Container ship · Panama flag · built 2002

MSC MELISSA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2024

IMO 9226918 EU ETS7 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2024: 24,039 t
Fuel burned: 7,683 t
Distance: 33,179 nm
Time at sea: 2,800 h
Emitted at berth: 6% of total
Share of year under way: 32%
Gross tonnage: 73,819

MSC MELISSA against its type

Built in 2002, it is 6 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 73,819 gross tonnage it is larger than 64% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 387 container ships here under the Panama flag, 11.1% of the 3,495 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 761 other vessels here, 355 of them container ships. Mediterranean Shipping Company SRL is linked to 105 vessels on this register. The returns for 2018–2024 all give Panama as port of registry.

Its 24,039 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 35% above the median of 17,769 t among the 2,101 container ships on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 724.5 kg CO₂, 37% above the type median of 528.5 kg. It logged 2,800 hours at sea against a median of 3,325 hours for its type that year. 6.2% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 2.8%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2021 (52,740 t) and the lowest 2020 (13,198 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 36 in 2018 to 45 in 2024 (lower is more efficient).

Emissions by year2018–2024

Year	CO₂ (t)	Fuel (t)	Distance (nm)	At sea (h)	At berth (t)	kg CO₂/nm	EEOI	Percentile
2024	24,039	7,683	33,179	2,800	1,498	724.5	13.9	45
2023	28,204	8,938	41,390	2,786	299	681.4	11.4	29
2022	28,686	9,100	40,250	3,011	1,270	712.7	17.3	51
2021	52,740	16,721	74,786	4,704	2,137	705.2	15.6	47
2020	13,198	4,195	19,036	1,329	440	693.3	13.0	37
2019	26,512	8,483	31,031	1,977	1,102	854.4	14.4	38
2018	38,165	12,214	43,141	3,199	1,307	884.6	15.1	36

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9226918
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 73,819
Length overall: 304.0 m
Year built: 2002
Flag state: Panama per EU MRV 2024
Builder: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
Port of registry: Panama MRV 2024
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (11.53 gCO₂/t·nm)
Operator: Mediterranean Shipping Company SRL
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2025-02-08
Compliance document expires: 2026-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2024

Position 741 of 1,661 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 45th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 15.4; this vessel reported 13.9.

Across the 103 ranked vessels operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company SRL, the median percentile is 37. This vessel is less efficient than its own fleet median.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,730,697,624 tonne-miles over 33,179 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 37.0% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2023 to 2024, emissions fell 14.8% while distance sailed fell 19.8%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 6.3%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.

Where the 2024 emissions occurred

Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2024

Total CO₂ equivalent: 24,417 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.38 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 1.38 t
Under EU ETS: 16,659 t, 69% of total

Sources and how to read this

Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2018–2024, published by the European Commission.
Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).

This page draws on 7 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking and 5 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.