Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · Panama flag · built 2008
MSC FANTASIA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9359791 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 105,690 t
- Fuel burned
- 33,588 t
- Time at sea
- 4,992 h
- Emitted at berth
- 11% of total
- Share of year under way
- 57%
- Gross tonnage
- 137,936
MSC FANTASIA against its type
Built in 2008, it is 2 years older than the median cruise ship on this register, which was built in 2010 (195 vessels with a known build year). At 137,936 gross tonnage it is larger than 82% of the other 177 cruise ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 15 cruise ships here under the Panama flag, 7.4% of the 202 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 51 other vessels here, 35 of them cruise ships. MSC Cruises is linked to 24 vessels on this register. The returns for 2018–2025 all give PANAMA as port of registry.
Its 105,690 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 3.4 times the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 1,287.6 kg CO₂, 1.6 times the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 4,992 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 11.0% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (108,758 t) and the lowest 2020 (24,929 t). Of the 5 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 3 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 | 105,690 | 33,588 | — | 4,992 | 11,605 | 1,287.6 | — | — |
| 2024 | 108,758 | 34,714 | — | 5,622 | 20,724 | 1,314.5 | — | — |
| 2023 | 96,126 | 30,657 | — | 4,143 | 11,636 | 1,426.5 | — | — |
| 2022 | 96,980 | 31,048 | — | 5,941 | 14,404 | 1,229.7 | — | — |
| 2021 | 44,554 | 14,078 | — | 1,714 | 21,022 | 2,513.4 | — | — |
| 2020 | 24,929 | 7,959 | — | 197 | 20,790 | 7,533.8 | — | — |
| 2019 | 83,119 | 26,601 | — | 3,468 | 13,680 | 1,461.0 | — | — |
| 2018 | 84,402 | 26,966 | — | 3,668 | 17,218 | 1,557.6 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9359791
- Gross tonnage
- 137,936
- Length overall
- 333.3 m
- Year built
- 2008
- Flag state
- Panama per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Chantiers de l'Atlantique
- Port of registry
- Panama MRV 2025
- Home port
- Panama
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (9.2 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- MSC Cruises, MSC Cruises
- Verifier
- Bureau Veritas Certification France, France
- Accreditation
- 3-2047 rev. 4
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-02-28
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 25.2% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 2.8% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 2.0%.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
- 107,339 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 1.68 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 6.05 t
- Under EU ETS
- 85,438 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) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.