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Table 3 2018 CO2 emissions by ship type; EU MRV data

From: Shipping and the Paris climate agreement: a focus on committed emissions

Ship type

Number of ships with fuel and CO2 data

Total fuel/year (Mt)

Total CO2/year (MtCO2)

Average CO2 /ship/year (tCO2)

Bulk Carriers

3311

5.57

17.46

5272

Chemical Tankers

1268

2.91

9.13

7199

Combination Carriers

7

0.03

0.08

12,013

Container Ships

1665

14.04

44.07

26,467

Container Ro-Ro Cargo

72

0.46

1.43

19,890

Gas Carriers

294

0.79

2.45

8340

General Cargo Ships

1048

1.87

5.88

5612

LNG Carriers

194

1.90

5.46

28,154

Oil Tankers

1686

5.62

17.67

10,479

Other Ship Types

104

0.33

1.03

9933

Passenger Ships

146

2.03

6.39

43,776

Refrigerated Cargo

140

0.57

1.78

12,730

Ro Pax

344

4.30

13.78

40,060

Ro-Ro

257

1.89

5.91

23,009

Vehicle Carriers

433

1.62

5.07

11,702

TOTAL

10,966

43.94

137.65

12,553

  1. Source: EU MRV database. NB: EU “passenger ship” definition equates to “cruise ships” in Clarksons
  2. MtCO2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide