Ship Emissions Register

Shipping emissions reported for 2025

15,654 vessels in this register reported under EU MRV for the 2025 reporting period.

Total CO₂
144.0 Mt
Vessels reporting
15,654
Fuel burned
46.5 Mt
CO₂ at berth
7.89 Mt
Median EEOI
12.2

Compared with 2024, total reported CO₂ fell by 1.7%, and the number of vessels reporting rose by 11.8%. Both figures are affected by which ships fell under the reporting obligation that year, not by fleet activity alone.

Of the total, 84.2 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 2,231 49,424,045 34.3%
Oil tanker 1,876 16,008,777 11.1%
Bulk carrier 4,425 13,522,677 9.4%
Ro-pax ship 409 13,385,465 9.3%
LNG carrier 362 9,135,692 6.3%
General cargo ship 2,522 8,444,780 5.9%
Chemical tanker 1,528 8,409,900 5.8%
Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) 202 7,025,934 4.9%
Ro-ro ship 230 5,258,961 3.7%
Vehicle carrier 470 3,936,306 2.7%
Gas carrier 377 2,716,658 1.9%
Other ship types (Offshore) 410 2,351,865 1.6%
Other ship types 389 2,126,953 1.5%
Container/ro-ro cargo ship 65 1,103,486 0.8%
Refrigerated cargo carrier 122 856,232 0.6%
Passenger ship 32 309,691 0.2%
Combination carrier 4 22,077 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.