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Shipping emissions reported for 2025

14,932 vessels in this register reported under EU MRV for the 2025 reporting period.

Total CO₂
142.9 Mt
Vessels reporting
14,932
Fuel burned
46.1 Mt
CO₂ at berth
7.83 Mt
Median EEOI
12.2

Compared with 2024, total reported CO₂ fell by 2.1%, and the number of vessels reporting rose by 10.0%. Both figures are affected by which ships fell under the reporting obligation that year, not by fleet activity alone.

Of the total, 83.6 Mt was reported as falling under the EU Emissions Trading System, which was extended to maritime transport from 2024.

By ship type

Ship typeVesselsCO₂ (t)Share
Container ship 2,172 49,308,818 34.5%
Oil tanker 1,816 15,882,493 11.1%
Ro-pax ship 420 13,463,503 9.4%
Bulk carrier 4,157 13,382,321 9.4%
LNG carrier 360 9,115,916 6.4%
Chemical tanker 1,523 8,434,319 5.9%
General cargo ship 2,322 8,085,308 5.7%
Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 201 6,999,667 4.9%
Ro-ro ship 232 5,218,088 3.7%
Vehicle carrier 473 3,964,495 2.8%
Gas carrier 362 2,623,185 1.8%
Other ship types 347 2,048,234 1.4%
Other ship types (Offshore) 323 2,014,644 1.4%
Container/ro-ro cargo ship 65 1,103,486 0.8%
Refrigerated cargo carrier 122 856,232 0.6%
Passenger ship 32 358,027 0.3%
Combination carrier 5 22,884 0.0%

Highest reported emitters in 2025

#VesselTypeCO₂ (t)Distance (nm)
1 SUPERFAST XI Ro-pax ship 127,344 —
2 CRUISE ROMA Ro-pax ship 119,158 —
3 LA SUPREMA Ro-pax ship 109,805 —
4 MSC WORLD EUROPA Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 107,496 —
5 MSC FANTASIA Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 105,690 —
6 ALLURE OF THE SEAS Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 100,989 —
7 CRUISE BARCELONA Ro-pax ship 100,073 —
8 VENTURA Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 99,075 —
9 FINNMAID Ro-pax ship 98,717 —
10 MSC MIA Container ship 98,349 —
11 OOCL VALENCIA Container ship 98,082 —
12 EVER ART Container ship 96,905 —
13 COSCO SHIPPING GALAXY Container ship 96,650 —
14 EVER ACE Container ship 96,238 —
15 MSC GULSUN Container ship 95,640 —
16 OOCL DENMARK Container ship 95,631 —
17 MSC CELESTINO MARESCA Container ship 95,297 —
18 EMMA MAERSK Container ship 95,176 —
19 COLOR MAGIC Ro-pax ship 94,998 —
20 NORWEGIAN EPIC Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 94,965 —
21 EVER APEX Container ship 94,876 —
22 COSCO SHIPPING SAGITTARIUS Container ship 94,820 —
23 EVER AIM Container ship 94,303 —
24 FINNSTAR Ro-pax ship 94,262 —
25 EVER ACME Container ship 93,834 —
26 FINNLADY Ro-pax ship 93,353 —
27 COSCO SHIPPING STAR Container ship 93,318 —
28 COLOR FANTASY Ro-pax ship 93,060 —
29 COSCO DENMARK Container ship 92,935 —
30 OOCL INDONESIA Container ship 92,489 —
31 W. B. YEATS Ro-pax ship 91,981 —
32 MSC ALLEGRA Container ship 91,084 —
33 GNV POLARIS Ro-pax ship 90,914 —
34 MSC NELA Container ship 90,893 —
35 EVER ACT Container ship 90,580 —
36 EVER ALP Container ship 90,042 —
37 AL AAMRIYA LNG carrier 89,765 —
38 MSC PREZIOSA Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 89,493 —
39 EVER GIVEN Container ship 89,226 —
40 EVER ALOT Container ship 88,918 —
41 COSCO SHIPPING CAPRICORN Container ship 88,830 —
42 BLUE STAR PATMOS Ro-pax ship 88,731 —
43 EVER GLOBE Container ship 88,488 —
44 EVER ARIA Container ship 88,392 —
45 COSCO SHIPPING SCORPIO Container ship 88,005 —
46 TIHAMA Container ship 87,951 —
47 COSCO SHIPPING SOLAR Container ship 87,558 —
48 CELEBRITY INFINITY Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 87,132 —
49 AL KHARAITIYAT LNG carrier 86,815 —
50 IONA Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 86,610 —
51 MSC RAPALLO Container ship 86,586 —
52 EDUARD TOLL LNG carrier 85,852 —
53 COSCO SHIPPING LEO Container ship 85,848 —
54 COSCO SHIPPING PISCES Container ship 85,754 —
55 COSCO SHIPPING ARIES Container ship 85,693 —
56 MSC VIRTUOSA Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 85,335 —
57 YAKOV GAKKEL LNG carrier 85,300 —
58 OOCL HONG KONG Container ship 85,240 —
59 TANIT Ro-pax ship 85,197 —
60 MOSCOW MAERSK Container ship 85,188 —
61 AL SAHLA LNG carrier 85,137 —
62 EVER ARM Container ship 84,868 —
63 COSCO SHIPPING UNIVERSE Container ship 84,807 —
64 EVER GOLDEN Container ship 84,479 —
65 EDITH MAERSK Container ship 84,322 —
66 SKY PRINCESS Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 84,275 —
67 MADRID MAERSK Container ship 84,073 —
68 COSCO SHIPPING NEBULA Container ship 83,970 —
69 CMA CGM LOUIS BLERIOT Container ship 83,936 —
70 AL GHASHAMIYA LNG carrier 83,663 —
71 MSC SPLENDIDA Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 83,577 —
72 COSCO SHIPPING VIRGO Container ship 83,026 —
73 MAASTRICHT MAERSK Container ship 82,514 —
74 NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 82,297 —
75 CMA CGM TROCADERO Container ship 82,203 —
76 BARZAN Container ship 81,816 —
77 MOBY LEGACY Ro-pax ship 81,664 —
78 AL HAMLA LNG carrier 81,389 —
79 EVER GIFTED Container ship 81,047 —
80 MONACO MAERSK Container ship 81,014 —
81 CMA CGM MONTMARTRE Container ship 80,826 —
82 VOLCAN DE TINAMAR Ro-pax ship 80,272 —
83 AKKA Ro-pax ship 80,244 —
84 MSC RAYA Container ship 80,186 —
85 MANILA MAERSK Container ship 79,909 —
86 ELEONORA MAERSK Container ship 79,329 —
87 MAERSK CLEVELAND Container ship 79,273 —
88 PONT-AVEN Ro-pax ship 79,226 —
89 MAERSK HUACHO Container ship 79,027 —
90 EVER GENIUS Container ship 78,970 —
91 EVER GENTLE Container ship 78,888 —
92 EVER GRADE Container ship 78,765 —
93 MSC SEASIDE Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 78,751 —
94 MAERSK CANYON Container ship 78,669 —
95 EVELYN MAERSK Container ship 78,589 —
96 EVER AEON Container ship 78,587 —
97 OOCL SCANDINAVIA Container ship 78,492 —
98 MAERSK CAMBRIDGE Container ship 77,704 —
99 AZURA Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 77,644 —
100 PANDA 001 Container ship 77,566 —

Absolute emissions track how much work a ship did, not how efficiently it did it. A large container vessel on continuous service will out-emit a small tanker that sat idle, without being the worse performer. Efficiency is measured by EEOI, which is shown on each vessel page.