Container ship · Panama flag · built 1996

MSC SAMANTHA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9110377 EU ETS8 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 26,978 t
Fuel burned: 8,659 t
Distance: 42,878 nm
Time at sea: 2,907 h
Emitted at berth: 3% of total
Share of year under way: 33%
Gross tonnage: 64,054

MSC SAMANTHA against its type

Built in 1996, it is 12 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 64,054 gross tonnage it is larger than 59% 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 761 other vessels here, 355 of them container ships. Its MRV returns name it MSC SAMANTHA for 2018–2022 and MSC SAMANTHA VI for 2023–2025. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Panama as port of registry.

Its 26,978 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 1.6 times the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 629.2 kg CO₂, 15% above the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 2,907 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 3.2% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2020 (46,408 t) and the lowest 2023 (1,695 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 52 in 2018 to 56 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 6 sister ships 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	26,978	8,659	42,878	2,907	872	629.2	15.9	56
2024	35,216	11,293	60,981	4,381	1,418	577.5	16.7	55
2023	1,695	540	—	276	18	598.4	23.0	not ranked
2022	20,756	6,578	31,503	2,420	1,242	658.9	16.2	48
2021	33,051	10,484	47,784	3,390	1,250	691.7	17.5	54
2020	46,408	14,716	69,584	4,609	1,461	666.9	18.2	59
2019	23,024	7,378	40,041	2,997	1,258	575.0	22.5	66
2018	27,588	8,836	39,731	3,028	976	694.4	19.4	52

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9110377
Previously reported as: MSC SAMANTHA VI
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 64,054
Length overall: 274.7 m
Year built: 1996
Flag state: Panama per EU MRV 2025
Builder: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
Port of registry: Panama MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (11.96 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-01-29
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 1,030 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 56th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 15.9.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,699,947,700 tonne-miles over 42,878 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 2.2% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 23.4% while distance sailed fell 29.7%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 9.0%.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: 27,403 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.43 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 1.56 t
Under EU ETS: 14,679 t, 54% 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, 5 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.