Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2002
MSC NIKOLETA: CO₂ emissions 2019–2025
IMO 9232644 EU ETS7 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 9,135 t
- Fuel burned
- 2,902 t
- Distance
- 30,556 nm
- Time at sea
- 4,514 h
- Emitted at berth
- 11% of total
- Share of year under way
- 52%
- Gross tonnage
- 16,802
MSC NIKOLETA 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 16,802 gross tonnage it is smaller than 81% 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. Its MRV returns name it SPERO for 2019–2020, MSC NIKOLETA for 2021–2022 and MSC NIKOLETA II for 2023–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Majuro (2019–2020), then Monrovia (2021–2025).
Its 9,135 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 44% below the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 299.0 kg CO₂, 45% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 4,514 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 11.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (12,233 t) and the lowest 2019 (640 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type was 87 in both 2021 and 2025. Of the 4 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 3 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2019–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,135 | 2,902 | 30,556 | 4,514 | 1,039 | 299.0 | 33.2 | 87 |
| 2024 | 12,233 | 3,857 | 43,221 | 5,068 | 1,700 | 283.0 | 24.2 | 75 |
| 2023 | 11,746 | 3,695 | 40,233 | 4,178 | 1,853 | 291.9 | 26.6 | 73 |
| 2022 | 11,661 | 3,683 | 42,775 | 4,172 | 974 | 272.6 | 25.7 | 71 |
| 2021 | 10,964 | 3,474 | 33,539 | 3,138 | 761 | 326.9 | 38.0 | 87 |
| 2020 | 1,643 | 521 | — | 478 | 57 | 267.7 | 22.8 | not ranked |
| 2019 | 640 | 205 | — | 292 | 9 | 353.4 | 21.4 | not ranked |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9232644
- Previously reported as
- SPERO, MSC NIKOLETA II
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 16,802
- Length overall
- 184.0 m
- Beam
- 25.0 m
- Year built
- 2002
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
- Port of registry
- Monrovia MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (17.93 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-01-20
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,596 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 87th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 33.2.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 274,739,549 tonne-miles over 30,556 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 1,327.9% higher than in 2019, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 25.3% while distance sailed fell 29.3%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 5.6%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 9,278 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.15 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.52 t
- Under EU ETS
- 7,999 t, 88% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD) | Greece |
| 2021 | 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 2019–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
This page draws on 7 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 4 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.