Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2000

MSC SARAH: CO₂ emissions 2018–2024

IMO 9181675 EU ETS7 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2024: 14,898 t
Fuel burned: 4,779 t
Distance: 30,111 nm
Time at sea: 2,326 h
Emitted at berth: 4% of total
Share of year under way: 26%
Gross tonnage: 53,208

MSC SARAH against its type

Built in 2000, it is 8 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 53,208 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 563 other vessels here, 243 of them container ships. MSC Shipmanagement is linked to 109 vessels on this register. Its MRV returns name it MSC SARAH for 2018–2022 and MSC SARAH V for 2023–2024. The returns for 2018–2024 all give Monrovia as port of registry.

Its 14,898 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 16% below the median of 17,769 t among the 2,101 container ships on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 494.8 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 528.5 kg. It logged 2,326 hours at sea against a median of 3,325 hours for its type that year. 3.8% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 2.8%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (73,197 t) and the lowest 2024 (14,898 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 54 in 2018 to 58 in 2024 (lower is more efficient).

Emissions by year2018–2024

Year	CO₂ (t)	Fuel (t)	Distance (nm)	At sea (h)	At berth (t)	kg CO₂/nm	EEOI	Percentile
2024	14,898	4,779	30,111	2,326	563	494.8	17.4	58
2023	21,808	6,960	46,960	3,639	384	464.4	24.0	68
2022	44,005	13,958	66,639	4,178	1,010	660.3	20.6	60
2021	51,470	16,324	81,884	5,695	1,953	628.6	17.4	54
2020	55,255	17,526	86,518	5,793	2,146	638.6	17.4	55
2019	58,061	18,583	91,789	6,192	2,720	632.5	18.8	56
2018	73,197	23,449	107,366	6,436	1,490	681.8	20.2	54

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9181675
Previously reported as: MSC SARAH V
Ship type: Container ship
Gross tonnage: 53,208
Length overall: 294.0 m
Year built: 2000
Flag state: Liberia per EU MRV 2024
Builder: Samsung Heavy Industries
Port of registry: Monrovia MRV 2024
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (11.53 gCO₂/t·nm)
Operator: MSC Shipmanagement
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2025-02-22
Compliance document expires: 2026-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2024

Position 957 of 1,661 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 58th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 15.4; this vessel reported 17.4.

Across the 102 ranked vessels operated by MSC Shipmanagement, the median percentile is 59. This vessel is more efficient than its own fleet median.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 855,727,743 tonne-miles over 30,111 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 79.6% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2023 to 2024, emissions fell 31.7% while distance sailed fell 35.9%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 6.5%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.

Where the 2024 emissions occurred

Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2024

Total CO₂ equivalent: 15,133 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.24 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.86 t
Under EU ETS: 12,064 t, 81% of total

Sources and how to read this

Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2018–2024, published by the European Commission.
Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).

This page draws on 7 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.