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KYDON PALACE

IMO: 9204568
Type: Ro-pax ship
Flag (estimated): Greece
Port of registry: Piraeus
Technical efficiency: EEXI 22.48 g CO₂/t·nm
Former names: FESTOS PALACE

ISM company (DoC holder) in 2025: MINOAN LINES SHIPPING S.A. · part of Grimaldi Group

Report year

2023 at a glance

From the 2023 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm

245

Ro-pax median 153 kg/nm (+60%)

CO₂ per transport work (pax)

1,568

g CO₂/pax·nm · Ro-pax median 680 (+131%)

CO₂ per transport work (freight)

78.2

g CO₂/t·nm · Ro-pax median 234 (−67%)

Average speed

19.9 kn

Ro-pax median 16.0 kn (+24%)

Fuel per day at sea

116.7 t/day

Fuel consumed

17,798 t

CO₂ emitted

55,542 t

Distance sailed

72,783 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

3,662 h

153 days, 42% 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 213 kg/nm · median 150 (+42%)

69.3Ranks 351 of 408, lowest first232

Average speedThis ship 17.9 kn · median 15.8 (+13%)

12.0Faster than 70% of ro-pax ships22.3

CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 2,022 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 567 (+257%)

66.8Ranks 383 of 408, lowest first1,569

CO₂ per transport work (freight)This ship 131 g CO₂/t·nm · median 253 (−48%)

48.6Ranks 127 of 408, lowest first1,247

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

Where the emissions happen, 2023

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 ports93%
From the EU0%
Into the EU0%
At berth in the EU7%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

4,160 t

7.5% 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

KYDON PALACE
Ro-pax median

150.0200.0250.0300.0

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

Average speed, kn

KYDON PALACE
Ro-pax median

14.016.018.020.022.024.0

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

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

KYDON PALACE
Ro-pax median

0.0100200300400500

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

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

KYDON PALACE
Ro-pax median

0.05001,0001,5002,0002,500

’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	−0.9 kn	−10%	−14%	+9%	+27%	0.9 kn slower, fuel per mile down 10%; in line with the speed change.
2023→2024	−1.1 kn	−4%	−9%	+13%	+2%	1.1 kn slower, fuel per mile down 4%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2022→2023	+0.0 kn	−7%	−8%	+29%	+30%	Same speed, fuel per mile down 7%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2021→2022	−2.5 kn	−8%	−18%	−0%	−18%	2.5 kn slower, fuel per mile down 8%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2020→2021	−0.5 kn	+4%	+2%	−36%	−17%	0.5 kn slower, fuel per mile up 4%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2019→2020	+2.3 kn	+9%	+21%	+18%	+4,320%	2.3 kn faster, fuel per mile up 9%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2018→2019	−0.3 kn	−4%	−6%	+11%	−5%	Same speed, fuel per mile down 4%; in line with the speed change.

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	MINOAN LINES SHIPPING S.A.	19,240	60,233	90,175	5,028	17.9	213	–	–
2024	MINOAN LINES SHIPPING S.A.	19,481	60,776	82,581	4,395	18.8	236	–	–
2023	not published	17,798	55,542	72,783	3,662	19.9	245	–	–
2022	not published	14,872	46,431	56,363	2,828	19.9	264	–	–
2021	not published	16,267	50,880	56,449	2,525	22.4	288	–	–
2020	not published	24,535	76,644	88,775	3,870	22.9	276	–	–
2019	not published	19,184	60,004	75,333	3,657	20.6	255	–	–
2018	not published	18,032	56,444	67,911	3,245	20.9	266	–	–

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	MINOAN LINES SHIPPING S.A.	2,022	567	+257%	383 of 408	131	253	−48%	RINA	B
2024	MINOAN LINES SHIPPING S.A.	1,595	547	+192%	352 of 404	119	233	−49%	RINA	B
2023	not published	1,568	680	+131%	341 of 386	78.2	234	−67%	RINA	A
2022	not published	1,202	626	+92%	314 of 394	108	253	−57%	RINA	A
2021	not published	1,465	815	+80%	306 of 377	92.5	226	−59%	RINA	A
2020	not published	1,773	751	+136%	316 of 387	115	217	−47%	RINA	A
2019	not published	40.1	569	−93%	47 of 394	390	223	+75%	RINA	A
2018	not published	42.0	729	−94%	52 of 361	421	184	+129%	RINA	–

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.