PACIFIC ONYX: CO₂ emissions 2018–2023

PACIFIC ONYX against its type

Built in 2013, it is 3 years newer than the median oil tanker on this register, which was built in 2010 (2,896 vessels with a known build year). At 28,426 gross tonnage it is smaller than 82% of the other 2,841 oil tankers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 718 oil tankers here under the Liberia flag, 20.2% of the 3,548 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 103 other vessels here, 61 of them oil tankers. The returns for 2018–2023 all give Monrovia as port of registry.

Its 7,888 t of CO₂ for 2023 is close to the median of 7,491 t among the 1,850 oil tankers on this register that reported for 2023. Per nautical mile it emitted 312.7 kg CO₂, 23% below the type median of 408.5 kg. It logged 2,224 hours at sea against a median of 1,807 hours for its type that year. 9.3% of its 2023 emissions were at berth; the median for oil tankers was 8.4%. Across 4 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2023 (7,888 t) and the lowest 2021 (1,760 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 60 in 2018 to 79 in 2023 (lower is more efficient). The one sister ship listed below with a 2023 return reported a higher or equal CO₂ per nautical mile.

Emissions by year2018–2023

Vessel particulars

IMO number

9539597

Ship type

Oil tanker

Gross tonnage

28,426

Length overall

183.0 m

Beam

32.0 m

Year built

2013

Flag state

Liberia per EU MRV 2023

Builder

Onomichi Dockyard

Port of registry

Monrovia MRV 2023

Home port

Monrovia

Technical efficiency (design)

EEDI (4.96 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

2024-06-19

Compliance document expires

2025-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2023

Position 1,275 of 1,615 qualifying oil tankers by EEOI, at the 79th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 8.0; this vessel reported 12.2.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 646,012,285 tonne-miles over 25,222 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2023 was 262.3% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2020, so the series has gaps.

From 2022 to 2023, emissions rose 146.1% while distance sailed rose 101.4%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 22.2%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.

Where the 2023 emissions occurred

Laden voyages2023

CO₂ on laden voyages

4,585 t, 58% of total

Fuel, laden

1,453 t

CO₂ per nm, laden

292.7 kg

The rest of the 2023 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.

Verifier history

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Sources and how to read this

• Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2018–2023, published by the European Commission.
• Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).

This page draws on 4 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.

Comparable vesselssister ships and nearest by tonnage

• CANAL STREET sister · 2012 · 28,426 GT · 6,155 t · 325.6 kg/nm
• PACIFIC ZIRCON sister · 2013 · 28,426 GT · 5,435 t · 323.4 kg/nm
• MERCER STREET sister · 2013 · 28,426 GT · 1,253 t · 266.9 kg/nm
• FPMC 26 sister · 2011 · 28,458 GT · 7,202 t · 342.9 kg/nm
• EMERALD EXPRESS sister · 2011 · 28,465 GT · 4,078 t · 255.4 kg/nm
• TURMOIL sister · 2011 · 29,419 GT · 4,116 t · 316.9 kg/nm
• SEAPIKE 2009 · 28,449 GT · 7,138 t · 473.1 kg/nm
• ARDMORE SEAFARER 2010 · 28,465 GT · 1,980 t · 249.0 kg/nm