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COLORADO EXPRESS

IMO: 9349502
Type: Container ship
Flag (estimated): United States
Port of registry: Norfolk, Va
Technical efficiency: EEXI 10.19 g CO₂/t·nm
Former names: AL KHARJ

ISM company (DoC holder) in 2025: Marine Transport Management

Report year

2021 at a glance

From the 2021 THETIS-MRV report. Carries about 43,701 t of cargo on average.

Fuel kg/nm

213

Container median 186 kg/nm (+14%)

CO₂ per transport work (cargo)

15.3

g CO₂/t·nm · Container median 17.9 (−15%)

Average speed

16.7 kn

Container median 14.1 kn (+18%)

Fuel per day at sea

85.0 t/day

Fuel consumed

12,670 t

CO₂ emitted

39,857 t

Distance sailed

59,611 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

3,577 h

149 days, 41% of the year

Within the container fleet, 2024

Set against all 1,974 container 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 186 kg/nm · median 167 (+11%)

78.9Ranks 1,125 of 1,974, lowest first302

Average speedThis ship 16.0 kn · median 13.5 (+19%)

9.6Faster than 89% of container ships16.1

CO₂ per transport work (cargo)This ship 12.4 g CO₂/t·nm · median 17.5 (−29%)

7.33Ranks 636 of 1,974, lowest first51.6

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 ports7%
From the EU37%
Into the EU53%
At berth in the EU4%

Fuel burned laden

12,214 t

96% of all fuel; 4% in ballast or unladen

CO₂ at berth

1,459 t

3.7% 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

COLORADO EXPRESS
Container median

150.0175.0200.0225.0250.0275.0

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

Average speed, kn

COLORADO EXPRESS
Container median

13.014.015.016.017.0

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

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

COLORADO EXPRESS
Container median

12.014.016.018.020.022.0

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

Year on year

Year	Average speed	Fuel kg/nm	Fuel per day at sea	Distance	CO₂ per transport work	Reading
2024→2025	−1.2 kn	−5%	−12%	−88%	–	1.2 kn slower, fuel per mile down 5%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2023→2024	−0.2 kn	−2%	−3%	+16%	−27%	Same speed, fuel per mile down 2%; in line with the speed change.
2022→2023	−0.5 kn	−18%	−20%	−13%	+10%	0.5 kn slower, fuel per mile down 18%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2021→2022	+0.0 kn	+9%	+9%	−16%	+1%	Same speed, fuel per mile up 9%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2020→2021	+2.0 kn	+3%	+16%	−28%	−12%	2.0 kn faster, fuel per mile up 3%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2019→2020	+0.2 kn	−19%	−18%	+51%	−12%	Same speed, fuel per mile down 19%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2018→2019	+0.2 kn	+6%	+7%	+2%	+22%	Same speed, fuel per mile up 6%; in line with the speed change.

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	Marine Transport Management	1,107	3,471	6,246	423	14.8	177	–	96%
2024	Marine Transport Management	9,392	29,395	50,496	3,155	16.0	186	12.4	96%
2023	not published	8,278	25,972	43,462	2,689	16.2	190	16.9	94%
2022	not published	11,529	36,232	49,792	2,982	16.7	232	15.4	95%
2021	not published	12,670	39,857	59,611	3,577	16.7	213	15.3	96%
2020	not published	17,078	54,010	82,470	5,600	14.7	207	17.4	–
2019	not published	13,931	43,629	54,587	3,760	14.5	255	19.9	–
2018	not published	12,903	40,338	53,397	3,722	14.3	242	16.4	–

Benchmark and verification

Year	ISM company	CO₂ per TW, g CO₂/t·nm	Container median	vs Container	Rank	Verifier	Methods
2025	Marine Transport Management	–	–	–	–	ABS	A
2024	Marine Transport Management	12.4	17.5	−29%	636 of 1,974	ABS	–
2023	not published	16.9	19.4	−13%	824 of 1,899	ABS	–
2022	not published	15.4	19.1	−20%	728 of 1,825	ABS	–
2021	not published	15.3	17.9	−15%	734 of 1,781	ABS	–
2020	not published	17.4	17.6	−1%	882 of 1,797	DNV	A
2019	not published	19.9	18.9	+5%	953 of 1,788	DNV	A
2018	not published	16.4	20.2	−19%	633 of 1,705	DNV	A

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.