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CHICAGO EXPRESS

IMO: 9295268
Type: Container ship
Average cargo carried: 30,006 t
Flag (estimated): Germany
Port of registry: Hamburg
Technical efficiency: EEXI 10.43 g CO₂/t·nm

ISM company (DoC holder) in 2025: Hapag-Lloyd AG

Report year

2021 at a glance

From the 2021 THETIS-MRV report. Carries about 58,441 t of cargo on average.

Fuel kg/nm

233

Container median 186 kg/nm (+25%)

CO₂ per transport work (cargo)

12.5

g CO₂/t·nm · Container median 17.9 (−30%)

Average speed

14.2 kn

Container median 14.1 kn (+1%)

Fuel per day at sea

79.2 t/day

Fuel consumed

13,066 t

CO₂ emitted

40,872 t

Distance sailed

56,175 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

3,960 h

165 days, 45% of the year

Within the container fleet, 2025

Set against all 2,208 container 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 241 kg/nm · median 177 (+36%)

78.8Ranks 1,570 of 2,208, lowest first302

Average speedThis ship 16.9 kn · median 13.3 (+27%)

9.1Faster than 97% of container ships16.0

CO₂ per transport work (cargo)This ship 25.0 g CO₂/t·nm · median 16.3 (+54%)

7.22Ranks 1,559 of 2,208, lowest first46.9

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%Container 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 ports14%
From the EU44%
Into the EU37%
At berth in the EU5%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

2,101 t

5.1% 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 Container median is the middle ship of all container ships reporting that year; it moves with the fleet, so a ship can gain on it without changing itself.

Fuel kg/nm

CHICAGO EXPRESS
Container median

160.0180.0200.0220.0240.0260.0

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

Average speed, kn

CHICAGO EXPRESS
Container median

12.014.016.018.0

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

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

CHICAGO EXPRESS
Container median

10.015.020.025.030.0

’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	+4.2 kn	+12%	+49%	−43%	+95%	4.2 kn faster, fuel per mile up 12%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2023→2024	−1.0 kn	−6%	−13%	−49%	−5%	1.0 kn slower, fuel per mile down 6%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2022→2023	+0.3 kn	−0%	+2%	+17%	+5%	Same speed, fuel per mile flat; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2021→2022	−0.8 kn	−1%	−6%	+6%	+3%	0.8 kn slower, fuel per mile flat; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2020→2021	+1.0 kn	−4%	+3%	−22%	−19%	1.0 kn faster, fuel per mile down 4%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2019→2020	−0.2 kn	+3%	+1%	+56%	+9%	Same speed, fuel per mile up 3%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2018→2019	−1.6 kn	−3%	−13%	+217%	+9%	1.6 kn slower, fuel per mile down 3%; 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	Hapag-Lloyd AG	4,889	15,249	20,296	1,201	16.9	241	25.0	–
2024	Hapag-Lloyd AG	7,653	23,942	35,497	2,799	12.7	216	12.8	–
2023	not published	15,933	49,808	69,510	5,057	13.7	229	13.5	–
2022	not published	13,689	42,848	59,433	4,424	13.4	230	12.9	–
2021	not published	13,066	40,872	56,175	3,960	14.2	233	12.5	–
2020	not published	17,518	54,743	72,077	5,480	13.2	243	15.4	–
2019	not published	10,898	34,073	46,082	3,428	13.4	237	14.2	–
2018	not published	3,538	11,052	14,551	970	15.0	243	13.0	–

Benchmark and verification

Year	ISM company	CO₂ per TW, g CO₂/t·nm	Container median	vs Container	Rank	Verifier	Methods
2025	Hapag-Lloyd AG	25.0	16.3	+54%	1,559 of 2,208	DNV	B+C
2024	Hapag-Lloyd AG	12.8	17.5	−27%	673 of 1,974	DNV	B
2023	not published	13.5	19.4	−30%	636 of 1,899	DNV	B
2022	not published	12.9	19.1	−33%	540 of 1,825	DNV	B
2021	not published	12.5	17.9	−30%	502 of 1,781	DNV	B
2020	not published	15.4	17.6	−12%	760 of 1,797	DNV	B
2019	not published	14.2	18.9	−25%	583 of 1,788	DNV	B
2018	not published	13.0	20.2	−36%	431 of 1,705	DNV	B

Fuel per mile and CO₂ per tonne-mile are the ship's own reported KPIs. Container ships are benchmarked on CO₂ per transport work (cargo) (TW), in g CO₂/t·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 container 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.