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MSC SPLENDIDA

IMO: 9359806
Type: Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)
Flag (estimated): Panama
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

2021 at a glance

From the 2021 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm

506

Passenger median 267 kg/nm (+90%)

CO₂ per transport work (pax)

992

g CO₂/pax·nm · Passenger median 1,315 (−25%)

Average speed

13.1 kn

Passenger median 11.4 kn (+15%)

Fuel per day at sea

159.5 t/day

Fuel consumed

25,120 t

CO₂ emitted

78,668 t

Distance sailed

49,678 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

3,779 h

157 days, 43% 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 426 kg/nm · median 264 (+61%)

89.6Ranks 186 of 202, lowest first416

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 363 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 521 (−30%)

303Ranks 56 of 202, lowest first1,701

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%Cruise 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 ports71%
From the EU5%
Into the EU0%
At berth in the EU24%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

18,613 t

23.7% 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 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 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	Average speed	Fuel kg/nm	Fuel per day at sea	Distance	CO₂ per transport work	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	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	26,653	83,577	62,643	4,255	14.7	426	–	–
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	28,578	89,301	67,140	3,813	17.6	426	–	–
2023	not published	28,666	89,415	58,480	3,435	17.0	490	–	–
2022	not published	32,597	102,110	67,925	4,253	16.0	480	–	–
2021	not published	25,120	78,668	49,678	3,779	13.1	506	–	–
2020	not published	8,542	26,690	4,350	252	17.3	1,964	–	–
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	363	521	−30%	56 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	451	618	−27%	71 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2023	not published	418	625	−33%	54 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2022	not published	671	831	−19%	68 of 187	Bureau Veritas	C
2021	not published	992	1,315	−25%	30 of 100	Bureau Veritas	C
2020	not published	3,565	1,169	+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.