Navalyze · LNG carrier · Ship

CASTILLO DE VILLALBA

IMO: 9236418
Type: LNG carrier
Flag (estimated): Malta
Port of registry: Valletta
Technical efficiency: EIV 15.65 g CO₂/t·nm

ISM company (DoC holder) in 2025: Empresa Naviera Elcano, S.A. · part of Elcano

Report year

2022 at a glance

From the 2022 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm

343

LNG carrier median 252 kg/nm (+36%)

CO₂ per transport work (volume)

32.5

g CO₂/m³·nm · LNG carrier median 10.4 (+213%)

Average speed

12.7 kn

LNG carrier median 14.1 kn (−10%)

Fuel per day at sea

104.2 t/day

Fuel consumed

31,294 t

CO₂ emitted

89,331 t

Distance sailed

91,226 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

7,205 h

300 days, 82% of the year

Within the LNG carrier fleet, 2024

Set against all 312 LNG carrier ships with a full-year 2024 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 440 kg/nm · median 205 (+115%)

148Ranks 305 of 312, lowest first328

Average speedThis ship 9.3 kn · median 14.6 (−36%)

11.0Faster than 4% of LNG carrier ships16.1

CO₂ per transport work (volume)This ship 28.9 g CO₂/m³·nm · median 7.39 (+291%)

4.54Ranks 295 of 312, lowest first17.3

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%LNG carrier 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 ports4%
From the EU45%
Into the EU50%
At berth in the EU2%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

1,385 t

1.6% 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 LNG carrier median is the middle ship of all LNG carrier ships reporting that year; it moves with the fleet, so a ship can gain on it without changing itself.

Fuel kg/nm

CASTILLO DE VILLALBA
LNG carrier median

200.0400.0600.0800.0

’182018’192019’202020’222022’242024’252025

Average speed, kn

CASTILLO DE VILLALBA
LNG carrier median

7.510.012.515.017.5

’182018’192019’202020’222022’242024’252025

CO₂ per transport work (volume), g CO₂/m³·nm

CASTILLO DE VILLALBA
LNG carrier median

0.010.020.030.040.0

’182018’192019’202020’222022’242024

Year on year

Year	Average speed	Fuel kg/nm	Fuel per day at sea	Distance	CO₂ per transport work	Reading
2024→2025	+3.6 kn	+72%	+140%	−81%	–	3.6 kn faster, fuel per mile up 72%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2022→2024	−3.4 kn	+28%	−6%	−70%	−11%	3.4 kn slower, fuel per mile up 28%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2020→2022	−3.9 kn	+4%	−21%	+763%	+131%	3.9 kn slower, fuel per mile up 4%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2019→2020	+7.1 kn	−24%	+32%	−1%	−5%	7.1 kn faster, fuel per mile down 24%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2018→2019	+1.2 kn	−40%	−31%	+28%	−45%	1.2 kn faster, fuel per mile down 40%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine 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	Empresa Naviera Elcano, S.A.	3,878	11,839	5,135	397	12.9	755	–	–
2024LNG	Empresa Naviera Elcano, S.A.	11,921	34,605	27,095	2,927	9.3	440	–	–
2022LNG / alt.	not published	31,294	89,331	91,226	7,205	12.7	343	–	–
2020LNG / alt.	not published	3,497	9,664	10,572	637	16.6	331	–	–
2019LNG / alt.	not published	4,669	13,215	10,665	1,121	9.5	438	–	–
2018LNG / alt.	not published	6,074	16,726	8,331	1,006	8.3	729	–	–

Benchmark and verification

Year	ISM company	CO₂ per TW, g CO₂/m³·nm	LNG carrier median	vs LNG carrier	Rank	Verifier	Methods
2025	Empresa Naviera Elcano, S.A.	–	–	–	–	Lloyd's Register	C
2024LNG	Empresa Naviera Elcano, S.A.	28.9	7.39	+291%	295 of 312	Lloyd's Register	C
2022LNG / alt.	not published	32.5	10.4	+213%	349 of 379	Lloyd's Register	B
2020LNG / alt.	not published	14.1	10.7	+31%	206 of 267	Bureau Veritas	B
2019LNG / alt.	not published	14.9	10.9	+37%	194 of 248	Bureau Veritas	B
2018LNG / alt.	not published	27.0	10.9	+147%	185 of 197	Bureau Veritas	B

Fuel per mile and CO₂ per tonne-mile are the ship's own reported KPIs. LNG carrier ships are benchmarked on CO₂ per transport work (volume) (TW), in g CO₂/m³·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 LNG carrier 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.