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GOLAR KELVIN

IMO: 9654701
Type: LNG carrier
Flag (estimated): Marshall Islands
Port of registry: Majuro
Technical efficiency: EIV 7.34 g CO₂/t·nm
Fuel (estimated): LNG or an alternative fuel (no methane data to tell them apart)

Report year

2021 at a glance

From the 2021 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm

226

LNG carrier median 257 kg/nm (−12%)

CO₂ per transport work (volume)

6.80

g CO₂/m³·nm · LNG carrier median 10.5 (−35%)

Average speed

14.2 kn

LNG carrier median 14.6 kn (−3%)

Fuel per day at sea

76.8 t/day

Fuel consumed

10,769 t

CO₂ emitted

30,218 t

Distance sailed

47,719 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

3,367 h

140 days, 38% of the year

Within the LNG carrier fleet, 2021

Set against all 289 LNG carrier 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 226 kg/nm · median 257 (−12%)

171Ranks 102 of 289, lowest first378

Average speedThis ship 14.2 kn · median 14.6 (−3%)

11.4Faster than 40% of LNG carrier ships16.7

CO₂ per transport work (volume)This ship 6.80 g CO₂/m³·nm · median 10.5 (−35%)

5.77Ranks 58 of 289, lowest first20.3

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%LNG carrier 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 ports0%
From the EU53%
Into the EU46%
At berth in the EU1%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

435 t

1.4% 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

GOLAR KELVIN
LNG carrier median

200.0300.0400.0500.0600.0

’182018’192019’202020’212021

Average speed, kn

GOLAR KELVIN
LNG carrier median

10.012.014.016.018.0

’182018’192019’202020’212021

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

GOLAR KELVIN
LNG carrier median

5.010.015.020.025.0

’182018’192019’202020’212021

Year on year

Year	Average speed	Fuel kg/nm	Fuel per day at sea	Distance	CO₂ per transport work	Reading
2020→2021	+3.8 kn	−41%	−20%	+283%	−48%	3.8 kn faster, fuel per mile down 41%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2019→2020	−1.0 kn	+35%	+23%	+46%	+30%	1.0 kn slower, fuel per mile up 35%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading or trade).
2018→2019	−5.0 kn	−45%	−62%	−76%	−52%	5.0 kn slower, fuel per mile down 45%; worse than speed alone explains (fouling, weather, loading 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
2021LNG / alt.	not published	10,769	30,218	47,719	3,367	14.2	226	–	–
2020LNG / alt.	not published	4,759	13,164	12,452	1,192	10.4	382	–	–
2019LNG / alt.	not published	2,415	6,642	8,500	747	11.4	284	–	–
2018LNG / alt.	not published	18,100	49,775	34,817	2,122	16.4	520	–	–

Benchmark and verification

Year	ISM company	CO₂ per TW, g CO₂/m³·nm	LNG carrier median	vs LNG carrier	Rank	Verifier	Methods
2021LNG / alt.	not published	6.80	10.5	−35%	58 of 289	DNV	C
2020LNG / alt.	not published	13.1	10.7	+22%	189 of 267	DNV	C
2019LNG / alt.	not published	10.1	10.9	−7%	100 of 248	DNV	C
2018LNG / alt.	not published	20.8	10.9	+90%	181 of 197	DNV	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.