Vehicle carrier · Marshall Islands flag · built 2002
SUNBELT SPIRIT: CO₂ emissions 2023–2025
IMO 9233246 EU ETS3 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 16,875 t
- Fuel burned
- 5,339 t
- Distance
- 58,496 nm
- Time at sea
- 4,899 h
- Emitted at berth
- 9% of total
- Share of year under way
- 56%
- Gross tonnage
- 60,587
SUNBELT SPIRIT against its type
Built in 2002, it is 6 years older than the median vehicle carrier on this register, which was built in 2008 (595 vessels with a known build year). At 60,587 gross tonnage it is larger than 67% of the other 571 vehicle carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 62 vehicle carriers here under the Marshall Islands flag, 8.7% of the 713 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 57 other vessels here, 5 of them vehicle carriers. The returns for 2023–2025 all give MAJURO as port of registry.
Its 16,875 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 2.4 times the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 288.5 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 4,899 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 9.2% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 3.1%. Across 3 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (17,271 t) and the lowest 2023 (12,803 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 61 in 2023 to 59 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). The one sister ship listed below with a 2025 return reported a higher or equal CO₂ per nautical mile.
Emissions by year2023–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,875 | 5,339 | 58,496 | 4,899 | 1,547 | 288.5 | 57.2 | 59 |
| 2024 | 17,271 | 5,468 | — | 4,719 | 0 | 320.7 | — | — |
| 2023 | 12,803 | 4,054 | 37,449 | 2,637 | 1,020 | 341.9 | 59.9 | 61 |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9233246
- Ship type
- Vehicle carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 60,587
- Length overall
- 212.0 m
- Beam
- 32.0 m
- Year built
- 2002
- Flag state
- Marshall Islands per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Sumitomo Heavy Industries
- Port of registry
- Majuro MRV 2025
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EIV (25.83 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, Japan
- Accreditation
- VS-21325-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-01-30
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2025
Position 251 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 59th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 57.2.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 295,230,581 tonne-miles over 58,496 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 31.8% higher than in 2023, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 2.3% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 10.0%.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
- 17,138 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.27 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.96 t
- Under EU ETS
- 12,417 t, 74% of total
Laden voyages2025
- CO₂ on laden voyages
- 15,328 t, 91% of total
- Fuel, laden
- 4,854 t
The rest of the 2025 total was emitted on ballast legs or at berth.
Sources and how to read this
- Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2023–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
This page draws on 3 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.