Vehicle carrier · Panama flag · built 2000

VEGA LEADER: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025

IMO 9213818 EU ETS8 reporting years

CO₂ reported 2025: 22,026 t
Fuel burned: 7,091 t
Distance: 71,801 nm
Time at sea: 5,575 h
Emitted at berth: 6% of total
Share of year under way: 64%
Gross tonnage: 51,496

VEGA LEADER against its type

Built in 2000, it is 8 years older than the median vehicle carrier on this register, which was built in 2008 (595 vessels with a known build year). At 51,496 gross tonnage it is smaller than 73% 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 57 other vessels here, 5 of them vehicle carriers. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Panama as port of registry.

Its 22,026 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 3.1 times the median of 7,074 t among the 514 vehicle carriers on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 306.8 kg CO₂, close to the type median of 309.1 kg. It logged 5,575 hours at sea against a median of 1,639 hours for its type that year. 6.0% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for vehicle carriers was 3.1%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2021 (25,930 t) and the lowest 2020 (19,404 t). Its efficiency percentile within the type went from 66 in 2018 to 65 in 2025 (lower is more efficient). The one sister ship listed below with a 2025 return reported a lower CO₂ per nautical mile.

Emissions by year2018–2025

Year	CO₂ (t)	Fuel (t)	Distance (nm)	At sea (h)	At berth (t)	kg CO₂/nm	EEOI	Percentile
2025	22,026	7,091	71,801	5,575	1,321	306.8	63.2	65
2024	24,442	7,850	81,321	6,261	1,284	300.6	62.2	66
2023	19,795	6,262	68,092	5,227	1,049	290.7	75.6	83
2022	20,261	6,430	66,684	5,121	1,462	303.8	66.2	68
2021	25,930	8,193	84,056	5,959	2,303	308.5	73.2	72
2020	19,404	6,130	64,455	5,394	1,465	301.0	76.1	76
2019	23,845	7,607	79,432	6,084	1,879	300.2	77.4	75
2018	21,280	6,792	75,784	5,940	717	280.8	70.1	66

Vessel particulars

IMO number: 9213818
Ship type: Vehicle carrier
Gross tonnage: 51,496
Length overall: 180.0 m
Beam: 32.6 m
Year built: 2000
Flag state: Panama per EU MRV 2025
Builder: Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Port of registry: Panama MRV 2025
Technical efficiency (design): EEXI (15.8 gCO₂/t·nm)
Verifier: DNV, Germany
Accreditation: VS-16026-01
Compliance document issued: 2026-04-01
Compliance document expires: 2027-06-30

Efficiency against its own type2025

Position 275 of 423 qualifying vehicle carriers by EEOI, at the 65th percentile. The dashed line is the type median, 51.7; this vessel reported 63.2.

EEOI divides emissions by transport work, which for this vessel and year was 348,684,819 tonne-miles over 71,801 nautical miles.

Reported CO₂ by year

Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 3.5% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.

From 2024 to 2025, emissions fell 9.9% while distance sailed fell 11.7%and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 2.1%.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: 22,375 t
Methane (CH₄): 0.35 t
Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 1.28 t
Under EU ETS: 12,311 t, 56% 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.