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NORWEGIAN EPIC

IMO: 9410569
Type: Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)
Flag (estimated): Bahamas
Port of registry: Nassau
Technical efficiency: EEXI 9.00 g CO₂/t·nm

ISM company (DoC holder) in 2025: NCL (Bahamas) Ltd.

Report year

2018 at a glance

From the 2018 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm

560

Passenger median 266 kg/nm (+110%)

CO₂ per transport work (pax)

396

g CO₂/pax·nm · Passenger median 577 (−31%)

Average speed

15.9 kn

Passenger median 11.7 kn (+36%)

Fuel per day at sea

213.1 t/day

Fuel consumed

28,307 t

CO₂ emitted

88,595 t

Distance sailed

50,599 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

3,188 h

133 days, 36% 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 544 kg/nm · median 264 (+106%)

89.6Ranks 201 of 202, lowest first416

Average speedThis ship 16.7 kn · median 13.1 (+27%)

10.8Faster than 97% of cruise ships15.5

CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 399 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 521 (−24%)

303Ranks 66 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 ports74%
From the EU5%
Into the EU4%
At berth in the EU17%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

14,928 t

16.9% 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

NORWEGIAN EPIC
Cruise median

200.0400.0600.0800.0

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

Average speed, kn

NORWEGIAN EPIC
Cruise median

10.012.014.016.018.0

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

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

NORWEGIAN EPIC
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	−0.5 kn	−7%	−9%	+2%	−6%	0.5 kn slower, fuel per mile down 7%; in line with the speed change.
2023→2024	+1.7 kn	−11%	−1%	+19%	−21%	1.7 kn faster, fuel per mile down 11%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2022→2023	−0.5 kn	+7%	+3%	−25%	−21%	0.5 kn slower, fuel per mile up 7%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2021→2022	+2.0 kn	+8%	+23%	+172%	−26%	2.0 kn faster, fuel per mile up 8%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2020→2021	+0.3 kn	−1%	+1%	+3,758%	+114%	0.3 kn faster, fuel per mile flat; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2019→2020	−2.3 kn	−2%	−16%	−99%	+5%	2.3 kn slower, fuel per mile flat; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2018→2019	+0.1 kn	+5%	+6%	+0%	+4%	Same speed, fuel per mile up 5%; 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	NCL (Bahamas) Ltd.	30,441	94,965	55,943	3,341	16.7	544	–	–
2024	NCL (Bahamas) Ltd.	32,215	100,536	54,936	3,202	17.2	586	–	–
2023	not published	30,388	94,986	46,325	2,995	15.5	656	–	–
2022	not published	37,637	118,103	61,462	3,836	16.0	612	–	–
2021	not published	12,825	40,119	22,572	1,608	14.0	568	–	–
2020	not published	337	1,080	585	43	13.7	576	–	–
2019	not published	29,710	92,979	50,803	3,170	16.0	585	–	–
2018	not published	28,307	88,595	50,599	3,188	15.9	560	–	–

Benchmark and verification

Year	ISM company	CO₂ per TW, g CO₂/pax·nm	Cruise median	vs Cruise	Rank	Verifier	Methods
2025	NCL (Bahamas) Ltd.	399	521	−24%	66 of 202	DNV	B
2024	NCL (Bahamas) Ltd.	423	618	−32%	59 of 202	DNV	B
2023	not published	533	625	−15%	87 of 202	DNV	B
2022	not published	678	831	−18%	71 of 187	DNV	B
2021	not published	923	1,315	−30%	27 of 100	DNV	B
2020	not published	432	1,169	−63%	15 of 100	Lloyd's Register	B
2019	not published	411	589	−30%	52 of 177	Lloyd's Register	B
2018	not published	396	577	−31%	30 of 153	Lloyd's Register	B

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.