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MSC WORLD EUROPA

IMO
9837420
Type
Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)
Flag (estimated)
Malta
Port of registry
Valletta
Technical efficiency
EEDI 5.41 g CO₂/t·nm
Fuel (estimated)
Mostly LNG

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

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2023 at a glance

From the 2023 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel kg/nm
418
Passenger median 270 kg/nm (+55%)
CO₂ per transport work (pax)
198
g CO₂/pax·nm · Passenger median 625 (−68%)
Average speed
16.5 kn
Passenger median 13.7 kn (+20%)
Fuel per day at sea
165.3 t/day
Fuel consumed
29,339 t
CO₂ emitted
81,938 t
Distance sailed
70,234 nm
CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile
Time at sea
4,259 h
177 days, 49% 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 421 kg/nm · median 264 (+60%)
89.6Ranks 184 of 202, lowest first416
Average speedThis ship 16.1 kn · median 13.1 (+23%)
10.8Faster than 93% of cruise ships15.5
CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 191 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 521 (−63%)
303Ranks 7 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 ports84%
  • From the EU0%
  • Into the EU3%
  • At berth in the EU13%
Fuel burned laden
–
Not reported
CO₂ at berth
10,988 t
13.4% 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 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 WORLD EUROPA
  • Cruise median

Average speed, kn

  • MSC WORLD EUROPA
  • Cruise median

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

  • MSC WORLD EUROPA
  • Cruise median

Year on year

YearAverage speedFuel kg/nmFuel per day at seaDistanceCO₂ per transport workReading
2024→2025−0.4 kn+0%−2%−1%+2%0.4 kn slower, fuel per mile flat.
2023→2024+0.0 kn+1%+0%+34%−6%Same speed, fuel per mile flat.
2022→2023−1.2 kn+1%−6%+2,086%−92%1.2 kn slower, fuel per mile flat; 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

YearISM companyFuel tCO₂ tDistance nmHours at seahAverage speedknots at seaFuel kg/nmthis shipCO₂ per transport work (cargo)g/t·nm, this shipLaden fuel
2025LNGMSC Cruise Management UK Ltd39,325107,49693,4335,79016.1421––
2024LNGMSC Cruise Management UK Ltd39,683106,37694,4095,73416.5420––
2023LNG / alt.not published29,33981,93870,2344,25916.5418––
2022not published1,3244,2113,21318217.7412––

Benchmark and verification

YearISM companyCO₂ per TW, g CO₂/pax·nmCruise medianvs CruiseRankVerifierMethods
2025LNGMSC Cruise Management UK Ltd191521−63%7 of 202Bureau VeritasC
2024LNGMSC Cruise Management UK Ltd187618−70%7 of 202Bureau VeritasC
2023LNG / alt.not published198625−68%7 of 202Bureau VeritasC
2022not published2,492831+200%177 of 187Bureau VeritasC

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.