Container ship · Liberia flag · built 1995

MSC MESSINA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9074042 EU ETS7 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 21,623 t
Fuel burned: 6,864 t
Distance: 33,505 nm
Time at sea: 2,614 h
Emitted at berth: 3% of total
Share of year under way: 30%

MSC MESSINA against its type

Built in 1995, it is 13 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). It is one of 976 container ships here under the Liberia flag, 27.9% of the 3,495 on the register. Mediterranean Shipping Company is linked to 44 vessels on this register. Its MRV returns name it MSC MESSINA for 2018–2020 and MSC POLARIS for 2022–2025. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Monrovia as port of registry.

Its 21,623 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 32% above the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 645.4 kg CO₂, 18% above the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 2,614 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 3.3% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2019 (30,580 t) and the lowest 2023 (5,558 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 65 in 2018 to 46 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 4 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 4 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	21,623	6,864	33,505	2,614	705	645.4	13.3	46
2024	18,233	5,832	30,309	2,190	320	601.6	21.6	70
2023	5,558	1,780	9,481	842	116	586.2	18.7	54
2022	9,237	2,943	15,300	1,168	260	603.7	21.4	62
2020	6,395	2,035	9,618	578	44	664.9	22.8	71
2019	30,580	9,763	50,788	3,631	834	602.1	17.5	51
2018	23,149	7,392	38,390	3,311	612	603.0	24.1	65

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9074042
Previously reported as: MSC POLARIS
Ship type: Container ship
Year built: 1995
Flag state: Liberia per EU MRV 2025
Port of registry: Monrovia MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (12.5 gCO₂/t·nm)
Operator: Mediterranean Shipping Company
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 849 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 46th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 13.3.

Across the 34 ranked vessels operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company, the median percentile is 52. This vessel is more efficient than its own fleet median.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,627,011,287 tonne-miles over 33,505 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 6.6% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2021, so the series has gaps.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 18.6% while distance sailed rose 10.5%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 7.3%.

Where the 2025 emissions occurred

Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025

Total CO₂ equivalent: 21,960 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.34 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 1.24 t
Under EU ETS: 12,464 t, 58% 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 7 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 2 of 5 vessel particulars and a name history. Not found in the sources for this vessel: 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.