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MSC ORCHESTRA

IMO: 9320099
Type: Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)
Flag (estimated): Panama
Port of registry: Panama
Technical efficiency: EEXI 10.40 g CO₂/t·nm

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

Report year

2018 at a glance

From the 2018 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm

384

Passenger median 266 kg/nm (+44%)

CO₂ per transport work (pax)

456

g CO₂/pax·nm · Passenger median 577 (−21%)

Average speed

16.5 kn

Passenger median 11.7 kn (+41%)

Fuel per day at sea

151.9 t/day

Fuel consumed

31,479 t

CO₂ emitted

99,774 t

Distance sailed

82,054 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

4,974 h

207 days, 57% 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 342 kg/nm · median 264 (+30%)

89.6Ranks 144 of 202, lowest first416

Average speedThis ship 12.7 kn · median 13.1 (−3%)

10.8Faster than 38% of cruise ships15.5

CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 403 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 521 (−23%)

303Ranks 67 of 202, lowest first1,701

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%Cruise medianThis ship

Where the emissions happen, 2018

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 ports76%
From the EU8%
Into the EU5%
At berth in the EU12%

Fuel burned laden

31,479 t

100% of all fuel; 0% in ballast or unladen

CO₂ at berth

11,813 t

11.8% 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 ORCHESTRA
Cruise median

200.0250.0300.0350.0400.0450.0

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

Average speed, kn

MSC ORCHESTRA
Cruise median

10.012.014.016.018.020.0

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

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

MSC ORCHESTRA
Cruise median

2505007501,0001,2501,500

’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	−2.8 kn	+7%	−13%	−34%	+7%	2.8 kn slower, fuel per mile up 7%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2023→2024	−0.2 kn	−23%	−23%	+53%	−24%	Same speed, fuel per mile down 23%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2022→2023	+0.4 kn	+8%	+11%	+18%	−14%	0.4 kn faster, fuel per mile up 8%; in line with the speed change.
2021→2022	+1.6 kn	+12%	+25%	−20%	−36%	1.6 kn faster, fuel per mile up 12%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2020→2021	−5.0 kn	−22%	−43%	+3,618%	+93%	5.0 kn slower, fuel per mile down 22%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2019→2020	+2.5 kn	+12%	+29%	−97%	+1%	2.5 kn faster, fuel per mile up 12%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2018→2019	−0.3 kn	+2%	+0%	−34%	+2%	0.3 kn slower, fuel per mile up 2%; 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	19,024	59,593	55,650	4,396	12.7	342	–	–
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	26,865	83,993	84,180	5,414	15.5	319	–	–
2023	not published	22,795	71,331	55,097	3,516	15.7	414	–	–
2022	not published	17,840	56,018	46,634	3,049	15.3	383	–	–
2021	not published	19,786	61,830	57,963	4,220	13.7	341	–	–
2020	not published	684	2,139	1,559	84	18.7	439	–	–
2019	not published	21,169	66,392	53,980	3,332	16.2	392	–	–
2018	not published	31,479	99,774	82,054	4,974	16.5	384	–	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	403	521	−23%	67 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	378	618	−39%	49 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2023	not published	501	625	−20%	78 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2022	not published	585	831	−30%	46 of 187	Bureau Veritas	C
2021	not published	916	1,315	−30%	25 of 100	Bureau Veritas	C
2020	not published	474	1,169	−59%	20 of 100	Bureau Veritas	C
2019	not published	467	589	−21%	61 of 177	Bureau Veritas	C
2018	not published	456	577	−21%	47 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.