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CELEBRITY APEX

IMO
9838383
Type
Passenger ship (Cruise Passenger ship)
Port of registry
Valletta
Technical efficiency
EEXI 7.94 g CO₂/t·nm

ISM company (DoC holder) in 2025: RCL Cruises Ltd · part of Royal Caribbean Group

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2025 at a glance

From the 2025 THETIS-MRV report.

Fuel per mile
310.3 kg/nm
Cruise median 263.6 kg/nm (+18%)
CO₂ per transport work (pax)
333
g CO₂/pax·nm · Cruise median 521 (−36%)
Average speed
16.5 kn
Cruise median 13.1 kn (+26%)
Fuel per day at sea
122.9 t/day
Fuel consumed
17,964 t
CO₂ emitted
56,030 t
56,912 t CO₂eq incl. CH₄ and N₂O
Distance sailed
57,900 nm
CO₂ ÷ CO₂ per mile
Time at sea
3,509 h
146 days, 40% 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 310.3 kg/nm · median 263.6 (+18%)
89.6Ranks 128 of 202, lowest first415.6
Average speedThis ship 16.5 kn · median 13.1 (+26%)
10.8Faster than 96% of cruise ships15.5
CO₂ per transport work (pax)This ship 332.95 g CO₂/pax·nm · median 521.02 (−36%)
302.86Ranks 39 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 ports48%
  • From the EU23%
  • Into the EU19%
  • At berth in the EU9%

0% of this ship's CO₂ falls under the EU ETS (0 t).

Fuel burned laden
–
Not reported
CO₂ at berth
9.5%
Alongside in EU ports
Methane (CH₄)
0.9 t
Mainly from LNG; small for oil, biofuel and methanol
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

  • CELEBRITY APEX
  • Cruise median

Average speed, kn

  • CELEBRITY APEX
  • Cruise median

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

  • CELEBRITY APEX
  • Cruise median

Year on year

YearSpeedFuel per mileFuel per dayDistanceCO₂ per TWReading
2024→2025+1.2 kn−6%+2%+18%−5%1.2 kn faster, fuel per mile down 6%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2023→2024+0.0 kn+4%+4%+7%−9%Same speed, fuel per mile up 4%; in line with the speed change.
2022→2023+4.2 kn−6%+30%−8%−39%4.2 kn faster, fuel per mile down 6%; better than speed alone explains (hull, engine or trade).
2021→2022+0.5 kn+10%+15%+70%−45%0.5 kn faster, fuel per mile up 10%; in line with the speed change.

Part-year reports are left out of these comparisons. 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 nmAt sea hSpeed knFuel kg/nmCO₂ g/t·nmLaden fuel
2025part-yearRCL Cruises Ltd17,96456,03057,9003,50916.5310.3––
2025Celebrity Cruises, Inc.17,96456,03057,9003,50916.5310.3––
2024part-yearCelebrity Cruises, Inc.1,4284,4514,73426617.8301.6––
2024RCL Cruises Ltd16,17350,43049,0893,21115.3329.5––
2023not published14,58444,06845,9262,99815.3317.6––
2022not published16,89452,69750,0524,52011.1337.5––
2021not published9,05528,28029,5292,78110.6306.7––

Benchmark and verification

YearISM companyCO₂ per TW, g CO₂/pax·nmCruise medianvs CruiseRankVerifierMethods
2025part-yearRCL Cruises Ltd––––DNVA
2025Celebrity Cruises, Inc.332.95521.02−36%39 of 202DNVA
2024part-yearCelebrity Cruises, Inc.––––DNVA
2024RCL Cruises Ltd352.09618.41−43%41 of 202DNVA
2023not published388.69625.29−38%42 of 202DNVA
2022not published641.11830.76−23%60 of 187DNVA
2021not published1,162.141,314.88−12%46 of 100DNVA

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.

CELEBRITY APEX (IMO 9838383): fuel, emissions and EU ETS 2021–2025 | Navalyze