General cargo ship · Bulgaria flag · built 2014
PONTICA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9681974 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 4,816 t
- Fuel burned
- 1,521 t
- Distance
- 37,648 nm
- Time at sea
- 5,255 h
- Emitted at berth
- 8% of total
- Share of year under way
- 60%
- Gross tonnage
- 6,789
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PONTICA against its type
Built in 2014, it is 7 years newer than the median general cargo ship on this register, which was built in 2007 (2,852 vessels with a known build year). At 6,789 gross tonnage it is larger than 54% of the other 2,665 general cargo ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 2 general cargo ships here under the Bulgaria flag, 0.1% of the 3,081 on the register. The reported port of registry changed: Monrovia (2018–2024), then Burgas (2025).
Its 4,816 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 1.7 times the median of 2,820 t among the 2,469 general cargo ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 127.9 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 122.2 kg. It logged 5,255 hours at sea against a median of 3,044 hours for its type that year. 7.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for general cargo ships was 4.3%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2021 (5,284 t) and the lowest 2024 (1,272 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 17 in 2018 to 35 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 6 comparable vessels listed below with a 2025 return, 3 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 | 4,816 | 1,521 | 37,648 | 5,255 | 362 | 127.9 | 25.0 | 35 |
| 2024 | 1,272 | 401 | 8,169 | 855 | 77 | 155.8 | 31.2 | 69 |
| 2023 | 3,512 | 1,102 | 25,293 | 2,776 | 179 | 138.9 | 21.1 | 50 |
| 2022 | 4,459 | 1,391 | 33,366 | 3,476 | 203 | 133.6 | 21.0 | 42 |
| 2021 | 5,284 | 1,648 | 38,310 | 3,954 | 242 | 137.9 | 21.3 | 46 |
| 2020 | 4,159 | 1,297 | 30,473 | 3,158 | 185 | 136.5 | 23.4 | 51 |
| 2019 | 3,972 | 1,266 | 28,669 | 4,191 | 379 | 138.6 | 22.2 | 33 |
| 2018 | 1,313 | 420 | 10,299 | 1,604 | 110 | 127.5 | 16.4 | 17 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9681974
- Call sign
- LZH4275
- Ship type
- General cargo ship
- Gross tonnage
- 6,789
- Length overall
- 136.6 m
- Beam
- 18.0 m
- Year built
- 2014
- Flag state
- Bulgaria per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Liberia. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025. - Port of registry
- Burgas MRV 2025
- Home port
- Burgas
- Ice class
- IC
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEDI (9 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- RINA HELLAS LTD, Greece
- Accreditation
- 1325
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-02-16
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 170 of 479 qualifying general cargo ships by EEOI, at the 35th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 29.4; this vessel reported 25.0.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 192,855,026 tonne-miles over 37,648 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 266.8% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 278.5% while distance sailed rose 360.9%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 17.9%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2025 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2025
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 4,890 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.08 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.27 t
- Under EU ETS
- 3,182 t, 66% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | RINA Services Spa | Italy |
| 2022 | RINA HELLAS 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) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 4 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.