Container ship · Portugal flag · built 2016

MSC MICHELA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2024

IMO 9720512 EU ETS7 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2024: 39,582 t
Fuel burned: 12,675 t
Distance: 44,003 nm
Time at sea: 3,192 h
Emitted at berth: 7% of total
Share of year under way: 36%
Gross tonnage: 94,469

MSC MICHELA 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 94,469 gross tonnage it is larger than 75% 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 2019–2024 all give Madeira as port of registry.

Its 39,582 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 2.2 times the median of 17,769 t among the 2,101 container ships on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 899.5 kg CO₂, 1.7 times the type median of 528.5 kg. It logged 3,192 hours at sea against a median of 3,325 hours for its type that year. 7.2% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 2.8%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (56,639 t) and the lowest 2019 (17,037 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 30 in 2018 to 35 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	39,582	12,675	44,003	3,192	2,845	899.5	11.9	35
2023	36,860	11,793	46,082	3,548	2,357	799.9	10.4	25
2022	37,372	11,989	37,939	2,871	2,210	985.1	13.0	34
2021	47,793	15,331	48,058	3,123	2,246	994.5	12.4	32
2020	32,312	10,362	35,794	2,300	1,270	902.7	13.3	38
2019	17,037	5,464	17,598	1,000	634	968.1	14.3	38
2018	56,639	18,171	62,831	3,547	1,632	901.4	13.4	30

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9720512
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 94,469
Length overall: 299.9 m
Beam: 48.3 m
Year built: 2016
Flag state: Portugal per EU MRV 2024
Port of registry: Madeira MRV 2024
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (8.96 gCO₂/t·nm)
Operator: MSC Shipmanagement
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2025-02-07
Compliance document expires: 2026-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2024

Position 588 of 1,661 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 35th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 15.4; this vessel reported 11.9.

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 3,334,641,112 tonne-miles over 44,003 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 30.1% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2023 to 2024, emissions rose 7.4% while distance sailed fell 4.5%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 12.5%.That points mainly to how efficiently it sailed, rather than the other.

Where the 2024 emissions occurred

Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2024

Total CO₂ equivalent: 40,205 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.63 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 2.28 t
Under EU ETS: 21,076 t, 53% 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 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.