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VASCO DA GAMA

IMO: 8919245
Type: Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)
Flag (estimated): Portugal
Port of registry: Madeira
Technical efficiency: EEXI 13.63 g CO₂/t·nm

ISM company (DoC holder) in 2025: Mystic Ocean, S.A. (Zona Franca da Madeira)

Report year

2022 at a glance

From the 2022 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm

216

Passenger median 250 kg/nm (−14%)

CO₂ per transport work (pax)

1,420

g CO₂/pax·nm · Passenger median 831 (+71%)

Average speed

10.9 kn

Passenger median 12.1 kn (−10%)

Fuel per day at sea

56.4 t/day

Fuel consumed

13,503 t

CO₂ emitted

43,292 t

Distance sailed

62,530 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

5,746 h

239 days, 66% of the year

Within the cruise fleet, 2025

Set against all 202 cruise ships with a full-year 2025 report. Bigger ships burn more per mile but less per tonne of cargo, so read fuel per mile with the ship's size in mind.

Fuel kg/nmThis ship 212 kg/nm · median 264 (−19%)

89.6Ranks 68 of 202, lowest first416

Average speedThis ship 13.1 kn · median 13.1 (+0%)

10.8Faster than 49% of cruise ships15.5

CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 715 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 521 (+37%)

303Ranks 134 of 202, lowest first1,701

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%Cruise medianThis ship

Where the emissions happen, 2022

THETIS splits each ship's CO₂ by voyage type. The split sets how much falls under the EU ETS: all of it within the EU and at berth, half of it on voyages into or out of the EU.

Between EU ports69%
From the EU10%
Into the EU9%
At berth in the EU13%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

5,463 t

12.6% of the ship's CO₂, alongside in EU ports

Methane (CH₄)

–

Mainly from LNG; small for oil, biofuel and methanol

CO₂eq uplift

–

CO₂eq on top of CO₂ alone, from CH₄ and N₂O

Over the years

Full-year reports only. The Cruise median is the middle ship of all cruise ships reporting that year; it moves with the fleet, so a ship can gain on it without changing itself.

Fuel kg/nm

VASCO DA GAMA
Cruise median

200.0220.0240.0260.0280.0

’192019’212021’222022’232023’242024’252025

Average speed, kn

VASCO DA GAMA
Cruise median

10.011.012.013.014.0

’192019’212021’222022’232023’242024’252025

CO₂ per transport work (pax), g CO₂/pax·nm

VASCO DA GAMA
Cruise median

5007501,0001,2501,5001,750

’192019’212021’222022’232023’242024’252025

Year on year

Year	Average speed	Fuel kg/nm	Fuel per day at sea	Distance	CO₂ per transport work	Reading
2024→2025	+0.3 kn	−4%	−2%	+29%	−7%	Same speed, fuel per mile down 4%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2023→2024	−0.5 kn	+5%	+1%	−25%	−13%	0.5 kn slower, fuel per mile up 5%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2022→2023	+2.4 kn	−3%	+18%	−24%	−38%	2.4 kn faster, fuel per mile down 3%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2021→2022	+0.6 kn	+3%	+9%	+106%	−6%	0.6 kn faster, fuel per mile up 3%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2019→2021	−1.7 kn	−17%	−29%	+11%	+67%	1.7 kn slower, fuel per mile down 17%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).

Fuel per mile rises roughly with the square of speed for a given ship, so a change in speed explains much of a change in fuel per mile.

Every reporting year

One row per THETIS-MRV report. A ship that changed operator during a year has a part-year report for each.

Operation

Year	ISM company	Fuel t	CO₂ t	Distance nm	Hours at seah	Average speedknots at sea	Fuel kg/nmthis ship	CO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, this ship	Laden fuel
2025	Mystic Ocean, S.A. (Zona Franca da Madeira)	9,823	31,364	46,276	3,537	13.1	212	–	–
2024	Mystic Ocean, S.A. (Zona Franca da Madeira)	7,913	25,369	35,770	2,803	12.8	221	–	–
2023	not published	10,018	32,118	47,679	3,597	13.3	210	–	–
2022	not published	13,503	43,292	62,530	5,746	10.9	216	–	–
2021	not published	6,385	20,470	30,385	2,952	10.3	210	–	–
2019	not published	6,937	22,106	27,448	2,280	12.0	253	–	–

Benchmark and verification

Year	ISM company	CO₂ per TW, g CO₂/pax·nm	Cruise median	vs Cruise	Rank	Verifier	Methods
2025	Mystic Ocean, S.A. (Zona Franca da Madeira)	715	521	+37%	134 of 202	DNV	A
2024	Mystic Ocean, S.A. (Zona Franca da Madeira)	768	618	+24%	120 of 202	DNV	A
2023	not published	885	625	+42%	130 of 202	DNV	A
2022	not published	1,420	831	+71%	134 of 187	DNV	A
2021	not published	1,507	1,315	+15%	57 of 100	DNV	A
2019	not published	903	589	+53%	125 of 177	ICS Verification Services	A

Fuel per mile and CO₂ per tonne-mile are the ship's own reported KPIs. Cruise ships are benchmarked on CO₂ per transport work (pax) (TW), in g CO₂/pax·nm. CO₂eq adds methane and nitrous oxide and is in the public files from 2024. Rank counts from the lowest figure among that year's cruise ships. Methods: A delivery notes, B tank monitoring, C flow meters, D direct measurement. FuelEU GHG intensity is not shown: it needs fuel types, which the public file does not carry. Operators are named only from 2024, the first year the public files carry them; earlier years belong to the ship, not to any company.