Container ship · Portugal flag · built 2001
MSC ELBE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9236688 EU ETS5 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 778 t
- Fuel burned
- 247 t
- Time at sea
- 353 h
- Emitted at berth
- 12% of total
- Share of year under way
- 4%
- Gross tonnage
- 25,703
MSC ELBE against its type
Built in 2001, it is 7 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 25,703 gross tonnage it is smaller than 71% 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 16 other vessels here, all of them container ships. Its MRV returns name it MSC ELBE for 2018–2020 and MSC ELBE III for 2022–2025. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Madeira as port of registry.
Its 778 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 95% 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 293.9 kg CO₂, 46% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 353 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 11.7% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (20,174 t) and the lowest 2025 (778 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 76 in 2018 to 80 in 2022 (lower is more efficient). Of the 3 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 0 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 | 778 | 247 | — | 353 | 91 | 293.9 | 35.1 | not ranked |
| 2022 | 6,718 | 2,143 | 21,982 | 1,975 | 196 | 305.6 | 31.3 | 80 |
| 2020 | 4,084 | 1,309 | — | 929 | 223 | 377.4 | 24.3 | not ranked |
| 2019 | 14,080 | 4,510 | 34,096 | 3,448 | 873 | 412.9 | 29.4 | 78 |
| 2018 | 20,174 | 6,464 | 53,623 | 5,231 | 1,253 | 376.2 | 31.9 | 76 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9236688
- Previously reported as
- MSC ELBE III
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 25,703
- Length overall
- 208.0 m
- Beam
- 29.0 m
- Year built
- 2001
- Flag state
- Portugal per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Marinearsenal Warnowwerft
- Port of registry
- Madeira MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (17.1 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Efficiency ranking
- Not ranked: transport work below the floor (2025)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-01-28
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 96.1% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2021, 2023, 2024, so the series has gaps.
From 2022 to 2025, emissions fell 88.4% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 3.8%.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
- 791 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.01 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.04 t
- Under EU ETS
- 498 t, 64% 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 5 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.