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MSC LIRICA

IMO: 9246102
Type: Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)
Flag (estimated): Panama
Port of registry: Panama
Technical efficiency: EEXI 12.70 g CO₂/t·nm

ISM company (DoC holder) in 2025: MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd · part of MSC Group

Report year

2019 at a glance

From the 2019 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm

287

Passenger median 277 kg/nm (+4%)

CO₂ per transport work (pax)

417

g CO₂/pax·nm · Passenger median 589 (−29%)

Average speed

15.9 kn

Passenger median 12.9 kn (+23%)

Fuel per day at sea

110.0 t/day

Fuel consumed

17,758 t

CO₂ emitted

56,079 t

Distance sailed

61,783 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

3,875 h

161 days, 44% 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 245 kg/nm · median 264 (−7%)

89.6Ranks 91 of 202, lowest first416

Average speedThis ship 14.4 kn · median 13.1 (+10%)

10.8Faster than 69% of cruise ships15.5

CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 364 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 521 (−30%)

303Ranks 57 of 202, lowest first1,701

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%Cruise medianThis ship

Where the emissions happen, 2019

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 ports75%
From the EU8%
Into the EU5%
At berth in the EU12%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

6,864 t

12.2% 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

MSC LIRICA
Cruise median

0.0500.01,0001,500

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

Average speed, kn

MSC LIRICA
Cruise median

7.510.012.515.017.5

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

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

MSC LIRICA
Cruise median

2004006008001,000

’182018’192019’222022’232023’242024’252025

Year on year

Year	Average speed	Fuel kg/nm	Fuel per day at sea	Distance	CO₂ per transport work	Reading
2024→2025	−1.7 kn	−5%	−15%	+10%	−4%	1.7 kn slower, fuel per mile down 5%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2023→2024	+2.7 kn	+1%	+21%	+15%	−6%	2.7 kn faster, fuel per mile flat; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2022→2023	−1.7 kn	+8%	−4%	+26%	−29%	1.7 kn slower, fuel per mile up 8%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2021→2022	+6.9 kn	−84%	−70%	+1,589%	–	6.9 kn faster, fuel per mile down 84%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2020→2021	–	–	–	–	–
2019→2020	–	–	–	–	–
2018→2019	−1.5 kn	+28%	+17%	+2%	+34%	1.5 kn slower, fuel per mile up 28%; 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	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	21,810	68,697	89,195	6,200	14.4	245	–	–
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	20,855	65,200	81,140	5,044	16.1	257	–	–
2023	not published	18,047	56,470	70,741	5,279	13.4	255	–	–
2022	not published	13,234	41,509	56,026	3,704	15.1	236	–	–
2021	not published	4,853	15,520	3,317	402	8.2	1,463	–	–
2020	not published	363	1,163	–	0	–	–	–	–
2019	not published	17,758	56,079	61,783	3,875	15.9	287	–	–
2018	not published	13,627	43,003	60,695	3,490	17.4	225	–	100%

Benchmark and verification

Year	ISM company	CO₂ per TW, g CO₂/pax·nm	Cruise median	vs Cruise	Rank	Verifier	Methods
2025	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	364	521	−30%	57 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	379	618	−39%	50 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2023	not published	403	625	−36%	46 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2022	not published	565	831	−32%	39 of 187	Bureau Veritas	C
2021	not published	–	–	–	–	Bureau Veritas	C
2020	not published	–	–	–	–	Bureau Veritas	C
2019	not published	417	589	−29%	53 of 177	Bureau Veritas	C
2018	not published	313	577	−46%	8 of 153	Bureau Veritas	C

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.