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MSC SPLENDIDA

IMO: 9359806
Type: Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)
Port of registry: Panama
Technical efficiency: EEXI 9.17 g CO₂/t·nm

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

Report year

2025 at a glance

From the 2025 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel per mile

425.5 kg/nm

Cruise median 263.6 kg/nm (+61%)

CO₂ per transport work (pax)

363

g CO₂/pax·nm · Cruise median 521 (−30%)

Average speed

14.7 kn

Cruise median 13.1 kn (+12%)

Fuel per day at sea

150.3 t/day

Fuel consumed

26,653 t

CO₂ emitted

83,577 t

84,885 t CO₂eq incl. CH₄ and N₂O

Distance sailed

62,643 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

4,255 h

177 days, 49% 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 per mileThis ship 425.5 kg/nm · median 263.6 (+61%)

89.6Ranks 186 of 202, lowest first415.6

Average speedThis ship 14.7 kn · median 13.1 (+12%)

10.8Faster than 78% of cruise ships15.5

CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 362.84 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 521.02 (−30%)

302.86Ranks 56 of 202, lowest first1,700.54

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%Cruise medianThis ship

Where the emissions happen, 2025

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 ports69%
From the EU3%
Into the EU9%
At berth in the EU19%

93% of this ship's CO₂ falls under the EU ETS (77,992 t).

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

18.5%

Alongside in EU ports

Methane (CH₄)

1.3 t

Mainly from LNG; small for oil

CO₂eq ÷ CO₂

1.016

Uplift from CH₄ and N₂O, counted in full from 2026

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 per mile, kg/nm

MSC SPLENDIDA
Cruise median

0.0500.01,0001,5002,000

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

Average speed, kn

MSC SPLENDIDA
Cruise median

10.012.014.016.018.0

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

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

MSC SPLENDIDA
Cruise median

0.01,0002,0003,0004,000

’202020’212021’222022’232023’242024’252025

Year on year

Year	Speed	Fuel per mile	Fuel per day	Distance	CO₂ per TW	Reading
2024→2025	−2.9 kn	−0%	−16%	−7%	−19%	2.9 kn slower, fuel per mile flat; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2023→2024	+0.6 kn	−13%	−10%	+15%	+8%	0.6 kn faster, fuel per mile down 13%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2022→2023	+1.0 kn	+2%	+9%	−14%	−38%	1.0 kn faster, fuel per mile up 2%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2021→2022	+2.9 kn	−5%	+15%	+37%	−32%	2.9 kn faster, fuel per mile down 5%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2020→2021	−4.2 kn	−74%	−80%	+1,042%	−72%	4.2 kn slower, fuel per mile down 74%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2018→2020	–	–	–	–	–

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	At sea h	Speed kn	Fuel kg/nm	CO₂ g/t·nm	Laden fuel
2025	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	26,653	83,577	62,643	4,255	14.7	425.5	–	–
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	28,578	89,301	67,140	3,813	17.6	425.6	–	–
2023	not published	28,666	89,415	58,480	3,435	17.0	490.2	–	–
2022	not published	32,597	102,110	67,925	4,253	16.0	479.9	–	–
2021	not published	25,120	78,668	49,678	3,779	13.1	505.7	–	–
2020	not published	8,542	26,690	4,350	252	17.3	1,963.7	–	–
2018	not published	0	0	–	0	–	–	–	–

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	362.84	521.02	−30%	56 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	450.56	618.41	−27%	71 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2023	not published	417.89	625.29	−33%	54 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2022	not published	671.36	830.76	−19%	68 of 187	Bureau Veritas	C
2021	not published	991.61	1,314.88	−25%	30 of 100	Bureau Veritas	C
2020	not published	3,565.21	1,168.55	+205%	71 of 100	Bureau Veritas	C
2018	not published	–	–	–	–	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.