Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2006

MSC KILIMANJARO IV: CO₂ emissions 2021–2025

IMO 9318175 EU ETS3 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 15,962 t
Fuel burned: 5,116 t
Distance: 32,785 nm
Time at sea: 2,236 h
Emitted at berth: 4% of total
Share of year under way: 26%
Gross tonnage: 39,906

MSC KILIMANJARO IV 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 39,906 gross tonnage it is smaller than 57% 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 146 other vessels here, 43 of them container ships. Its MRV returns name it X-PRESS KILIMANJARO for 2021–2022 and MSC KILIMANJARO IV for 2025. The returns for 2021–2025 all give Monrovia as port of registry.

Its 15,962 t of CO₂ for 2025 is close to the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 486.9 kg CO₂, 11% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 2,236 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 4.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 3 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (15,962 t) and the lowest 2022 (3,610 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 92 in 2021 to 60 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 4 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 3 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.

Emissions by year2021–2025

Year	CO₂ (t)	Fuel (t)	Distance (nm)	At sea (h)	At berth (t)	kg CO₂/nm	EEOI	Percentile
2025	15,962	5,116	32,785	2,236	718	486.9	17.0	60
2022	3,610	1,152	—	497	50	487.4	36.8	not ranked
2021	15,767	5,052	28,311	1,653	71	556.9	47.4	92

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9318175
Previously reported as: X-PRESS KILIMANJARO
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 39,906
Length overall: 260.6 m
Beam: 32.3 m
Year built: 2006
Flag state: Liberia per EU MRV 2025
Builder: Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company
Port of registry: Monrovia MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (13.84 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-01-29
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 1,100 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 60th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 17.0.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 940,037,102 tonne-miles over 32,785 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 1.2% higher than in 2021, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2023, 2024, so the series has gaps.

From 2022 to 2025, emissions rose 342.2% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 0.1%.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: 16,213 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.26 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.92 t
Under EU ETS: 10,294 t, 64% of total

Verifier history

From reporting year	Verifier	Accredited in
2021	NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS	France
2025	DNV	Germany

A change of verifier is not in itself a sign of anything being wrong.

Sources and how to read this

Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2021–2025, published by the European Commission.
Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.

This page draws on 3 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, a name history and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, 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.