Container ship · Portugal flag · built 2016

MSC PALAK: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9735206 EU ETS8 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 5,657 t
Fuel burned: 1,812 t
Distance: 6,185 nm
Time at sea: 492 h
Emitted at berth: 6% of total
Share of year under way: 6%
Gross tonnage: 96,816

MSC PALAK 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 96,816 gross tonnage it is larger than 78% 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 2018–2025 all give Madeira as port of registry.

Its 5,657 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 65% 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 914.7 kg CO₂, 1.7 times the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 492 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 5.8% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (37,964 t) and the lowest 2025 (5,657 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 18 in 2018 to 44 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 7 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 6 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	5,657	1,812	6,185	492	329	914.7	12.7	44
2024	31,650	10,160	35,475	2,366	1,007	892.2	12.2	37
2023	28,547	9,163	38,418	3,203	1,208	743.1	10.7	26
2022	36,944	11,850	39,710	2,863	2,122	930.3	13.1	35
2021	30,827	9,884	32,297	1,990	1,724	954.5	12.3	31
2020	31,298	10,048	32,634	1,954	1,434	959.1	13.1	37
2019	21,714	6,942	31,801	2,126	1,010	682.8	9.4	18
2018	37,964	12,147	49,727	3,743	1,636	763.4	10.3	18

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9735206
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 96,816
Length overall: 300.0 m
Year built: 2016
Flag state: Portugal per EU MRV 2025
Port of registry: Madeira MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (8.99 gCO₂/t·nm)
Operator: MSC Shipmanagement
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-01-13
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 810 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 44th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 12.7.

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 444,757,862 tonne-miles over 6,185 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 85.1% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 82.1% while distance sailed fell 82.6%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 2.5%.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: 5,746 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.09 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.33 t
Under EU ETS: 3,790 t, 67% 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 8 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.