Container ship · Portugal flag · built 2014
NORDLUCHS: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9673666 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 14,432 t
- Fuel burned
- 4,533 t
- Distance
- 48,431 nm
- Time at sea
- 4,867 h
- Emitted at berth
- 9% of total
- Share of year under way
- 56%
- Gross tonnage
- 18,826
NORDLUCHS against its type
Built in 2014, it is 6 years newer than the median container ship on this register, which was built in 2008 (3,088 vessels with a known build year). At 18,826 gross tonnage it is smaller than 76% 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. Its MRV returns name it VIOLETA B for 2018–2023 and NORDLUCHS for 2024–2025. The reported port of registry changed: Limassol (2019–2023), then Madeira (2024–2025).
Its 14,432 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 12% below the median of 16,359 t among the 2,234 container ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 298.0 kg CO₂, 45% below the type median of 545.6 kg. It logged 4,867 hours at sea against a median of 3,155 hours for its type that year. 9.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for container ships was 3.2%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2018 (28,439 t) and the lowest 2025 (14,432 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 82 in 2018 to 83 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 3 comparable vessels 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 | 14,432 | 4,533 | 48,431 | 4,867 | 1,358 | 298.0 | 28.8 | 83 |
| 2024 | 15,959 | 5,109 | 46,581 | 3,974 | 524 | 342.6 | 33.3 | 86 |
| 2023 | 18,478 | 5,931 | 55,026 | 3,880 | 253 | 335.8 | 35.2 | 83 |
| 2022 | 22,196 | 7,040 | 65,882 | 4,255 | 521 | 336.9 | 42.5 | 90 |
| 2021 | 21,859 | 6,928 | 65,757 | 4,552 | 1,444 | 332.4 | 46.7 | 92 |
| 2020 | 21,856 | 6,926 | 78,238 | 5,696 | 1,956 | 279.4 | 32.4 | 83 |
| 2019 | 27,544 | 8,821 | 71,217 | 5,307 | 2,179 | 386.8 | 42.1 | 89 |
| 2018 | 28,439 | 9,114 | 75,112 | 5,274 | 2,107 | 378.6 | 37.5 | 82 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9673666
- Previously reported as
- VIOLETA B
- Ship type
- Container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 18,826
- Length overall
- 170.0 m
- Beam
- 28.2 m
- Year built
- 2014
- Flag state
- Portugal per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Cyprus. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025. - Port of registry
- Madeira MRV 2025
- Home port
- Madeira
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EIV (14.75 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD), Greece
- Accreditation
- 1083-2
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-17
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 1,528 of 1,838 qualifying container ships by EEOI, at the 83rd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 14.2; this vessel reported 28.8.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 501,803,199 tonne-miles over 48,431 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 49.3% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 9.6% while distance sailed rose 4.0%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 13.0%.That points mainly to how efficiently it sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 14,654 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.23 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.82 t
- Under EU ETS
- 12,585 t, 87% of total
Laden voyages2025
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 13,066 t, 91% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 4,107 t
- CO₂ per nm, laden
- 269.8 kg
The rest of the 2025 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | DNV | Germany |
| 2021 | EMICERT | Greece |
| 2022 | AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING HELLENIC SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ABS HELLENIC S.M. LTD) | Greece |
A change of verifier is not in itself a sign of anything being wrong.
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 8 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 4 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.