Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · United Kingdom flag · built 2020
SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE: CO₂ emissions 2021–2025
IMO 9818084 MMSI 232026551EU ETS5 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 41,784 t
- Fuel burned
- 13,417 t
- Time at sea
- 5,566 h
- Emitted at berth
- 8% of total
- Share of year under way
- 64%
- Gross tonnage
- 58,119
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SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE against its type
Built in 2020, it is 10 years newer than the median cruise ship on this register, which was built in 2010 (195 vessels with a known build year). At 58,119 gross tonnage it is smaller than 64% of the other 177 cruise ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 2 cruise ships here under the United Kingdom flag, 1.0% of the 202 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 65 other vessels here, 29 of them cruise ships. Saga Cruises is linked to 2 vessels on this register. The returns for 2021–2025 all give London as port of registry.
Its 41,784 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 34% above the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 539.3 kg CO₂, 34% below the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 5,566 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 8.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2022 (45,898 t) and the lowest 2021 (17,465 t). Of the 7 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 0 reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile than this vessel.
Emissions by year2021–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41,784 | 13,417 | — | 5,566 | 3,538 | 539.3 | — | — |
| 2024 | 36,645 | 11,738 | — | 4,612 | 3,234 | 565.6 | — | — |
| 2023 | 45,464 | 14,574 | — | 5,762 | 3,982 | 562.0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 45,898 | 14,647 | — | 6,409 | 2,239 | 559.4 | — | — |
| 2021 | 17,465 | 5,577 | — | 2,272 | 795 | 602.9 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9818084
- MMSI
- 232026551
- Call sign
- MGWT8
- Gross tonnage
- 58,119
- Length overall
- 236.0 m
- Beam
- 31.0 m
- Year built
- 2020
- Flag state
- United Kingdom per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Meyer Werft
- Port of registry
- London MRV 2025
- Home port
- Dover/Southampton/Portsmouth
- Ice class
- IC
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (10.02 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Saga Cruises
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-09-29
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 139.3% higher than in 2021, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 14.0% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 4.6%.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
- 42,443 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.67 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 2.42 t
- Under EU ETS
- 25,547 t, 61% of total
Observed movementsAIS · Norwegian waters
- First seen
- 21 Jul 2025
- Last seen
- 26 Jul 2026
- Days observed
- 29
- Positions
- 3,329
- Median speed
- 12.3 kn
Its recorded positions span 58.0°N to 71.0°N and 4.4°E to 23.7°E.
400 hourly points from 3,329 positions. Filled circle first, open circle last; squares are ports for orientation, not calls.
Positions recorded per month
Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS, Norwegian waters only, 01 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2026. A gap means the vessel was not recorded here, not that it was idle or that a transponder was off.
Sources and how to read this
- Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2021–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons.
- Movements: Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS extract.
This page draws on 5 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, AIS movements in Norwegian waters and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.