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CMA CGM VELA

IMO: 9354923
Type: Container ship
Average cargo carried: 95,584 t
Flag (estimated): Malta
Port of registry: Valletta
Technical efficiency: EIV 14.79 g CO₂/t·nm

Report year

2020 at a glance

From the 2020 THETIS-MRV report. Carries about 94,557 t of cargo on average.

Fuel kg/nm

334

Container median 172 kg/nm (+94%)

CO₂ per transport work (cargo)

11.0

g CO₂/t·nm · Container median 17.6 (−37%)

Average speed

16.3 kn

Container median 14.0 kn (+16%)

Fuel per day at sea

130.7 t/day

Fuel consumed

12,371 t

CO₂ emitted

38,560 t

Distance sailed

37,073 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

2,271 h

95 days, 26% of the year

Within the container fleet, 2021

Set against all 1,781 container ships with a full-year 2021 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 382 kg/nm · median 186 (+105%)

80.1Ranks 1,753 of 1,781, lowest first325

Average speedThis ship 16.9 kn · median 14.1 (+20%)

10.7Faster than 91% of container ships16.9

CO₂ per transport work (cargo)This ship 12.4 g CO₂/t·nm · median 17.9 (−31%)

7.81Ranks 499 of 1,781, lowest first50.0

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%Container medianThis ship

Where the emissions happen, 2020

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 ports19%
From the EU10%
Into the EU67%
At berth in the EU4%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

1,569 t

4.1% 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

CMA CGM VELA
Container median

100.0200.0300.0400.0

’182018’202020’212021

Average speed, kn

CMA CGM VELA
Container median

13.014.015.016.017.0

’182018’202020’212021

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

CMA CGM VELA
Container median

10.012.515.017.520.022.5

’182018’202020’212021

Year on year

Year	Average speed	Fuel kg/nm	Fuel per day at sea	Distance	CO₂ per transport work	Reading
2020→2021	+0.6 kn	+14%	+19%	−27%	+13%	0.6 kn faster, fuel per mile up 14%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2018→2020	+3.0 kn	+9%	+33%	+1,708%	−11%	3.0 kn faster, fuel per mile up 9%; 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
2021	not published	10,344	32,235	27,110	1,600	16.9	382	12.4	–
2020	not published	12,371	38,560	37,073	2,271	16.3	334	11.0	–
2018	not published	630	1,967	2,050	154	13.3	307	12.4	–

Benchmark and verification

Year	ISM company	CO₂ per TW, g CO₂/t·nm	Container median	vs Container	Rank	Verifier	Methods
2021	not published	12.4	17.9	−31%	499 of 1,781	DNV	C
2020	not published	11.0	17.6	−37%	440 of 1,797	DNV	C
2018	not published	12.4	20.2	−39%	402 of 1,705	DNV	C

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.