Bulk carrier · Liberia flag · built 1996
TQ SAMSUN: CO₂ emissions 2019–2025
IMO 9125566 EU ETS4 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2024
- 3,780 t
- Fuel burned
- 1,201 t
- Distance
- 15,385 nm
- Time at sea
- 2,092 h
- Emitted at berth
- 5% of total
- Share of year under way
- 24%
- Gross tonnage
- 26,897
TQ SAMSUN against its type
Built in 1996, it is 16 years older than the median bulk carrier on this register, which was built in 2012 (6,882 vessels with a known build year). At 26,897 gross tonnage it is smaller than 74% of the other 6,571 bulk carriers with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 1,589 bulk carriers here under the Liberia flag, 19.5% of the 8,138 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 660 other vessels here, 60 of them bulk carriers. Its MRV returns name it TRUE FRIEND for 2019 and TQ SAMSUN for 2023–2025. The reported port of registry changed: ISTANBUL (2023), then Monrovia (2024–2025).
Its 3,780 t of CO₂ for 2024 is 12% above the median of 3,377 t among the 3,676 bulk carriers on this register that reported for 2024. Per nautical mile it emitted 245.7 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 264.0 kg. It logged 2,092 hours at sea against a median of 1,238 hours for its type that year. 4.9% of its 2024 emissions were at berth; the median for bulk carriers was 2.9%. Across 3 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2024 (3,780 t) and the lowest 2019 (1,496 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type was 86 in both 2023 and 2024.
No EU/EEA voyages were reported for 2025: zero CO₂ and zero time at sea, left out of the trend and of any ranking.
Emissions by year2019–2025
| Year | CO₂ (t) | Fuel (t) | Distance (nm) | At sea (h) | At berth (t) | kg CO₂/nm | EEOI | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No EU/EEA voyages reported | |||||||
| 2024 | 3,780 | 1,201 | 15,385 | 2,092 | 187 | 245.7 | 12.1 | 86 |
| 2023 | 2,720 | 860 | 9,612 | 984 | 96 | 283.0 | 12.6 | 86 |
| 2019 | 1,496 | 478 | — | 1,292 | 72 | 245.7 | 19.3 | not ranked |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9125566
- Previously reported as
- TRUE FRIEND
- Ship type
- Bulk carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 26,897
- Length overall
- 190.0 m
- Year built
- 1996
- Flag state
- Liberia per EU MRV 2025
Sources disagree: Wikidata/AIS (undated) list Belize. The flag shown is from the newest official source, the EU MRV return for 2025. - Builder
- Hanwha Ocean
- Port of registry
- Monrovia MRV 2024
- Home port
- Monrovia
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (4.7 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Verifier
- NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS, France
- Accreditation
- 3-2127
- Compliance document issued
- 2025-05-29
- Compliance document expires
- 2026-06-30
Efficiency against its own type2024
Position 2,451 of 2,858 qualifying bulk carriers by EEOI, at the 86th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 7.9; this vessel reported 12.1.
EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 313,190,555 tonne-miles over 15,385 nautical miles.
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2024 was 152.7% higher than in 2019, for EU/EEA voyages only. No return is recorded for 2020, 2021, 2022, so the series has gaps.
From 2023 to 2024, emissions rose 39.0% while distance sailed rose 60.1%and CO₂ per nautical mile fell 13.2%.That points mainly to how much the vessel sailed, rather than the other.
Where the 2024 emissions occurred
Methane, nitrous oxide and EU ETS2024
- Total CO₂ equivalent
- 3,839 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.06 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 0.22 t
- Under EU ETS
- 1,983 t, 52% of total
Verifier history
| From reporting year | Verifier | Accredited in |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Dromon Bureau of Shipping | Greece |
| 2023 | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai | Japan |
| 2024 | NORMEC VERIFAVIA SAS | France |
A change of verifier is not in itself a sign of anything being wrong.
Sources and how to read this
- Emissions: EU MRV publication (THETIS-MRV), reporting years 2019–2025, published by the European Commission.
- Vessel particulars: Wikidata (CC0).
This page draws on 4 MRV reporting years, an efficiency ranking, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a name history. Not found in the sources for this vessel: AIS movements in Norwegian waters, 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.