Vehicle carrier · Bahamas flag · built 2009

SUNSHINE ACE: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9338852 EU ETS7 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 9,425 t
Fuel burned: 3,019 t
Distance: 28,676 nm
Time at sea: 1,690 h
Emitted at berth: 2% of total
Share of year under way: 19%
Gross tonnage: 58,917

SUNSHINE 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 58,917 gross tonnage it is smaller than 50% of the other 571 vehicle carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 73 vehicle carriers here under the Bahamas flag, 10.2% of the 713 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 69 other vessels here, 28 of them vehicle carriers. The returns for 2018–2025 all give NASSAU as port of registry.

Its 9,425 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 33% above the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 328.7 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 1,690 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 1.6% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 3.1%. Across 7 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2023 (14,319 t) and the lowest 2020 (3,396 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 60 in 2018 to 79 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). Of the 8 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 6 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	9,425	3,019	28,676	1,690	147	328.7	77.7	79
2023	14,319	4,524	51,453	3,579	210	278.3	68.3	75
2022	9,405	2,970	35,893	2,684	239	262.0	55.6	52
2021	4,055	1,279	12,967	1,052	127	312.7	79.3	76
2020	3,396	1,076	11,360	740	105	298.9	46.8	26
2019	7,325	2,342	24,795	1,711	166	295.4	55.6	44
2018	10,778	3,454	35,224	2,324	162	306.0	67.4	60

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9338852
Ship type: Vehicle carrier
Gross tonnage: 58,917
Length overall: 192.9 m
Year built: 2009
Flag state: Bahamas per EU MRV 2025
Builder: Minaminippon Shipbuilding
Port of registry: Nassau MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (14.9 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, Japan
Accreditation: VS-21325-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-03-06
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 333 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 79th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 77.7.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 121,287,093 tonne-miles over 28,676 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 12.6% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2024, so the series has gaps.

From 2023 to 2025, emissions fell 34.2% while distance sailed fell 44.3%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 18.1%.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: 9,573 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.15 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 0.54 t
Under EU ETS: 4,888 t, 52% of total

Laden voyages2025

CO₂ on laden voyages: 5,540 t, 59% of total
Fuel, laden: 1,773 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 2018–2025, published by the European Commission.
Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).

This page draws on 7 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.