Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2007
MSC CHARLOTTE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9330238 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 8,440 t
- Fuel burned
- 2,653 t
- Distance
- 33,849 nm
- Time at sea
- 3,637 h
- Emitted at berth
- 5% of total
- Share of year under way
- 42%
- Gross tonnage
- 9,940
MSC CHARLOTTE against its type
Built in 2007, it is 1 year older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 9,940 gross tonnage it is smaller than 93% 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 95 other vessels here, 12 of them container ships. Its MRV returns name it VEGA EPSILON for 2018–2020 and MSC CHARLOTTE for 2021–2025. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Monrovia as port of registry.
Its 8,440 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 48% 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 249.3 kg CO₂, 54% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 3,637 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 5.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (12,553 t) and the lowest 2018 (3,836 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 86 in 2023 to 85 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 6 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 2 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 | 8,440 | 2,653 | 33,849 | 3,637 | 462 | 249.3 | 30.6 | 85 |
| 2024 | 12,553 | 4,008 | 49,341 | 4,908 | 450 | 254.4 | 34.9 | 87 |
| 2023 | 12,310 | 3,892 | 47,666 | 4,645 | 595 | 258.3 | 38.5 | 86 |
| 2022 | 8,244 | 2,607 | — | 3,092 | 494 | 289.8 | — | — |
| 2021 | 9,942 | 3,145 | — | 4,194 | 1,002 | 289.5 | — | — |
| 2020 | 9,496 | 3,008 | — | 3,127 | 504 | 296.9 | 64.0 | not ranked |
| 2019 | 7,183 | 2,293 | — | 4,822 | 317 | 342.6 | 63.6 | not ranked |
| 2018 | 3,836 | 1,225 | — | 4,688 | 1,455 | 214.8 | 39.3 | not ranked |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9330238
- Previously reported as
- VEGA EPSILON
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 9,940
- Length overall
- 147.7 m
- Beam
- 23.3 m
- Year built
- 2007
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Qingshan Shipyard
- Port of registry
- Monrovia MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (21.47 gCO₂/t·nm)
- 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 1,555 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 85th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 30.6.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 276,085,378 tonne-miles over 33,849 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 120.0% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 32.8% while distance sailed fell 31.4%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 2.0%.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
- 8,570 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.13 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.48 t
- Under EU ETS
- 6,820 t, 81% 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.