Container ship · Panama flag · built 1990

MSC PILAR: CO₂ emissions 2018–2023

IMO 8715871 5 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2023: 2,417 t
Fuel burned: 766 t
Time at sea: 579 h
Emitted at berth: 3% of total
Share of year under way: 7%
Gross tonnage: 52,181

MSC PILAR against its type

Built in 1990, it is 18 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 52,181 gross tonnage it is larger than 54% 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 64 other vessels here, 53 of them container ships. MSC Shipmanagement is linked to 109 vessels on this register. The returns for 2018–2023 all give Panama as port of registry.

Its 2,417 t of CO₂ for 2023 is 83% below the median of 14,627 t among the 1,920 container ships on this register that reported for 2023. Per nautical mile it emitted 380.6 kg CO₂, 25% below the type median of 509.2 kg. It logged 579 hours at sea against a median of 2,716 hours for its type that year. 2.8% of its 2023 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 4.0%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2019 (44,943 t) and the lowest 2023 (2,417 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 69 in 2018 to 60 in 2022 (lower is more efficient). The one comparable vessel listed below with a 2023 return reported a higher or equal CO₂ per nautical mile.

Emissions by year2018–2023

Year	CO₂ (t)	Fuel (t)	Distance (nm)	At sea (h)	At berth (t)	kg CO₂/nm	EEOI	Percentile
2023	2,417	766	—	579	69	380.6	20.4	not ranked
2022	33,538	10,622	53,555	4,181	1,190	626.2	21.0	60
2020	36,293	11,468	62,922	4,429	1,051	576.8	19.6	63
2019	44,943	14,352	73,042	5,638	1,620	615.3	21.4	64
2018	20,591	6,601	31,326	2,567	843	657.3	25.9	69

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 8715871
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 52,181
Length overall: 294.1 m
Year built: 1990
Flag state: Panama Wikidata/AIS, undated
Builder: Odense Steel Shipyard
Port of registry: Panama MRV 2023
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (12.83 gCO₂/t·nm)
Operator: MSC Shipmanagement
Efficiency ranking: Not ranked: transport work below the floor (2023)
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2024-06-29
Compliance document expires: 2025-06-30

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2023 was 88.3% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2021, so the series has gaps.

From 2022 to 2023, emissions fell 92.8% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 39.2%.Distance is missing for at least one of the two years, so activity and efficiency cannot be separated here.

Where the 2023 emissions occurred

Sources and how to read this

Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2018–2023, published by the European Commission.
Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.

This page draws on 5 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history, 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.