Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) · Norway flag · built 2017
VIKING SKY: CO₂ emissions 2018–2025
IMO 9650420 MMSI 259186000EU ETS8 reporting years
- CO₂ reported 2025
- 22,086 t
- Fuel burned
- 7,013 t
- Time at sea
- 2,674 h
- Emitted at berth
- 17% of total
- Share of year under way
- 31%
- Gross tonnage
- 47,842
VIKING SKY against its type
Built in 2017, it is 7 years newer than the median cruise ship on this register, which was built in 2010 (195 vessels with a known build year). At 47,842 gross tonnage it is smaller than 69% 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 22,086 t of CO₂ for 2025 is 29% below the median of 31,269 t among the 200 cruise ships on this register that reported for 2025. Per nautical mile it emitted 603.1 kg CO₂, 27% below the type median of 821.3 kg. It logged 2,674 hours at sea against a median of 3,133 hours for its type that year. 17.5% of its 2025 emissions were at berth; the median for cruise ships was 15.1%. Across 8 years with reported emissions, the highest was 2019 (46,273 t) and the lowest 2020 (15,074 t). Of the 8 sister ships listed below with a 2025 return, 2 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 | 22,086 | 7,013 | — | 2,674 | 3,855 | 603.1 | — | — |
| 2024 | 17,154 | 5,490 | — | 2,498 | 2,317 | 574.2 | — | — |
| 2023 | 31,450 | 10,064 | — | 3,528 | 8,480 | 708.6 | — | — |
| 2022 | 34,457 | 10,997 | — | 4,096 | 11,059 | 713.0 | — | — |
| 2021 | 29,785 | 9,342 | — | 2,578 | 11,839 | 985.5 | — | — |
| 2020 | 15,074 | 4,722 | — | 718 | 11,106 | 2,112.3 | — | — |
| 2019 | 46,273 | 14,767 | — | 5,914 | 7,290 | 780.7 | — | — |
| 2018 | 34,162 | 10,889 | — | 3,693 | 11,069 | 730.9 | — | — |
Vessel particulars
- IMO number
- 9650420
- MMSI
- 259186000
- Gross tonnage
- 47,842
- Length overall
- 228.3 m
- Beam
- 34.0 m
- Year built
- 2017
- Flag state
- Norway per EU MRV 2025
- Builder
- Fincantieri
- Port of registry
- Bergen MRV 2025
- Ice class
- IC
- Technical efficiency (design)
- EEXI (14.2 gCO₂/t·nm)
- Operator
- Viking Ocean Cruises
- Verifier
- DNV, Germany
- Accreditation
- VS-16026-01
- Compliance document issued
- 2026-04-02
- Compliance document expires
- 2027-06-30
Reported CO₂ by year
Reported CO₂ in 2025 was 35.4% lower than in 2018, for EU/EEA voyages only.
From 2024 to 2025, emissions rose 28.7% and CO₂ per nautical mile rose 5.0%.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
- 22,430 t
- Methane (CH₄)
- 0.35 t
- Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- 1.26 t
- Under EU ETS
- 17,999 t, 81% of total
Observed movementsAIS · Norwegian waters
- First seen
- 16 Jul 2025
- Last seen
- 16 Jul 2026
- Days observed
- 29
- Positions
- 2,501
- Median speed
- 13.1 kn
Its recorded positions span 58.0°N to 60.5°N and 4.5°E to 10.7°E.
400 hourly points from 2,501 positions. Filled circle first, open circle last; squares are ports for orientation, not calls.
Positions recorded per month
Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS, Norwegian waters only, 01 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2026. A gap means the vessel was not recorded here, not that it was idle or that a transponder was off.
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.
- Movements: Norwegian Coastal Administration open AIS extract.
This page draws on 8 MRV reporting years, 5 of 5 vessel particulars, AIS movements in Norwegian waters and a licensed photograph. Not found in the sources for this vessel: an efficiency ranking, 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.