Container ship · Liberia flag · built 1998
MSC SAO PAULO: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9147071 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 17,786 t
- Fuel burned
- 5,641 t
- Distance
- 34,501 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,855 h
- Emitted at berth
- 9% of total
- Share of year under way
- 33%
- Gross tonnage
- 53,324
MSC SAO PAULO against its type
Built in 1998, it is 10 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 53,324 gross tonnage it is larger than 55% 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 761 other vessels here, 355 of them container ships. MSC Shipmanagement is linked to 109 vessels on this register. Its MRV returns name it MSC SAO PAULO for 2018–2022 and MSC SAO PAULO V for 2023–2025. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Monrovia as port of registry.
Its 17,786 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 515.5 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 2,855 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 8.5% 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 (58,036 t) and the lowest 2024 (4,324 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 50 in 2018 to 68 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 7 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 4 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 | 17,786 | 5,641 | 34,501 | 2,855 | 1,516 | 515.5 | 19.4 | 68 |
| 2024 | 4,324 | 1,378 | 10,455 | 831 | 73 | 413.6 | 18.2 | 60 |
| 2023 | 16,067 | 5,097 | 34,168 | 2,740 | 397 | 470.2 | 20.4 | 60 |
| 2022 | 39,937 | 12,633 | 69,047 | 5,033 | 973 | 578.4 | 18.4 | 54 |
| 2021 | 38,206 | 12,101 | 70,050 | 4,627 | 982 | 545.4 | 19.1 | 59 |
| 2020 | 58,036 | 18,398 | 98,546 | 6,385 | 1,097 | 588.9 | 19.8 | 64 |
| 2019 | 48,976 | 15,637 | 85,722 | 6,133 | 1,766 | 571.3 | 19.3 | 58 |
| 2018 | 19,155 | 6,103 | 32,986 | 2,437 | 326 | 580.7 | 19.0 | 50 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9147071
- Previously reported as
- MSC SAO PAULO V
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 53,324
- Length overall
- 294.1 m
- Beam
- 32.2 m
- Year built
- 1998
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- Monrovia MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (12.44 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- MSC Shipmanagement
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-02-06
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,244 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 68th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 19.4.
Across the 102 ranked vessels operated by MSC Shipmanagement, the median percentile is 59. This vessel is less efficient than its own fleet median.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 914,463,239 tonne-miles over 34,501 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 7.1% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 311.3% while distance sailed rose 230.0%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 24.6%.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
- 18,063 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.28 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.02 t
- Under EU ETS
- 11,500 t, 65% 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.