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Flags of ships reporting to EU MRV, 2025

THETIS-MRV has no flag column, but every report names the ship's port of registry, and each port belongs to one flag state (Monrovia to Liberia, Majuro to the Marshall Islands). Navalyze reads the 723 ways the port is written in 2025 and assigns 86 flags. These are estimates, not official flag data; see how the flag is estimated.

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The year at a glance

Flags
86
17,894 ships reporting
Largest flag: Liberia
23.2 Mt
15% of all CO₂, 2,927 ships
EU/EEA flags
61.7 Mt
40% of all CO₂, 5,412 ships
Ships with unknown flag
395
771 reports leave the port blank; 378 of them took the flag from another year

Largest flags

The 25 flags with most CO₂ in 2025. Bars show emissions; "EU" marks EU/EEA flags.

  • Liberia23.2 Mt
  • Marshall Islands13.5 Mt
  • Malta · EU13.3 Mt
  • Panama13.3 Mt
  • Singapore9.5 Mt
  • Portugal · EU7.4 Mt
  • Bahamas7.2 Mt
  • Denmark · EU6.7 Mt
  • Hong Kong (China)6.5 Mt
  • Italy · EU6.4 Mt
  • Cyprus · EU4.8 Mt
  • Norway · EU4.4 Mt
  • Greece · EU4.3 Mt
  • Netherlands · EU3.3 Mt
  • Bermuda2.5 Mt
  • Germany · EU2.4 Mt
  • France · EU2.3 Mt
  • Antigua and Barbuda2.3 Mt
  • Finland · EU1.6 Mt
  • Spain · EU1.5 Mt
  • Sweden · EU1.3 Mt
  • United Kingdom1.3 Mt
  • Turkiye1.1 Mt
  • Isle of Man870 kt
  • China822 kt
Show as table, with ships, fuel and EU ETS
FlagShipsCO₂FuelCO₂ in EU ETS scope
Liberia2,92723.2 Mt 15%7.5 Mt12.8 Mt
Marshall Islands2,30913.5 Mt 9%4.4 Mt7.2 Mt
MaltaEU/EEA1,29313.3 Mt 9%4.3 Mt8.1 Mt
Panama1,87513.3 Mt 9%4.3 Mt7.4 Mt
Singapore8929.5 Mt 6%3.1 Mt4.8 Mt
PortugalEU/EEA8327.4 Mt 5%2.4 Mt4.5 Mt
Bahamas7297.2 Mt 5%2.4 Mt4.4 Mt
DenmarkEU/EEA3846.7 Mt 4%2.2 Mt4.2 Mt
Hong Kong (China)5756.5 Mt 4%2.1 Mt3.5 Mt
ItalyEU/EEA3036.4 Mt 4%2.0 Mt5.2 Mt
CyprusEU/EEA5414.8 Mt 3%1.5 Mt2.7 Mt
NorwayEU/EEA5794.4 Mt 3%1.4 Mt3.3 Mt
GreeceEU/EEA3194.3 Mt 3%1.4 Mt2.2 Mt
NetherlandsEU/EEA5083.3 Mt 2%1.0 Mt2.1 Mt
Bermuda872.5 Mt 2%845 kt1.5 Mt
GermanyEU/EEA1042.4 Mt 2%783 kt1.3 Mt
FranceEU/EEA1182.3 Mt 2%783 kt1.4 Mt
Antigua and Barbuda5122.3 Mt 2%730 kt1.4 Mt
FinlandEU/EEA731.6 Mt 1%516 kt1.3 Mt
SpainEU/EEA461.5 Mt 1%496 kt464 kt
SwedenEU/EEA761.3 Mt 1%427 kt1.0 Mt
United Kingdom1361.3 Mt 1%416 kt726 kt
Turkiye1601.1 Mt 1%357 kt643 kt
Isle of Man150870 kt 1%280 kt517 kt
China236822 kt 1%262 kt485 kt
Other flags (61)1,7377.8 Mt 5%2.5 Mt4.4 Mt
Unknown3952.8 Mt 2%918 kt1.6 Mt

Flags over time

CO₂ of the six largest flags of the latest year, in every reporting year. Blank ports are filled from the same ship's other years.

  • Liberia
  • Marshall Islands
  • Malta
  • Panama
  • Singapore
  • Portugal

EU/EEA flags' share of all CO₂: 2018 40% · 2019 40% · 2020 39% · 2021 42% · 2022 40% · 2023 41% · 2024 39% · 2025 40%

EU/EEA and other flags

EU/EEA means the 27 EU member states, Norway and Iceland. Overseas registers with their own flag, such as the Faroe Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Bermuda, count as other flags.

FlagsShipsreportingCO₂emitted, totalvs segment medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is better
EU/EEA flags5,41261.7 Mt 40%+8%+1%
Other flags12,08888.2 Mt 58%−2%0%
Unknown flag3952.8 Mt 2%––

Flag mix of each segment

Share of each segment's CO₂ under the 10 largest flags, and under all EU/EEA flags together. Each row adds up to 100% across all flags.

SegmentLiberiaMarshall IslandsMaltaPanamaSingaporePortugalBahamasDenmarkHong Kong (China)ItalyAll EU/EEA
Container24%2%8%12%12%8%·8%9%·32%
Oil tanker19%25%11%3%5%2%7%2%3%1%32%
Bulk carrier21%22%7%17%5%4%3%·4%·15%
Ro-pax······2%7%·21%91%
LNG carrier6%22%12%1%4%·17%·3%·33%
General cargo7%5%2%6%·9%4%·2%·45%
Chemical tanker15%17%14%9%8%5%·5%1%3%39%
Cruise·3%22%13%·1%25%··14%42%
Ro-ro2%·18%··6%·11%·11%76%
Vehicle carrier16%7%7%19%1%2%9%··6%29%
Offshore··2%2%·1%12%9%·4%69%
Gas carrier (LPG)22%10%11%9%14%2%4%3%··31%
Con-ro·1%13%··3%2%··55%95%
Reefer25%··8%6%·42%··14%18%
Passenger··6%11%·3%28%···54%

Flags beyond the largest fifteen of a segment are counted in the EU/EEA total but not shown in their own column.

How each flag's ships compare

Each ship is set against the median ship of its own segment, on the platform's KPIs; the figure shown is the median of those differences for the flag's ships. Within a segment, bigger ships burn more fuel per mile but less CO₂ per tonne carried, so a flag with smaller ships looks higher on CO₂ per transport work for reasons of size. The similar-size column compares each ship only with ships of its own size band.

FlagShipsbenchmarkedvs segment medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmvs segment medianLNG / alt. fuelships
Liberia2,314−5%−1%+4%120 / 40
Marshall Islands1,812−5%−2%+3%57 / 22
MaltaEU/EEA1,085+8%0%−2%80 / 14
Panama1,521−8%−2%+2%16 / 31
Singapore771−19%−7%0%33 / 35
PortugalEU/EEA686+23%+5%−15%7 / 12
Bahamas560+2%+3%+5%40 / 27
DenmarkEU/EEA284−22%−5%+7%6 / 20
Hong Kong (China)429−18%−1%+15%14 / 25
ItalyEU/EEA258+27%+16%+14%5 / 0
CyprusEU/EEA384+27%+10%−13%16 / 10
NorwayEU/EEA4080%+1%−10%33 / 6
GreeceEU/EEA278−16%−3%+5%31 / 1
NetherlandsEU/EEA4360%−3%+3%8 / 1
Bermuda80+8%+2%+21%44 / 1
GermanyEU/EEA86+19%+3%+5%13 / 2
FranceEU/EEA100+7%+3%−5%37 / 5
Antigua and Barbuda443+40%+20%−15%0 / 4
FinlandEU/EEA71−6%−8%−1%9 / 0
SpainEU/EEA43+32%+24%+5%8 / 5
SwedenEU/EEA73+31%−10%−17%12 / 1
United Kingdom78−5%−4%−10%2 / 1
Turkiye135+37%−3%−27%0 / 1
Isle of Man105+2%−4%+1%5 / 4
China129+5%+7%+11%1 / 0
vs segment median
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CO₂ per transport work against the median segment ship. Below 0% is better.
vs similar-size ships
:
CO₂ per transport work of the median ship, against the median ship of the same size band in its segment (whole segment where the segment has no size bands). Below 0% is better.
Fuel kg/nm
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Fuel per mile of the median ship, against the median ship of its segment. Bigger ships burn more per mile, so this follows ship size.
LNG / alt. fuel
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Ships burning mostly LNG / ships using biofuel, methanol or similar, mostly or blended into oil.

Flags with at least 40 benchmarked ships (full-year reports with fuel and a valid figure, trimmed per segment as on the market page). Ro-pax, cruise and passenger ships count per passenger, LNG carriers and con-ro per m³, general cargo per dwt. Size bands exist for cargo segments; elsewhere the similar-size column uses the whole segment.

Flags inside each segment

The largest flags of each segment, with the KPIs of their median ship.

Container · 2,432 ships · 32% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin ContainerCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, median shipvs Container medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
Liberia67612.6 Mt 24%16.57+2%0%182
Panama2486.4 Mt 12%14.25−13%+7%221
Singapore2476.1 Mt 12%11.21−31%−8%199
Hong Kong (China)1114.6 Mt 9%9.53−42%0%261
MaltaEU/EEA2384.3 Mt 8%16.290%−1%167
PortugalEU/EEA2594.2 Mt 8%34.75+113%+9%92
DenmarkEU/EEA924.0 Mt 8%7.52−54%−9%241
GermanyEU/EEA511.9 Mt 4%8.29−49%−9%262
Unknown431.1 Mt 2%10.37−36%−7%232
CyprusEU/EEA851.1 Mt 2%36.18+122%+3%88
Marshall Islands69934 kt 2%18.95+16%−8%141
United Kingdom26662 kt 1%9.75−40%−6%196
FranceEU/EEA19551 kt 1%18.01+10%−16%138
Antigua and Barbuda48525 kt 1%47.73+193%+6%81
United States19352 kt 1%13.03−20%+5%198

Segment median: 16.30 g CO₂/t·nm and 177 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Oil tanker · 2,091 ships · 32% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin Oil tankerCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, median shipvs Oil tanker medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
Marshall Islands5184.1 Mt 25%7.47−6%−5%130
Liberia4483.2 Mt 19%7.64−4%+3%134
MaltaEU/EEA2231.9 Mt 11%8.79+10%+1%126
GreeceEU/EEA1451.7 Mt 10%6.44−19%+1%144
Bahamas1151.1 Mt 7%7.950%+6%143
Singapore116778 kt 5%8.78+10%−6%110
Panama98579 kt 3%8.11+2%−6%118
Hong Kong (China)52474 kt 3%6.24−21%−6%132
NorwayEU/EEA37442 kt 3%17.12+115%+23%132
PortugalEU/EEA45392 kt 2%23.92+201%+9%88
DenmarkEU/EEA40297 kt 2%8.61+8%−14%107
Isle of Man33273 kt 2%9.96+25%−3%124
ItalyEU/EEA27222 kt 1%39.25+394%+55%85
Turkiye19143 kt 1%23.16+191%+13%116
Cayman Islands7105 kt 1%5.83−27%−17%123

Segment median: 7.95 g CO₂/t·nm and 129 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Bulk carrier · 5,020 ships · 15% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin Bulk carrierCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, median shipvs Bulk carrier medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
Marshall Islands1,0163.2 Mt 22%8.08+2%+1%84
Liberia1,0283.1 Mt 21%7.79−1%+2%85
Panama8332.5 Mt 17%7.34−7%−2%83
MaltaEU/EEA338993 kt 7%8.25+4%+3%84
Singapore231783 kt 5%6.93−12%−5%80
Hong Kong (China)294656 kt 4%7.42−6%0%87
PortugalEU/EEA133518 kt 4%7.95+1%−4%79
Bahamas154471 kt 3%8.37+6%+3%82
CyprusEU/EEA144337 kt 2%7.79−2%+1%82
Unknown128294 kt 2%6.25−21%−12%76
China119192 kt 1%8.39+6%+9%89
Barbados102180 kt 1%12.39+57%+5%70
Isle of Man37167 kt 1%6.18−22%−9%94
GreeceEU/EEA47157 kt 1%6.95−12%0%96
Antigua and Barbuda25154 kt 1%16.64+111%+13%68

Segment median: 7.90 g CO₂/t·nm and 83 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Ro-pax · 436 ships · 91% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin Ro-paxCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (pax)g/pax·nm, median shipvs Ro-pax medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
ItalyEU/EEA742.9 Mt 21%910.45+61%+61%188
CyprusEU/EEA711.9 Mt 14%685.97+21%+21%152
GreeceEU/EEA461.6 Mt 12%135.10−76%−76%143
SpainEU/EEA301.0 Mt 8%586.18+3%+3%157
FranceEU/EEA291.0 Mt 7%781.61+38%+38%151
DenmarkEU/EEA29906 kt 7%702.79+24%+24%130
FinlandEU/EEA16781 kt 6%127.56−77%−77%151
SwedenEU/EEA20712 kt 5%470.02−17%−17%153
NorwayEU/EEA38624 kt 5%226.07−60%−60%53
Unknown6267 kt 2%893.75+58%+58%160
United Kingdom6256 kt 2%1,681.20+197%+197%184
LithuaniaEU/EEA6217 kt 2%2,466.03+335%+335%132
GermanyEU/EEA7217 kt 2%1,625.10+187%+187%111
Bahamas9216 kt 2%182.11−68%−68%138
EstoniaEU/EEA7190 kt 1%421.34−26%−26%176

Segment median: 566.51 g CO₂/pax·nm and 150 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

LNG carrier · 414 ships · 33% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin LNG carrierCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (volume)g/m³·nm, median shipvs LNG carrier medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
Marshall Islands792.2 Mt 22%7.66+8%+8%208
Bahamas471.6 Mt 17%9.28+30%+30%291
MaltaEU/EEA591.2 Mt 12%6.64−7%−7%179
Bermuda45985 kt 10%9.01+27%+27%217
Liberia36625 kt 6%5.39−24%−24%169
GreeceEU/EEA29571 kt 6%5.66−20%−20%178
FranceEU/EEA25443 kt 5%5.81−18%−18%168
Singapore20369 kt 4%6.34−11%−11%191
CyprusEU/EEA8358 kt 4%9.69+36%+36%285
Hong Kong (China)14336 kt 3%6.83−4%−4%214
SpainEU/EEA6277 kt 3%7.61+7%+7%233
NorwayEU/EEA6242 kt 2%13.66+92%+92%326
Unknown8160 kt 2%5.64−21%−21%164
Panama9132 kt 1%8.39+18%+18%179
Isle of Man795 kt 1%7.58+6%+6%209

Segment median: 7.12 g CO₂/m³·nm and 190 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

General cargo · 3,121 ships · 45% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin General cargoCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (dwt)g/dwt·nm, median shipvs General cargo medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
NetherlandsEU/EEA3531.7 Mt 18%24.17−5%−5%39
Antigua and Barbuda3891.4 Mt 14%31.37+23%+23%35
PortugalEU/EEA228877 kt 9%26.29+3%+3%37
Liberia221641 kt 7%17.45−32%−32%66
Panama261607 kt 6%22.49−12%−12%40
CyprusEU/EEA142475 kt 5%30.30+19%+19%27
NorwayEU/EEA119449 kt 5%26.46+4%+4%26
Marshall Islands155432 kt 5%9.54−63%−63%63
Barbados175427 kt 4%26.48+4%+4%25
Bahamas110401 kt 4%11.62−54%−54%71
Unknown120212 kt 2%26.08+2%+2%22
MaltaEU/EEA52210 kt 2%20.57−19%−19%35
Hong Kong (China)53191 kt 2%13.27−48%−48%77
IrelandEU/EEA37146 kt 2%22.77−11%−11%30
FinlandEU/EEA24139 kt 1%28.00+10%+10%40

Segment median: 25.50 g CO₂/dwt·nm and 35 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Chemical tanker · 1,670 ships · 39% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin Chemical tankerCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, median shipvs Chemical tanker medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
Marshall Islands3211.5 Mt 17%12.48−17%−1%83
Liberia2761.3 Mt 15%13.04−13%−3%81
MaltaEU/EEA1881.3 Mt 14%26.04+73%+10%75
Panama169773 kt 9%14.17−6%−9%78
Singapore151715 kt 8%10.79−28%−9%79
NorwayEU/EEA73569 kt 6%13.82−8%+3%89
PortugalEU/EEA64430 kt 5%29.46+96%+9%75
DenmarkEU/EEA84422 kt 5%11.01−27%−4%74
ItalyEU/EEA37291 kt 3%23.21+54%+39%93
Cayman Islands28209 kt 2%16.79+12%+28%101
Hong Kong (China)29124 kt 1%13.37−11%+13%90
Saudi Arabia25117 kt 1%11.68−22%+15%101
SwedenEU/EEA15107 kt 1%28.90+92%−3%55
CyprusEU/EEA1493 kt 1%15.51+3%+6%83
GreeceEU/EEA1687 kt 1%20.85+39%+29%105

Segment median: 15.04 g CO₂/t·nm and 80 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Cruise · 207 ships · 42% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin CruiseCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (pax)g/pax·nm, median shipvs Cruise medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
Bahamas691.7 Mt 25%861.89+65%+65%218
MaltaEU/EEA361.5 Mt 22%428.61−18%−18%310
Bermuda251.1 Mt 16%393.16−24%−24%359
ItalyEU/EEA191.0 Mt 14%310.87−40%−40%303
Panama15900 kt 13%383.29−26%−26%342
Marshall Islands13230 kt 3%825.81+59%+59%162
NorwayEU/EEA11230 kt 3%683.13+31%+31%194
NetherlandsEU/EEA7135 kt 2%445.70−15%−15%273
United Kingdom280 kt 1%––––
PortugalEU/EEA557 kt 1%––––
FranceEU/EEA17,846 t 0%––––
Liberia26,950 t 0%––––
Saint Kitts and Nevis15,891 t 0%––––
Palau13,018 t 0%––––

Segment median: 521.02 g CO₂/pax·nm and 264 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Ro-ro · 245 ships · 76% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin Ro-roCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, median shipvs Ro-ro medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
MaltaEU/EEA45968 kt 18%85.30−10%−10%100
ItalyEU/EEA18591 kt 11%83.99−12%+2%137
Turkiye15588 kt 11%73.30−23%−3%116
DenmarkEU/EEA19568 kt 11%95.190%+16%125
FinlandEU/EEA20535 kt 10%100.09+5%+19%131
PortugalEU/EEA15327 kt 6%148.45+56%+10%100
Unknown10304 kt 6%54.48−43%0%134
SwedenEU/EEA11259 kt 5%63.99−33%−16%112
SpainEU/EEA8195 kt 4%276.58+191%+47%110
NetherlandsEU/EEA8163 kt 3%90.33−5%+1%109
FranceEU/EEA8121 kt 2%449.25+372%+58%62
CyprusEU/EEA9115 kt 2%162.67+71%+1%110
Liberia796 kt 2%77.11−19%−16%97
Tunisia471 kt 1%––––
GreeceEU/EEA662 kt 1%307.50+223%+22%87

Segment median: 95.19 g CO₂/t·nm and 105 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Vehicle carrier · 533 ships · 29% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin Vehicle carrierCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, median shipvs Vehicle carrier medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
Panama105828 kt 19%55.78+1%+2%100
Liberia75701 kt 16%56.77+3%−5%98
Bahamas56400 kt 9%53.30−4%+6%105
NorwayEU/EEA41334 kt 8%40.12−28%−4%98
Marshall Islands53317 kt 7%67.55+22%+7%103
Japan46300 kt 7%53.22−4%−4%97
MaltaEU/EEA31291 kt 7%59.16+7%−4%98
ItalyEU/EEA18262 kt 6%86.38+56%+14%100
South Korea34225 kt 5%47.23−15%+10%108
SwedenEU/EEA13120 kt 3%36.77−34%−10%106
United States1599 kt 2%66.09+19%−6%98
GreeceEU/EEA689 kt 2%77.65+40%−26%76
PortugalEU/EEA574 kt 2%80.31+45%−29%67
Singapore764 kt 1%50.69−8%+13%112
Unknown959 kt 1%47.06−15%−1%100

Segment median: 55.36 g CO₂/t·nm and 100 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Offshore · 615 ships · 69% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin OffshoreCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, median shipvs Offshore medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
NorwayEU/EEA144945 kt 29%1,449.43+6%−11%75
Bahamas38388 kt 12%––––
DenmarkEU/EEA84286 kt 9%4,449.96+226%+192%128
LuxembourgEU/EEA25244 kt 7%––––
Unknown26226 kt 7%2,204.87+61%−22%52
CyprusEU/EEA32181 kt 6%––––
NetherlandsEU/EEA40167 kt 5%6,307.14+361%−52%104
BelgiumEU/EEA17153 kt 5%––––
ItalyEU/EEA27135 kt 4%300.73−78%+51%156
Isle of Man1898 kt 3%––––
United Kingdom5392 kt 3%783.91−43%−25%57
MaltaEU/EEA1475 kt 2%––––
Panama2061 kt 2%––––
FranceEU/EEA835 kt 1%––––
PortugalEU/EEA930 kt 1%––––

Segment median: 1,367.14 g CO₂/t·nm and 83 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Gas carrier (LPG) · 431 ships · 31% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin Gas carrier (LPG)CO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, median shipvs Gas carrier (LPG) medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
Liberia96639 kt 22%32.38−9%−2%82
Singapore60406 kt 14%32.48−9%−8%74
MaltaEU/EEA42325 kt 11%59.77+68%−1%66
Marshall Islands47282 kt 10%25.49−28%−9%84
Panama46267 kt 9%19.69−45%+5%103
NorwayEU/EEA22241 kt 8%34.55−3%+6%78
Bahamas10122 kt 4%18.60−48%+2%126
DenmarkEU/EEA1779 kt 3%71.94+102%+20%80
BelgiumEU/EEA962 kt 2%27.42−23%+26%94
Algeria660 kt 2%39.24+10%+22%120
NetherlandsEU/EEA755 kt 2%123.13+246%+38%67
Antigua and Barbuda852 kt 2%120.12+238%+34%75
PortugalEU/EEA751 kt 2%91.32+157%−19%51
Isle of Man742 kt 1%203.54+472%+74%87
FranceEU/EEA637 kt 1%––––

Segment median: 35.56 g CO₂/t·nm and 82 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Con-ro · 67 ships · 95% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin Con-roCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (volume)g/m³·nm, median shipvs Con-ro medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
ItalyEU/EEA36605 kt 55%9.10−8%−8%140
NetherlandsEU/EEA6246 kt 22%45.34+357%+357%158
MaltaEU/EEA10140 kt 13%4.63−53%−53%158
Saudi Arabia638 kt 3%11.23+13%+13%99
PortugalEU/EEA236 kt 3%––––
Bahamas217 kt 2%––––
FinlandEU/EEA116 kt 1%––––
Marshall Islands25,791 t 1%––––
Unknown20 t 0%––––

Segment median: 9.92 g CO₂/m³·nm and 135 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Reefer · 129 ships · 18% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin ReeferCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, median shipvs Reefer medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
Bahamas71373 kt 42%63.46+12%+2%81
Liberia23224 kt 25%41.20−28%−7%91
ItalyEU/EEA4126 kt 14%––––
Panama1367 kt 8%60.01+6%−2%83
Singapore449 kt 6%––––
NetherlandsEU/EEA213 kt 2%––––
Barbados210 kt 1%––––
CyprusEU/EEA28,203 t 1%––––
NorwayEU/EEA14,441 t 1%––––
DenmarkEU/EEA12,156 t 0%––––
South Korea21,484 t 0%––––
Curacao11,027 t 0%––––
Japan1545 t 0%––––
China10 t 0%––––
Russia10 t 0%––––

Segment median: 56.80 g CO₂/t·nm and 83 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Passenger · 37 ships · 54% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin PassengerCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (pax)g/pax·nm, median shipvs Passenger medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
Bahamas491 kt 28%––––
NorwayEU/EEA558 kt 17%657.51−64%−64%54
FranceEU/EEA956 kt 17%1,905.50+5%+5%76
Panama135 kt 11%––––
SwedenEU/EEA127 kt 8%––––
MaltaEU/EEA419 kt 6%––––
Unknown216 kt 5%––––
Cayman Islands112 kt 4%––––
PortugalEU/EEA611 kt 3%2,138.11+18%+18%75
BelgiumEU/EEA14,571 t 1%––––
NetherlandsEU/EEA11,894 t 1%––––
Marshall Islands1627 t 0%––––
Bermuda10 t 0%––––

Segment median: 1,819.16 g CO₂/pax·nm and 76 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

Combination · 5 ships · 84% of CO₂ under EU/EEA flags
FlagShipsin CombinationCO₂emitted, totalCO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, median shipvs Combination medianlower is bettervs similar-size shipssame segment, lower is betterFuel kg/nmmedian ship
ItalyEU/EEA319 kt 84%––––
Marshall Islands12,907 t 13%––––
Saint Kitts and Nevis1807 t 4%––––

Segment median: 18.14 g CO₂/t·nm and 104 kg/nm fuel. KPI cells stay empty for flags with fewer than 5 benchmarked ships here. CO₂ per transport work is shown on CO₂; the comparison columns follow the CO₂ / CO₂eq switch.

How the flag is estimated

The port of registry is typed by each company, so one port appears in many forms ("Monrovia", "MONRAVIA", "Monrovia, Liberia"). Navalyze matches 723 spellings in 2025 to 86 flags. 771 reports leave the port blank; 378 of them take the flag the same ship (IMO number) has in its nearest other reporting year, and the rest stay unknown. 4 ports could not be matched.

The estimate cannot tell second registers apart: NIS and NOR are both Norway, DIS and DAS both Denmark, and the Madeira register is Portugal. A ship that changed flag during the year shows the port named in its report. Some ports could mean two flags; the choices made are:

  • Hamilton taken as Bermuda (87 ships under Bermuda)
  • George Town / Georgetown taken as Cayman (56 ships under Cayman Islands)
  • Leirvik taken as Faroe (operators are Faroese) (42 ships under Faroe Islands)
  • NIS and NOR registers both shown as Norway (579 ships under Norway)
  • DIS and DAS both shown as Denmark (384 ships under Denmark)
  • Mata-Utu (Wallis and Futuna), French register (118 ships under France)
  • Tripoli taken as Libya (operator is Libyan) (6 ships under Libya)
  • Portsmouth taken as Dominica (low confidence) (3 ships under Dominica)

Not matched: Douala (NIHAT K), GMA (DARYA TAPTI), The Creek (RENAISSANCE), St Cruz de Tenerife (MUNDAKA NM).

Totals count each ship once a year: a part-year report of a ship that also has a full-year report is left out, as on every other page. The flag also shows on each ship page.