Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2002
MSC POTOMAC F: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9236274 EU ETS7 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 14,151 t
- Fuel burned
- 4,466 t
- Distance
- 53,770 nm
- Time at sea
- 5,012 h
- Emitted at berth
- 5% of total
- Share of year under way
- 57%
- Gross tonnage
- 10,308
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MSC POTOMAC F 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 10,308 gross tonnage it is smaller than 88% 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 PACUL for 2018–2019, SC POTOMAC for 2021–2024 and MSC POTOMAC F for 2025. The reported port of registry changed: Madeira (2018–2019), then Monrovia (2021–2025).
Its 14,151 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 14% 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 263.2 kg CO₂, 52% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 5,012 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 5.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2025 (14,151 t) and the lowest 2023 (2,706 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 86 in 2018 to 95 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 6 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 3 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 | 14,151 | 4,466 | 53,770 | 5,012 | 772 | 263.2 | 47.2 | 95 |
| 2024 | 5,242 | 1,675 | — | 2,039 | 249 | 274.7 | 51.7 | not ranked |
| 2023 | 2,706 | 866 | — | 1,021 | 108 | 245.4 | 47.8 | not ranked |
| 2022 | 8,982 | 2,848 | — | 63 | 799 | 298.2 | 49.3 | not ranked |
| 2021 | 11,623 | 3,681 | 39,664 | 1,644 | 976 | 293.0 | 48.4 | 94 |
| 2019 | 7,146 | 2,289 | — | 3,398 | 338 | 229.1 | 40.1 | not ranked |
| 2018 | 14,048 | 4,503 | 56,008 | 6,068 | 487 | 250.8 | 41.1 | 86 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9236274
- Previously reported as
- PACUL, SC POTOMAC
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 10,308
- Length overall
- 149.0 m
- Year built
- 2002
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
- Port of registry
- MONROVIA MRV 2025
- Ice class
- IC
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (23.6 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-21
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,754 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 95th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 47.2.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 299,741,368 tonne-miles over 53,770 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 0.7% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2020, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 169.9% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 4.2%.Distance is missing for at least one of the two years, so activity and efficiency cannot be separated here.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 14,370 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.22 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.80 t
- Under EU ETS
- 1,731 t, 12% of total
Laden voyages2025
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 10,798 t, 76% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 3,420 t
- CO₂ per nm, laden
- 243.1 kg
The rest of the 2025 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Swiss Climate EcoCare GmbH | Germany |
| 2021 | Bureau Veritas Certification France | France |
| 2024 | AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD) | Greece |
| 2025 | 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 2018–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 7 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 4 of 5 vessel particulars, a name history and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, 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.