Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2004
MSC QINGDAO: CO₂ emissions 2020–2025
IMO 9256470 EU ETS6 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 14,885 t
- Fuel burned
- 4,738 t
- Distance
- 18,229 nm
- Time at sea
- 1,140 h
- Emitted at berth
- 2% of total
- Share of year under way
- 13%
- Gross tonnage
- 89,097
MSC QINGDAO against its type
Built in 2004, it is 4 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 89,097 gross tonnage it is larger than 69% 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. The same builder is recorded for 563 other vessels here, 243 of them container ships. The returns for 2020–2025 all give Monrovia as port of registry.
Its 14,885 t of CO₂ for 2025 is close to the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 816.6 kg CO₂, 50% above the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 1,140 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 1.8% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 6 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2023 (43,302 t) and the lowest 2020 (2,429 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 31 in 2020 to 41 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 3 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 3 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2020–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14,885 | 4,738 | 18,229 | 1,140 | 266 | 816.6 | 11.9 | 41 |
| 2024 | 27,251 | 8,721 | 30,801 | 2,275 | 865 | 884.7 | 12.7 | 39 |
| 2023 | 43,302 | 13,843 | 44,878 | 3,234 | 1,515 | 964.9 | 14.2 | 41 |
| 2022 | 38,424 | 12,257 | 39,521 | 2,650 | 333 | 972.2 | 14.4 | 41 |
| 2021 | 18,303 | 5,852 | 18,922 | 1,080 | 213 | 967.3 | 15.2 | 46 |
| 2020 | 2,429 | 779 | 2,459 | 147 | 98 | 987.9 | 11.5 | 31 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9256470
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 89,097
- Length overall
- 323.0 m
- Year built
- 2004
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Samsung Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- Monrovia MRV 2025
- Home port
- Monrovia
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (11.08 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- RINA HELLAS LTD, Greece
- Accreditation
- 1325
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-06-05
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 754 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 41st percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 11.9.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,254,005,055 tonne-miles over 18,229 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 512.8% higher than in 2020, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 45.4% while distance sailed fell 40.8%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 7.7%.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
- 15,118 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.24 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.85 t
- Under EU ETS
- 7,869 t, 53% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | RINA Services Spa | Italy |
| 2022 | RINA HELLAS LTD | Greece |
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 2020–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 6 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: 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.