Container ship · Panama flag · built 1993

MSC SUEZ: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 8918978 EU ETS8 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 19,512 t
Fuel burned: 6,232 t
Distance: 42,488 nm
Time at sea: 3,388 h
Emitted at berth: 5% of total
Share of year under way: 39%

MSC SUEZ against its type

Built in 1993, it is 15 years older than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). 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 32 other vessels here, 21 of them container ships. Mediterranean Shipping Company is linked to 44 vessels on this register. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Panama as port of registry.

Its 19,512 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 19% above the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 459.2 kg CO₂, 16% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 3,388 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 5.1% 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 (35,406 t) and the lowest 2025 (19,512 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 61 in 2018 to 66 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 2 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 2 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	19,512	6,232	42,488	3,388	999	459.2	18.7	66
2024	23,684	7,566	51,641	4,103	1,387	458.6	19.2	64
2023	24,430	7,724	57,834	4,652	1,153	422.4	21.5	62
2022	21,230	6,721	49,961	3,736	1,048	424.9	19.9	58
2021	32,607	10,322	67,011	4,603	1,488	486.6	19.3	60
2020	35,406	11,213	73,102	4,887	1,194	484.3	24.1	74
2019	31,558	10,025	72,230	5,309	1,187	436.9	18.8	56
2018	31,257	9,942	63,906	4,765	1,149	489.1	22.4	61

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 8918978
Ship type: Container ship
Length overall: 237.0 m
Year built: 1993
Flag state: Panama per EU MRV 2025
Builder: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Port of registry: Panama MRV 2025
Ice class: IB
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (12.97 gCO₂/t·nm)
Operator: Mediterranean Shipping Company
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 1,210 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 66th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 18.7.

Across the 34 ranked vessels operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company, the median percentile is 52. This vessel is less efficient than its own fleet median.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,042,283,654 tonne-miles over 42,488 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 37.6% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 17.6% while distance sailed fell 17.7%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 0.1%.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: 19,818 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.31 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 1.12 t
Under EU ETS: 11,278 t, 58% 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) and Wikimedia Commons.

This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 4 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.