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Passenger ships, 2024
211 passenger ships reported to THETIS-MRV for 2024, emitting 6.9 Mt of CO₂. Efficiency is measured as g CO₂/pax·nm.
The segment at a glance
Operators
Who runs passenger ships in EU trades, and how their fleets compare. Technical shows efficiency, speed and time at sea; commercial shows the allowance bill.
| # | Group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carnival Corporation5 companies | 53 | −37% | 386 | 315 | 13.9 | 3,322 | 13.0% | 7 |
| 2 | MSC Group3 companies, 1 in passenger | 20 | −39% | 379 | 370 | 15.2 | 3,879 | 13.2% | 2 |
| 3 | NCL (Bahamas) Ltd. | 21 | +16% | 718 | 339 | 14.8 | 2,466 | 16.7% | – |
| 4 | Royal Caribbean Group3 companies | 17 | −29% | 438 | 427 | 14.5 | 2,391 | 16.0% | – |
| 5 | Tui Cruises Gmbh | 12 | −46% | 331 | 223 | 12.5 | 3,157 | 15.4% | – |
| 6 | Silversea SAM | 8 | +170% | 1,667 | 168 | 12.6 | 2,421 | 18.2% | – |
| 7 | V.Ships11 companies, 1 in passenger | 4 | +96% | 1,214 | 191 | 13.9 | 3,530 | 10.9% | – |
| 8 | Optimum Shipmanagement Services SA | 3 | +17% | 723 | 250 | 12.3 | 3,300 | 20.2% | – |
| 9 | PONANT | 8 | +61% | 994 | 89 | 10.1 | 2,492 | 13.4% | 1 |
| 10 | Havila Kystruten Operations AS | 4 | +5% | 648 | 56 | 12.8 | 6,529 | 9.8% | 4 |
| 11 | Windstar Cruises Marshall Islands, LLC | 5 | +120% | 1,363 | 80 | 9.0 | 3,393 | 23.4% | – |
| 12 | Scenic Cruise Services d.o.o. | 3 | +220% | 1,976 | 59 | 9.3 | 2,819 | 21.1% | – |
| 13 | Lindblad Expeditions LLC | 3 | +361% | 2,853 | 72 | 9.4 | 1,725 | 7.1% | – |
| 14 | Sunstone Ship Management Unipessoal SA | 3 | +4404% | 27,851 | 58 | 8.7 | 719 | 18.5% | – |
Operators with at least 3 ships in this segment. Figures cover their ships in this segment only, so a group active in several segments (MSC runs container and cruise ships) has its full total on the market page. Groups combine ISM companies matched on name and known ownership; tell us at info@navalyze.com if one is in the wrong group. Click a column to rank by it.
Who verifies the reports
Accredited verifiers check each ship's MRV report. Their share of the segment's ships and CO₂.
- DNV77.2% / 77.7%
- Bureau Veritas20.5% / 16.1%
- ABS1.4% / 2.8%
- RINA0.6% / 1.0%
- Polish Register of Shipping0.3% / 0.5%
- Lloyd's Register0.1% / 1.0%
- ClassNK0.1% / 0.5%
- Control Union0.0% / 0.5%
How fuel is measured
Each ship's monitoring plan names one or more of the four MRV methods.
Most common combinations
- A33%
- B33%
- C19%
- B + C9%
- A + B + C4%
- A + B2%
- A + C1%
Share of 218 emission reports that name a method; a report can name several.
Notes
- Medians and rankings use 202 full-year reports with fuel; part-year and zero-fuel reports count towards totals only.
- THETIS reports time at sea on EU-scope voyages only, not time in port. CO₂ at berth is the closest measure of port activity it publishes.
- Speed and distance are derived from the published ratios; THETIS has no distance column.