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MSC OPERA

IMO: 9250464
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

265

Passenger median 277 kg/nm (−4%)

CO₂ per transport work (pax)

363

g CO₂/pax·nm · Passenger median 589 (−38%)

Average speed

16.5 kn

Passenger median 12.9 kn (+28%)

Fuel per day at sea

104.8 t/day

Fuel consumed

19,916 t

CO₂ emitted

62,845 t

Distance sailed

75,192 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

4,560 h

190 days, 52% 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 228 kg/nm · median 264 (−13%)

89.6Ranks 82 of 202, lowest first416

Average speedThis ship 12.6 kn · median 13.1 (−4%)

10.8Faster than 36% of cruise ships15.5

CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 359 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 521 (−31%)

303Ranks 54 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 ports53%
From the EU14%
Into the EU23%
At berth in the EU10%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

6,203 t

9.9% 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 OPERA
Cruise median

0.0500.01,0001,500

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

Average speed, kn

MSC OPERA
Cruise median

5.010.015.020.0

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

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

MSC OPERA
Cruise median

2505007501,0001,250

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

Year on year

Year	Average speed	Fuel kg/nm	Fuel per day at sea	Distance	CO₂ per transport work	Reading
2024→2025	−1.3 kn	−17%	−25%	+28%	−22%	1.3 kn slower, fuel per mile down 17%; in line with the speed change.
2023→2024	−2.3 kn	−0%	−15%	−7%	+21%	2.3 kn slower, fuel per mile flat; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2022→2023	+2.4 kn	+10%	+29%	+0%	−26%	2.4 kn faster, fuel per mile up 10%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2021→2022	+8.1 kn	−83%	−59%	+1,833%	–	8.1 kn faster, fuel per mile down 83%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2020→2021	−10.5 kn	+276%	+32%	−87%	–	10.5 kn slower, fuel per mile up 276%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2019→2020	−0.3 kn	+47%	+45%	−72%	+59%	0.3 kn slower, fuel per mile up 47%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2018→2019	+1.6 kn	−4%	+6%	+42%	−6%	1.6 kn faster, fuel per mile down 4%; 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	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	14,636	45,909	64,176	5,110	12.6	228	–	–
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	13,780	43,113	50,023	3,611	13.9	276	–	–
2023	not published	14,763	46,127	53,541	3,302	16.2	276	–	–
2022	not published	13,347	41,838	53,381	3,862	13.8	250	–	–
2021	not published	4,042	12,929	2,762	485	5.7	1,463	–	–
2020	not published	8,154	25,675	20,958	1,291	16.2	389	–	–
2019	not published	19,916	62,845	75,192	4,560	16.5	265	–	–
2018	not published	14,635	46,207	52,910	3,561	14.9	277	–	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	359	521	−31%	54 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	458	618	−26%	74 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2023	not published	377	625	−40%	37 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2022	not published	513	831	−38%	30 of 187	Bureau Veritas	C
2021	not published	–	–	–	–	Bureau Veritas	C
2020	not published	577	1,169	−51%	28 of 100	Bureau Veritas	C
2019	not published	363	589	−38%	25 of 177	Bureau Veritas	C
2018	not published	385	577	−33%	26 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.