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MSC GRANDIOSA

IMO: 9803613
Type: Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)
Flag (estimated): Malta
Port of registry: Valletta
Technical efficiency: EEDI 7.30 g CO₂/t·nm

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

Report year

2023 at a glance

From the 2023 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm

462

Passenger median 270 kg/nm (+71%)

CO₂ per transport work (pax)

264

g CO₂/pax·nm · Passenger median 625 (−58%)

Average speed

15.4 kn

Passenger median 13.7 kn (+12%)

Fuel per day at sea

171.1 t/day

Fuel consumed

36,530 t

CO₂ emitted

114,144 t

Distance sailed

78,993 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

5,126 h

214 days, 59% 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 403 kg/nm · median 264 (+53%)

89.6Ranks 177 of 202, lowest first416

Average speedThis ship 15.3 kn · median 13.1 (+17%)

10.8Faster than 87% of cruise ships15.5

CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 232 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 521 (−56%)

303Ranks 9 of 202, lowest first1,701

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%Cruise 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 ports66%
From the EU14%
Into the EU5%
At berth in the EU14%

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

15,957 t

14.0% 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 GRANDIOSA
Cruise median

200.0300.0400.0500.0600.0

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

Average speed, kn

MSC GRANDIOSA
Cruise median

10.012.014.016.018.0

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

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

MSC GRANDIOSA
Cruise median

0.05001,0001,500

’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	+0.1 kn	−9%	−9%	+9%	−11%	Same speed, fuel per mile down 9%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2023→2024	−0.2 kn	−4%	−6%	−31%	−1%	Same speed, fuel per mile down 4%; in line with the speed change.
2022→2023	+0.0 kn	−0%	−0%	−14%	−41%	Same speed, fuel per mile flat.
2021→2022	+2.1 kn	+5%	+22%	+21%	−31%	2.1 kn faster, fuel per mile up 5%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2020→2021	−0.3 kn	−15%	−17%	+72%	+9%	Same speed, fuel per mile down 15%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2019→2020	−2.6 kn	+2%	−14%	+225%	+73%	2.6 kn slower, fuel per mile up 2%; 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
2025	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	23,943	74,835	59,461	3,887	15.3	403	–	–
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	24,296	75,901	54,708	3,609	15.2	444	–	–
2023	not published	36,530	114,144	78,993	5,126	15.4	462	–	–
2022	not published	42,759	133,812	92,278	5,978	15.4	463	–	–
2021	not published	33,625	105,101	76,328	5,728	13.3	441	–	–
2020	not published	23,032	72,080	44,342	3,257	13.6	519	–	–
2019	not published	6,939	21,702	13,634	841	16.2	509	–	–

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	232	521	−56%	9 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2024	MSC Cruise Management UK Ltd	261	618	−58%	11 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2023	not published	264	625	−58%	9 of 202	Bureau Veritas	C
2022	not published	448	831	−46%	17 of 187	Bureau Veritas	C
2021	not published	653	1,315	−50%	7 of 100	Bureau Veritas	C
2020	not published	601	1,169	−49%	31 of 100	Bureau Veritas	C
2019	not published	348	589	−41%	17 of 177	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.