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VIKING VELA

IMO: 9852432
Type: Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)
Port of registry: Bergen
Technical efficiency: EEXI 11.60 g CO₂/t·nm
Ice class: IC

ISM company (DoC holder) in 2025: Wilhelmsen Ship Management (Norway) AS · part of Wilhelmsen Ship Management

Report year

2025 at a glance

From the 2025 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel per mile

217.4 kg/nm

Cruise median 263.6 kg/nm (−18%)

CO₂ per transport work (pax)

711

g CO₂/pax·nm · Cruise median 521 (+37%)

Average speed

13.1 kn

Cruise median 13.1 kn (+0%)

Fuel per day at sea

68.2 t/day

Fuel consumed

9,286 t

CO₂ emitted

29,155 t

29,611 t CO₂eq incl. CH₄ and N₂O

Distance sailed

42,722 nm

CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile

Time at sea

3,266 h

136 days, 37% 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 per mileThis ship 217.4 kg/nm · median 263.6 (−18%)

89.6Ranks 71 of 202, lowest first415.6

Average speedThis ship 13.1 kn · median 13.1 (+0%)

10.8Faster than 48% of cruise ships15.5

CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 711.48 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 521.02 (+37%)

302.86Ranks 132 of 202, lowest first1,700.54

Middle 80% of shipsMiddle 50%Cruise medianThis ship

Where the emissions happen, 2025

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 ports58%
From the EU9%
Into the EU10%
At berth in the EU24%

91% of this ship's CO₂ falls under the EU ETS (26,458 t).

Fuel burned laden

–

Not reported

CO₂ at berth

23.5%

Alongside in EU ports

Methane (CH₄)

0.5 t

Mainly from LNG; small for oil

CO₂eq ÷ CO₂

1.016

Uplift from CH₄ and N₂O, counted in full from 2026

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 per mile, kg/nm

VIKING VELA
Cruise median

200.0220.0240.0260.0280.0

’242024’252025

Average speed, kn

VIKING VELA
Cruise median

12.512.813.013.313.5

’242024’252025

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

VIKING VELA
Cruise median

500600700800900

’242024’252025

Year on year

Year	Speed	Fuel per mile	Fuel per day	Distance	CO₂ per TW	Reading
2024→2025	+0.6 kn	−4%	+1%	+942%	−12%	0.6 kn faster, fuel per mile down 4%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine 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	At sea h	Speed kn	Fuel kg/nm	CO₂ g/t·nm	Laden fuel
2025	Wilhelmsen Ship Management (Norway) AS	9,286	29,155	42,722	3,266	13.1	217.4	–	–
2024	Viking Ocean Cruises Ship XI LTD.	924	2,940	4,100	329	12.5	225.4	–	–

Benchmark and verification

Year	ISM company	CO₂ per TW, g CO₂/pax·nm	Cruise median	vs Cruise	Rank	Verifier	Methods
2025	Wilhelmsen Ship Management (Norway) AS	711.48	521.02	+37%	132 of 202	DNV	B+C
2024	Viking Ocean Cruises Ship XI LTD.	812.20	618.41	+31%	125 of 202	DNV	B+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.