 emissions occurred
Sources and how to read this
- Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2018–2023, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 6 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history, 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.