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MEGA EXPRESS

IMO: 9203174
Type: Ro-pax ship
Flag (estimated): Italy
Port of registry: Genova
Technical efficiency: EIV 5.16 g CO₂/t·nm

ISM company (DoC holder) in 2025: Forship SpA

Report year

2021 at a glance

From the 2021 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm

225

Ro-pax median 155 kg/nm (+45%)

CO₂ per transport work (pax)

100

g CO₂/pax·nm · Ro-pax median 815 (−88%)

CO₂ per transport work (freight)

1,076

g CO₂/t·nm · Ro-pax median 226 (+376%)

Average speed

18.1 kn

Ro-pax median 16.2 kn (+12%)

Fuel per day at sea

97.6 t/day

Fuel consumed

17,749 t

CO₂ emitted

55,373 t

Distance sailed

78,989 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

4,364 h

182 days, 50% of the year

Within the ro-pax fleet, 2025

Set against all 408 ro-pax 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 191 kg/nm · median 150 (+27%)

69.3Ranks 316 of 408, lowest first232

Average speedThis ship 16.7 kn · median 15.8 (+6%)

12.0Faster than 60% of ro-pax ships22.3

CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 101 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 567 (−82%)

66.8Ranks 76 of 408, lowest first1,569

CO₂ per transport work (freight)This ship 1,004 g CO₂/t·nm · median 253 (+297%)

48.6Ranks 346 of 408, lowest first1,247

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%Ro-pax medianThis ship

Where the emissions happen, 2021

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 ports97%
From the EU0%
Into the EU0%
At berth in the EU3%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

1,550 t

2.8% 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 Ro-pax median is the middle ship of all ro-pax ships reporting that year; it moves with the fleet, so a ship can gain on it without changing itself.

Fuel kg/nm

MEGA EXPRESS
Ro-pax median

150.0175.0200.0225.0250.0

’182018’192019’202020’212021’222022’232023’242024’252025

Average speed, kn

MEGA EXPRESS
Ro-pax median

15.016.017.018.019.020.0

’182018’192019’202020’212021’222022’232023’242024’252025

CO₂ per transport work (freight), g CO₂/t·nm

MEGA EXPRESS
Ro-pax median

0.05001,0001,500

’182018’192019’202020’212021’222022’232023’242024’252025

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

MEGA EXPRESS
Ro-pax median

0.02004006008001,000

’182018’192019’202020’212021’222022’232023’242024’252025

Year on year

Year	Average speed	Fuel kg/nm	Fuel per day at sea	Distance	CO₂ per transport work	Reading
2024→2025	+0.0 kn	+2%	+2%	−1%	−5%	Same speed, fuel per mile flat.
2023→2024	+1.0 kn	+3%	+9%	−14%	+35%	1.0 kn faster, fuel per mile up 3%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2022→2023	−2.0 kn	−17%	−26%	+0%	−25%	2.0 kn slower, fuel per mile down 17%; in line with the speed change.
2021→2022	−0.4 kn	−2%	−5%	+8%	+5%	0.4 kn slower, fuel per mile down 2%; in line with the speed change.
2020→2021	+0.9 kn	+1%	+7%	−1%	+3%	0.9 kn faster, fuel per mile flat; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2019→2020	−2.1 kn	−7%	−17%	−16%	−23%	2.1 kn slower, fuel per mile down 7%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2018→2019	−0.1 kn	−2%	−2%	−12%	−10%	Same speed, fuel per mile flat.

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	Forship SpA	13,852	44,197	72,585	4,347	16.7	191	–	–
2024	Forship SpA	13,826	43,164	73,574	4,414	16.7	188	–	–
2023	not published	15,553	48,549	85,230	5,420	15.7	183	–	–
2022	not published	18,655	58,197	85,099	4,810	17.7	219	–	–
2021	not published	17,749	55,373	78,989	4,364	18.1	225	–	–
2020	not published	17,779	55,526	79,993	4,659	17.2	222	–	–
2019	not published	22,918	71,456	95,736	4,966	19.3	239	–	–
2018	not published	26,319	82,058	108,286	5,591	19.4	243	–	–

Benchmark and verification

Year	ISM company	CO₂ per TW, g CO₂/pax·nm	Ro-pax median	vs Ro-pax	Rank	Freight, g CO₂/t·nm	Ro-pax median	vs Ro-pax	Verifier	Methods
2025	Forship SpA	101	567	−82%	76 of 408	1,004	253	+297%	RINA	C
2024	Forship SpA	107	547	−80%	82 of 404	1,036	233	+345%	RINA	C
2023	not published	79.1	680	−88%	44 of 386	857	234	+266%	RINA	C
2022	not published	105	626	−83%	75 of 394	1,074	253	+325%	RINA	A
2021	not published	100	815	−88%	62 of 377	1,076	226	+376%	RINA	A
2020	not published	97.6	751	−87%	69 of 387	1,085	217	+399%	RINA	A
2019	not published	126	569	−78%	90 of 394	1,433	223	+544%	RINA	C
2018	not published	141	729	−81%	82 of 361	1,485	184	+707%	RINA	C

Fuel per mile and CO₂ per tonne-mile are the ship's own reported KPIs. Ro-pax ships are benchmarked on CO₂ per transport work (pax) (TW), in g CO₂/pax·nm, and also per tonne of freight (g CO₂/t·nm freight). CO₂eq adds methane and nitrous oxide and is in the public files from 2024. Rank counts from the lowest figure among that year's ro-pax 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.