Vehicle carrier · Panama flag · built 2009

SUNLIGHT ACE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9338864 EU ETS8 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 10,320 t
Fuel burned: 3,300 t
Distance: 34,088 nm
Time at sea: 2,277 h
Emitted at berth: 2% of total
Share of year under way: 26%
Gross tonnage: 58,911

SUNLIGHT ACE 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 58,911 gross tonnage it is smaller than 51% of the other 571 vehicle carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 177 vehicle carriers here under the Panama flag, 24.8% of the 713 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 69 other vessels here, 28 of them vehicle carriers. The reported port of registry changed: NASSAU (2018–2019), then PANAMA (2020–2024).

Its 10,320 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 46% above the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 302.7 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 2,277 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 1.8% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 3.1%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (19,079 t) and the lowest 2021 (2,034 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 64 in 2018 to 82 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 8 sister ships 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	10,320	3,300	34,088	2,277	188	302.7	84.3	82
2024	19,079	6,073	—	3,864	0	337.9	—	—
2023	6,203	1,964	17,549	1,057	87	353.5	62.1	66
2022	9,750	3,100	28,749	1,697	213	339.1	60.9	59
2021	2,034	652	9,875	604	75	206.0	36.8	4
2020	2,984	958	10,964	1,436	64	272.2	63.4	63
2019	6,334	2,031	21,399	1,505	110	296.0	52.3	34
2018	9,066	2,890	29,227	2,118	447	310.2	69.4	64

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9338864
Ship type: Vehicle carrier
Gross tonnage: 58,911
Length overall: 200.0 m
Year built: 2009
Flag state: Panama per EU MRV 2024
Builder: Minaminippon Shipbuilding
Technical efficiency (design): EIV (18.33 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, Japan
Accreditation: VS-21325-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-02-10
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 347 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 82nd percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 84.3.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 122,443,759 tonne-miles over 34,088 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 13.8% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 45.9% and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 10.4%.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: 10,482 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.17 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.59 t
Under EU ETS: 5,834 t, 57% 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).

This page draws on 8 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.