Vehicle carrier · Japan flag · built 2009
PLEIADES LEADER: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9426374 EU ETS6 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 8,703 t
- Fuel burned
- 2,781 t
- Distance
- 29,106 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,219 h
- Emitted at berth
- 2% of total
- Share of year under way
- 25%
- Gross tonnage
- 62,994
PLEIADES LEADER against its type
Built in 2009, it is 1 year newer than the median vehicle carrier on this register, which was built in 2008 (595 vessels with a known build year). At 62,994 gross tonnage it is larger than 76% of the other 571 vehicle carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 66 vehicle carriers here under the Japan flag, 9.3% of the 713 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 307 other vessels here, 55 of them vehicle carriers. The returns for 2018–2025 all give TOKYO as port of registry.
Its 8,703 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 23% above the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 299.0 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 2,219 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 2.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 3.1%. Across 6 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2020 (13,404 t) and the lowest 2018 (4,350 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 20 in 2018 to 27 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 2 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 0 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 | 8,703 | 2,781 | 29,106 | 2,219 | 210 | 299.0 | 42.1 | 27 |
| 2024 | 6,898 | 2,213 | — | 1,323 | 0 | 338.5 | — | — |
| 2023 | 12,178 | 3,898 | 39,473 | 2,714 | 368 | 308.5 | 38.1 | 11 |
| 2021 | 4,529 | 1,443 | 12,169 | 862 | 291 | 372.2 | 58.2 | 50 |
| 2020 | 13,404 | 4,289 | 43,075 | 3,341 | 615 | 311.2 | 46.4 | 25 |
| 2018 | 4,350 | 1,391 | 12,359 | 774 | 426 | 351.9 | 51.0 | 20 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9426374
- Ship type
- Vehicle carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 62,994
- Length overall
- 199.0 m
- Year built
- 2009
- Flag state
- Japan per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Shin Kurushima Dockyard
- Port of registry
- TOKYO MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (14.1 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, Japan
- Accreditation
- VS-21325-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-03-13
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 116 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 27th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 42.1.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 206,718,527 tonne-miles over 29,106 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 100.1% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2019, 2022, so the series has gaps.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 26.2% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 11.7%.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
- 8,839 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.14 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.50 t
- Under EU ETS
- 5,101 t, 59% of total
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) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 6 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.