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General cargo ships, 2025

3,111 general cargo ships reported to THETIS-MRV for 2025, emitting 9.8 Mt of CO₂. Efficiency is measured as g CO₂/dwt·nm.

The segment at a glance

Median ship

25.5

g CO₂/dwt·nm

Fuel per mile

35 kg

Median ship

Average speed

9.3 kn

Median ship, distance over hours at sea

Hours at sea

3,051

Median ship, EU-scope voyages (35% of the year)

CO₂ at berth

5.0%

Share emitted alongside in EU ports

Ships burning LNG

of 2,706 benchmarked

Operators

Who runs general cargo ships in EU trades, and how their fleets compare. Technical shows efficiency, speed and time at sea; commercial shows the allowance bill.

#	Group
1	Spliethoffs Bevrachtingskantoor B.V.	61	+5%	26.6	86	12.8	2,890	3.4%	–
2	Briese92 companies, 84 in general cargo	92	+19%	30.2	50	10.9	2,645	3.9%	–
3	Wagenborg3 companies, 1 in general cargo	57	−37%	16.0	48	9.9	3,499	4.4%	–
4	Wilson Ship Management AS	102	+8%	27.5	24	8.9	4,317	4.6%	–
5	Arklow2 companies	58	−5%	24.2	34	9.6	3,536	5.2%	–
6	Schiffahrtskontor tom Worden GmbH & Co. KG	44	+21%	30.7	37	9.7	4,182	6.4%	–
7	Hansa Ship Management OU	53	+27%	32.4	30	9.8	4,096	4.0%	–
8	COSCO Shipping10 companies, 3 in general cargo	47	−16%	21.5	81	11.9	1,491	4.4%	–
9	Vertom Bereederungs GmbH & Co. KG	46	−16%	21.4	26	8.7	3,814	4.3%	–
10	SAGA SHIPHOLDING (NORWAY) AS	25	−65%	9.0	81	11.0	1,861	3.7%	–
11	SAL Heavy Lift26 companies, 16 in general cargo	18	+146%	62.5	72	12.4	1,605	3.9%	–
12	Favoriet Shipmanagement BV	23	−15%	21.6	41	9.6	4,276	5.4%	–
13	ForestWave Navigation BV	24	−2%	25.1	43	9.6	3,823	3.7%	–
14	Gearbulk Norway AS	21	−65%	9.0	89	11.6	1,578	4.0%	–
15	Grieg2 companies	19	−68%	8.1	81	11.1	1,991	5.1%	–
16	Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company	21	−36%	16.4	87	11.8	1,594	5.8%	–
17	Seacon10 companies, 4 in general cargo	15	−67%	8.5	87	11.8	1,982	4.6%	–
18	Longship Management B.V.	21	−10%	23.0	36	9.6	3,915	6.6%	–
19	Rix Shipmanagement	41	+17%	29.8	22	8.1	3,397	9.6%	–
20	Columbia Shipmanagement3 companies, 2 in general cargo	12	+108%	52.9	79	12.4	2,025	3.2%	–
21	TIAN JIN COSBULK SHIP MANAGEMENT CO.,LTD	36	−63%	9.5	86	12.3	1,246	3.2%	–
22	Hermann Lohmann28 companies, 26 in general cargo	25	+21%	30.9	29	8.6	3,457	4.7%	–
23	Carisbrooke Shipping Ltd	20	−26%	18.9	33	8.8	3,806	4.6%	–
24	Langh Ship Oy Ab	6	+15%	29.3	48	12.5	5,038	7.2%	3
25	ESL Shipping Oy	7	−32%	17.4	61	9.5	4,319	16.9%	–

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.

Share of CO₂Share of ships

DNV27.1% / 23.1%
Bureau Veritas19.2% / 14.3%
RINA15.4% / 15.8%
Verifavia9.0% / 15.3%
Korean Register4.6% / 3.1%
China Classification Society3.9% / 4.2%
EnvService3.8% / 2.4%
Polish Register of Shipping3.6% / 6.1%
Lloyd's Register2.7% / 2.7%
ClassNK2.5% / 3.1%
9 others8.4% / 12.1%

How fuel is measured

Each ship's monitoring plan names one or more of the four MRV methods.

A · Bunker delivery notes

63%

Fuel bought, corrected by tank soundings

B · Bunker tank monitoring

40%

Tank readings on board

C · Flow meters

11%

Meters on the fuel lines to engines and boilers

D · Direct measurement

CO₂ measured in the exhaust

Most common combinations

A56%
B28%
B + C7%
A + B4%
A + C3%
C1%
A + B + C0%

Share of 3,197 emission reports that name a method; a report can name several.

Notes

Medians and rankings use 2,706 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.