Container ship · Portugal flag · built 2016

MSC ELMA: CO₂ emissions 2019–2025

IMO 9735218 EU ETS7 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 53,311 t
Fuel burned: 17,006 t
Distance: 62,244 nm
Time at sea: 4,576 h
Emitted at berth: 5% of total
Share of year under way: 52%
Gross tonnage: 96,816

MSC ELMA against its type

Built in 2016, it is 8 years newer than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 96,816 gross tonnage it is larger than 78% 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. MSC Shipmanagement is linked to 109 vessels on this register. The returns for 2019–2025 all give Madeira as port of registry.

Its 53,311 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 3.3 times the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 856.5 kg CO₂, 1.6 times the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 4,576 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 4.6% 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 (54,189 t) and the lowest 2022 (6,487 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 26 in 2019 to 46 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 7 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 5 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	53,311	17,006	62,244	4,576	2,436	856.5	13.2	46
2024	40,828	13,071	47,269	3,136	1,747	863.8	14.2	46
2023	42,938	13,761	57,193	3,978	1,115	750.8	24.3	68
2022	6,487	2,066	8,830	551	108	734.7	22.6	65
2021	36,121	11,594	38,273	2,480	1,473	943.8	12.9	34
2020	54,189	17,396	62,527	3,911	1,898	866.6	15.6	49
2019	14,038	4,491	18,238	1,188	615	769.7	11.0	26

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9735218
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 96,816
Length overall: 300.0 m
Year built: 2016
Flag state: Portugal per EU MRV 2025
Port of registry: Madeira MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (8.99 gCO₂/t·nm)
Operator: MSC Shipmanagement
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-02-06
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 845 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 46th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 13.2.

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

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 4,023,442,264 tonne-miles over 62,244 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 279.8% higher than in 2019, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 30.6% while distance sailed rose 31.7%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 0.8%.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: 54,146 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.85 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 3.06 t
Under EU ETS: 33,900 t, 64% 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.