Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · Malta flag · built 2020

MSC VIRTUOSA: CO₂ emissions 2021–2025

IMO 9803625 MMSI 215610000EU ETS5 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 85,335 t
Fuel burned: 27,369 t
Time at sea: 4,341 h
Emitted at berth: 12% of total
Share of year under way: 50%

MSC VIRTUOSA against its type

Built in 2020, it is 10 years newer than the median cruise ship on this register, which was built in 2010 (195 vessels with a known build year). It is one of 34 cruise ships here under the Malta flag, 16.8% of the 202 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 51 other vessels here, 35 of them cruise ships. MSC Cruises is linked to 24 vessels on this register. The reported port of registry changed: La Valletta (2021), then Valletta (2022–2025).

Its 85,335 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.7 times the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 1,335.4 kg CO₂, 1.6 times the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 4,341 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 12.1% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2023 (110,137 t) and the lowest 2021 (28,139 t). Of the 3 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 3 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.

Emissions by year2021–2025

Year	CO₂ (t)	Fuel (t)	Distance (nm)	At sea (h)	At berth (t)	kg CO₂/nm	EEOI	Percentile
2025	85,335	27,369	—	4,341	10,340	1,335.4	—	—
2024	77,899	24,984	—	3,776	8,121	1,354.0	—	—
2023	110,137	35,302	—	5,118	12,392	1,391.1	—	—
2022	98,584	31,557	—	4,495	9,807	1,400.8	—	—
2021	28,139	8,994	—	1,346	2,216	1,398.8	—	—

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9803625
MMSI: 215610000
Call sign: 9HA5209
Ship type: Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)
Length overall: 332.0 m
Beam: 52.0 m
Year built: 2020
Flag state: Malta per EU MRV 2025
Builder: Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Port of registry: Valletta MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEDI (7.6 gCO₂/t·nm)
Operator: MSC Cruises
Verifier: Bureau Veritas Certification France, France
Accreditation: 3-2047 rev. 4
Compliance document issued: 2026-02-24
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 203.3% higher than in 2021, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 9.5% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 1.4%.Distance is missing for at least one of the two years, so activity and efficiency cannot be separated here.

Where the 2025 emissions occurred

Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025

Total CO₂ equivalent: 86,678 t
Methane (CH₄): 1.37 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 4.93 t
Under EU ETS: 51,779 t, 61% of total

Observed movementsAIS · Norwegian waters

First seen: 24 Aug 2025
Last seen: 22 Jul 2026
Days observed: 25
Positions: 2,863
Median speed: 14.4 kn

Its recorded positions span 58.0°N to 62.5°N and 4.4°E to 8.1°E.

400 hourly points from 2,863 positions. Filled circle first, open circle last; squares are ports for orientation, not calls.

Positions recorded per month

Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS, Norwegian waters only, 01 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2026. A gap means the vessel was not recorded here, not that it was idle or that a transponder was off.

Sources and how to read this

Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2021–2025, published by the European Commission.
Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
Movements: Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS extract.

This page draws on 5 MRV reporting years, 4 of 5 vessel particulars, AIS movements in Norwegian waters and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.