Vehicle carrier · Bahamas flag · built 2007
OPAL LEADER: CO₂ emissions 2018–2021
IMO 9318498 4 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2021
- 17,484 t
- Fuel burned
- 5,578 t
- Distance
- 58,012 nm
- Time at sea
- 4,814 h
- Emitted at berth
- 5% of total
- Share of year under way
- 55%
- Gross tonnage
- 40,986
OPAL LEADER against its type
Built in 2007, it is 1 year older than the median vehicle carrier on this register, which was built in 2008 (595 vessels with a known build year). At 40,986 gross tonnage it is smaller than 87% of the other 571 vehicle carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 73 vehicle carriers here under the Bahamas flag, 10.2% of the 713 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 54 other vessels here, 20 of them vehicle carriers. The returns for 2018–2021 all give Nassau as port of registry.
Its 17,484 t of CO₂ for 2021 is 2.3 times the median of 7,575 t among the 464 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2021. Per nautical mile it emitted 301.4 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 325.8 kg. It logged 4,814 hours at sea against a median of 1,568 hours for its type that year. 5.3% of its 2021 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 4.3%. Across 4 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2019 (25,457 t) and the lowest 2020 (16,408 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 76 in 2018 to 88 in 2021 (lower is more efficient). Of the 2 sister ships listed below with a 2021 return, 1 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2018–2021
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17,484 | 5,578 | 58,012 | 4,814 | 926 | 301.4 | 97.0 | 88 |
| 2020 | 16,408 | 5,226 | 62,826 | 4,931 | 1,390 | 261.2 | 69.1 | 70 |
| 2019 | 25,457 | 8,151 | 80,834 | 6,887 | 1,569 | 314.9 | 88.3 | 81 |
| 2018 | 24,079 | 7,722 | 87,939 | 6,515 | 1,448 | 273.8 | 83.5 | 76 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9318498
- Ship type
- Vehicle carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 40,986
- Length overall
- 176.0 m
- Year built
- 2007
- Flag state
- Bahamas Wikidata/AIS, undated
- Builder
- Uljanik
- Port of registry
- Nassau MRV 2021
- Home port
- Nassau
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EIV (26.05 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS, France
- Accreditation
- 3-2127
- Compliance document issued
- 2022-06-29
- Compliance document expires
- 2023-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2021
Position 376 of 429 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 88th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 57.7; this vessel reported 97.0.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 180,208,101 tonne-miles over 58,012 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2021 was 27.4% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2020 to 2021, emissions rose 6.6% while distance sailed fell 7.7%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 15.4%.That points mainly to how efficiently it sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2021 emissions occurred
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | VERIFAVIA (UK) LTD | United Kingdom |
| 2020 | NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS | France |
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 2018–2021, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 4 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 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.