Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · United Kingdom flag · built 2019
SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY: CO₂ emissions 2021–2025
IMO 9802683 MMSI 232021171EU ETS5 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 37,748 t
- Fuel burned
- 12,069 t
- Time at sea
- 4,603 h
- Emitted at berth
- 10% of total
- Share of year under way
- 53%
- Gross tonnage
- 58,119
SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY against its type
Built in 2019, it is 9 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 37,748 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 21% above the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 575.5 kg CO₂, 30% below the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 4,603 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 9.6% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Across 5 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (45,183 t) and the lowest 2021 (17,378 t). Of the 7 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 1 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 | 37,748 | 12,069 | — | 4,603 | 3,616 | 575.5 | — | — |
| 2024 | 45,183 | 14,481 | — | 5,793 | 3,851 | 555.2 | — | — |
| 2023 | 39,722 | 12,727 | — | 4,969 | 4,571 | 568.6 | — | — |
| 2022 | 43,588 | 13,964 | — | 5,896 | 2,542 | 589.1 | — | — |
| 2021 | 17,378 | 5,562 | — | 2,306 | 751 | 597.2 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9802683
- MMSI
- 232021171
- Call sign
- MEYE7
- Gross tonnage
- 58,119
- Length overall
- 236.0 m
- Beam
- 31.0 m
- Year built
- 2019
- Flag state
- United Kingdom per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Meyer Werft
- Port of registry
- London MRV 2025
- Ice class
- IC
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (10.19 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 117.2% higher than in 2021, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 16.5% and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 3.6%.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
- 38,341 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.60 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 2.17 t
- Under EU ETS
- 24,357 t, 65% of total
Observed movementsAIS · Norwegian waters
- First seen
- 23 Jul 2025
- Last seen
- 27 Jul 2026
- Days observed
- 34
- Positions
- 3,772
- Median speed
- 12.9 kn
Its recorded positions span 58.0°N to 71.0°N and 4.4°E to 23.6°E.
400 hourly points from 3,772 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.