Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · Norway flag · built 2016
VIKING SEA: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9725421 EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 26,963 t
- Fuel burned
- 8,619 t
- Time at sea
- 2,936 h
- Emitted at berth
- 16% of total
- Share of year under way
- 34%
- Gross tonnage
- 47,800
VIKING SEA against its type
Built in 2016, it is 6 years newer than the median cruise ship on this register, which was built in 2010 (195 vessels with a known build year). At 47,800 gross tonnage it is smaller than 71% of the other 177 cruise ships with a recorded tonnage. It is one of 10 cruise ships here under the Norway flag, 5.0% of the 202 on the register. The same builder is recorded for 132 other vessels here, 60 of them cruise ships. Viking Ocean Cruises is linked to 5 vessels on this register. The returns for 2018–2025 all give Bergen as port of registry.
Its 26,963 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 14% below the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 715.3 kg CO₂, 13% below the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 2,936 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 16.4% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2022 (31,393 t) and the lowest 2020 (18,427 t). Of the 8 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 5 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 | 26,963 | 8,619 | — | 2,936 | 4,423 | 715.3 | — | — |
| 2024 | 23,607 | 7,564 | — | 2,892 | 2,526 | 659.2 | — | — |
| 2023 | 29,109 | 9,302 | — | 3,499 | 6,188 | 645.3 | — | — |
| 2022 | 31,393 | 10,018 | — | 4,446 | 4,211 | 698.4 | — | — |
| 2021 | 24,114 | 7,679 | — | 4,550 | 6,573 | 760.4 | — | — |
| 2020 | 18,427 | 5,793 | — | 990 | 12,924 | 1,882.7 | — | — |
| 2019 | 25,948 | 8,310 | — | 3,587 | 3,445 | 677.8 | — | — |
| 2018 | 18,985 | 6,080 | — | 3,146 | 4,457 | 476.5 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9725421
- Gross tonnage
- 47,800
- Length overall
- 228.0 m
- Beam
- 30.0 m
- Year built
- 2016
- Flag state
- Norway per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Fincantieri
- Port of registry
- Bergen MRV 2025
- Ice class
- IC
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (14.1 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Viking Ocean Cruises
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-05-19
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 42.0% higher than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 14.2% and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 8.5%.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
- 27,386 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.43 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.55 t
- Under EU ETS
- 23,362 t, 87% 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) and Wikimedia Commons.
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, AIS movements in Norwegian waters, a name history, 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.