EU MRV 2025: ship emissions and EU ETS cost by ship type
What the 17,386 ships in the EU MRV register emitted in 2025, by ship type, and what the EU ETS share of it costs in allowances. Aggregated from the public register; no ship or company is named.
Updated 2026-10-20. Source: EMSA THETIS-MRV, thetis_mrv_2025_v67.xlsx.
By ship type
| Ship type | Ships | CO₂ (t) | Median CO₂ per ship (t) | In EU ETS scope (t CO₂) | Allowances for 2025 (€) | Same activity, 2026 rules (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Container ship | 2,375 | 51.6 m | 15,129 | 28.3 m | €1,685.4 m | €2,407.7 m |
| Oil tanker | 2,007 | 16.6 m | 6,417 | 9.7 m | €577.2 m | €824.5 m |
| Bulk carrier | 4,847 | 14.5 m | 2,401 | 7.5 m | €446.9 m | €638.5 m |
| Ro-pax ship | 426 | 13.5 m | 29,890 | 9.1 m | €542.7 m | €775.3 m |
| LNG carrier | 408 | 9.8 m | 19,952 | 5.1 m | €301.8 m | €431.1 m |
| General cargo ship | 3,020 | 9.4 m | 2,568 | 5.4 m | €321.4 m | €459.2 m |
| Chemical tanker | 1,636 | 8.8 m | 5,031 | 5.5 m | €328.1 m | €468.6 m |
| Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship) | 207 | 7.1 m | 30,571 | 5.3 m | €316.8 m | €452.6 m |
| Ro-ro ship | 243 | 5.3 m | 21,206 | 3.6 m | €214.4 m | €306.2 m |
| Vehicle carrier | 533 | 4.3 m | 6,810 | 2.3 m | €138.9 m | €198.4 m |
| Other ship types (Offshore) | 602 | 3.2 m | 3,600 | 2.4 m | from 2027 | from 2027 |
| Gas carrier | 418 | 2.8 m | 5,051 | 1.6 m | €97.2 m | €138.9 m |
| Other ship types | 433 | 2.3 m | 4,053 | 1.3 m | €77.0 m | €110.1 m |
| Container/ro-ro cargo ship | 67 | 1.1 m | 15,965 | 707,901 | €42.1 m | €60.2 m |
| Refrigerated cargo carrier | 125 | 877,688 | 4,441 | 439,803 | €26.2 m | €37.4 m |
| Passenger ship | 34 | 330,309 | 6,380 | 238,799 | €14.2 m | €20.3 m |
| Combination carrier | 5 | 22,884 | 3,380 | 14,712 | €875,338 | €1.3 m |
| All ships | 17,386 | 151.6 m | 88.6 m | €5,131.1 m | €7,330.1 m |
Estimates from public data. EU ETS scope is the verifier's figure published in the register. Allowances for 2025: 70% of the scope (Directive 2003/87/EC, Art. 3gb). Cost at €85 per allowance, an assumption. Offshore ships enter the EU ETS in 2027, so no allowances are counted for them here. Not verified compliance figures.
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How the figures are made
Each ship of 5,000 GT and above that calls at an EU or EEA port reports its fuel, CO₂ and distance under Regulation (EU) 2015/757; once verified, EMSA publishes them under Article 21. CarbonKeel groups the published records by the register's ship type and adds the EU ETS arithmetic. For one ship, the lookup shows the same figures with FuelEU and the CII.
Questions
How much CO₂ did ships report to the EU MRV for 2025?
151.6 million tonnes from 17,386 ships of 5,000 GT and above that called at EU and EEA ports.
What do the 2025 emissions cost in EU allowances?
88.6 million tonnes were in the EU ETS scope. At 70% surrendered for 2025, that is about 60.4 million allowances, or €5.13 billion at €85 each.
Which ship type emits the most?
Container ships: 51.6 million tonnes from 2,375 ships.
Can I use these figures?
Yes, with attribution to CarbonKeel and to EMSA THETIS-MRV. The table can be downloaded as CSV below.
EU ETS, FuelEU, CII and UK ETS for each ship, from the public register or your own data.