Container ship · Portugal flag · built 2020
MSC VIRGO: CO₂ emissions 2021–2024
IMO 9857171 EU ETS3 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2024
- 11,674 t
- Fuel burned
- 3,692 t
- Distance
- 13,869 nm
- Time at sea
- 1,267 h
- Emitted at berth
- 11% of total
- Share of year under way
- 14%
- Gross tonnage
- 153,100
MSC VIRGO against its type
Built in 2020, it is 12 years newer than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 153,100 gross tonnage it is larger than 92% of the other 3,000 container ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 307 container ships here under the Portugal flag, 8.8% of the 3,495 on the register. The returns for 2021–2024 all give Madeira as port of registry.
Its 11,674 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 34% 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 841.7 kg CO₂, 1.6 times the type median of 528.5 kg. It logged 1,267 hours at sea against a median of 3,325 hours for its type that year. 10.8% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 2.8%. Across 3 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2021 (38,471 t) and the lowest 2024 (11,674 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 14 in 2021 to 23 in 2024 (lower is more efficient). The one comparable vessel listed below with a 2024 return reported a higher or equal CO₂ per nautical mile.
Emissions by year2021–2024
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11,674 | 3,692 | 13,869 | 1,267 | 1,265 | 841.7 | 9.2 | 23 |
| 2023 | 14,114 | 4,509 | 19,234 | 1,257 | 381 | 733.8 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 38,471 | 12,301 | 43,898 | 2,681 | 835 | 876.4 | 8.8 | 14 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9857171
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 153,100
- Length overall
- 366.0 m
- Beam
- 51.0 m
- Year built
- 2020
- Flag state
- Portugal per EU MRV 2024
- Port of registry
- Madeira MRV 2024
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (7.14 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2025-02-17
- Compliance document expires
- 2026-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2024
Position 385 of 1,661 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 23rd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 15.4; this vessel reported 9.2.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 1,274,433,406 tonne-miles over 13,869 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 69.7% lower than in 2021, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2022, so the series has gaps.
From 2023 to 2024, emissions fell 17.3% while distance sailed fell 27.9%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 14.7%.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
- 11,855 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.18 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.66 t
- Under EU ETS
- 9,103 t, 78% of total
Sources and how to read this
- Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2021–2024, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
This page draws on 3 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking and 4 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.