Container ship · Liberia flag · built 2012
MSC VEGA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9465265 EU ETS6 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 40,267 t
- Fuel burned
- 12,915 t
- Distance
- 36,680 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,727 h
- Emitted at berth
- 5% of total
- Share of year under way
- 31%
- Gross tonnage
- 141,635
MSC VEGA against its type
Built in 2012, it is 4 years newer than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 141,635 gross tonnage it is larger than 87% 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. Zeaborn Ship Management is linked to 56 vessels on this register. The returns for 2019–2025 all give MONROVIA as port of registry.
Its 40,267 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.5 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 1,097.8 kg CO₂, 2.0 times the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 2,727 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 4.6% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 6 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (50,764 t) and the lowest 2020 (7,904 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 19 in 2018 to 32 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 4 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 | 40,267 | 12,915 | 36,680 | 2,727 | 1,863 | 1,097.8 | 10.3 | 32 |
| 2024 | 50,764 | 16,293 | 52,132 | 3,686 | 822 | 973.8 | 8.0 | 16 |
| 2023 | 11,978 | 3,840 | 14,020 | 1,108 | 855 | 854.3 | 19.0 | 55 |
| 2020 | 7,904 | 2,498 | 9,050 | 584 | 195 | 873.4 | 9.5 | 22 |
| 2019 | 15,167 | 4,845 | 17,719 | 1,176 | 374 | 856.0 | 9.3 | 18 |
| 2018 | 11,738 | 3,758 | 12,055 | 792 | 331 | 973.7 | 10.5 | 19 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9465265
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 141,635
- Length overall
- 366.0 m
- Year built
- 2012
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- Monrovia MRV 2025
- Home port
- Monrovia, Liberia
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (8.64 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Zeaborn Ship Management
- 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 587 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 32nd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 10.3.
Across the 43 ranked vessels operated by Zeaborn Ship Management, the median percentile is 45. This vessel is more efficient than its own fleet median.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 3,901,837,209 tonne-miles over 36,680 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 243.0% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2021, 2022, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 20.7% while distance sailed fell 29.6%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 12.7%.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
- 40,901 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.65 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 2.32 t
- Under EU ETS
- 25,184 t, 63% 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 6 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking and 5 of 5 vessel particulars. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history, 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.