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SONANGOL BENGUELA

IMO: 9482304
Type: LNG carrier
Flag (estimated): Bahamas
Port of registry: Nassau
Technical efficiency: EEXI 7.54 g CO₂/t·nm
Fuel (estimated): Mostly LNG

ISM company (DoC holder) in 2025: Chevron Transport Corp Ltd

Report year

2023 at a glance

From the 2023 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm

335

CO₂ per transport work (volume)

–

g CO₂/m³·nm

Average speed

11.3 kn

Fuel per day at sea

90.8 t/day

Fuel consumed

21,615 t

CO₂ emitted

61,128 t

Distance sailed

64,471 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

5,710 h

238 days, 65% of the year

Within the LNG carrier fleet, 2025

Set against all 386 LNG carrier 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 298 kg/nm · median 190 (+57%)

152Ranks 321 of 386, lowest first319

Average speedThis ship 12.4 kn · median 14.4 (−14%)

11.2Faster than 16% of LNG carrier ships15.9

CO₂ per transport work (volume)This ship 11.9 g CO₂/m³·nm · median 7.12 (+68%)

5.06Ranks 326 of 386, lowest first16.1

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%LNG carrier medianThis ship

Where the emissions happen, 2023

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 ports0%
From the EU49%
Into the EU47%
At berth in the EU5%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

2,855 t

4.7% 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 LNG carrier median is the middle ship of all LNG carrier ships reporting that year; it moves with the fleet, so a ship can gain on it without changing itself.

Fuel kg/nm

SONANGOL BENGUELA
LNG carrier median

150.0200.0250.0300.0350.0400.0

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

Average speed, kn

SONANGOL BENGUELA
LNG carrier median

10.012.014.016.0

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

CO₂ per transport work (volume), g CO₂/m³·nm

SONANGOL BENGUELA
LNG carrier median

5.010.015.020.025.0

’182018’192019’202020’222022’242024’252025

Year on year

Year	Average speed	Fuel kg/nm	Fuel per day at sea	Distance	CO₂ per transport work	Reading
2024→2025	+0.4 kn	−6%	−3%	+46%	−3%	0.4 kn faster, fuel per mile down 6%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2023→2024	+0.7 kn	−6%	+1%	−52%	–	0.7 kn faster, fuel per mile down 6%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2022→2023	−1.6 kn	−4%	−17%	+11%	–	1.6 kn slower, fuel per mile down 4%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2020→2022	+0.3 kn	−0%	+2%	+629%	−46%	0.3 kn faster, fuel per mile flat.
2019→2020	+0.7 kn	+4%	+10%	−21%	+87%	0.7 kn faster, fuel per mile up 4%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2018→2019	−3.5 kn	−3%	−25%	−46%	+0%	3.5 kn slower, fuel per mile down 3%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).

Part-year reports are left out of these comparisons. 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
2025part-yearLNG	Chevron Transport Corp Ltd	7,457	20,557	25,480	2,115	12.0	293	–	–
2025LNG	SONANGOL BENGUELA LIMITED	13,562	37,491	45,502	3,679	12.4	298	–	–
2024LNG	Chevron Transport Corp Ltd	9,842	27,529	31,106	2,585	12.0	316	–	–
2023LNG / alt.	not published	21,615	61,128	64,471	5,710	11.3	335	–	–
2022LNG / alt.	not published	20,365	56,623	58,049	4,492	12.9	351	–	92%
2020LNG / alt.	not published	2,794	7,704	7,961	631	12.6	351	–	–
2019LNG / alt.	not published	3,393	9,379	10,039	842	11.9	338	–	–
2018LNG / alt.	not published	6,459	18,023	18,571	1,202	15.4	348	–	–

Benchmark and verification

Year	ISM company	CO₂ per TW, g CO₂/m³·nm	LNG carrier median	vs LNG carrier	Rank	Verifier	Methods
2025part-yearLNG	Chevron Transport Corp Ltd	–	–	–	–	ABS	B+C
2025LNG	SONANGOL BENGUELA LIMITED	11.9	7.12	+68%	326 of 386	DNV	B+C
2024LNG	Chevron Transport Corp Ltd	12.3	7.39	+66%	258 of 312	ABS	B+C
2023LNG / alt.	not published	–	–	–	–	ABS	B+C
2022LNG / alt.	not published	12.3	10.4	+19%	248 of 379	ABS	B+C
2020LNG / alt.	not published	22.8	10.7	+112%	251 of 267	ABS	B+C
2019LNG / alt.	not published	12.2	10.9	+12%	158 of 248	ABS	B+C
2018LNG / alt.	not published	12.1	10.9	+11%	127 of 197	ABS	B+C

Fuel per mile and CO₂ per tonne-mile are the ship's own reported KPIs. LNG carrier ships are benchmarked on CO₂ per transport work (volume) (TW), in g CO₂/m³·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 LNG carrier 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.