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43 ships0.83 Mt CO₂ in 2025

The HMM container fleet counts 43 ships reporting under the EU MRV regulation — the 8th largest reporting fleet — with a combined 0.83 Mt of verified CO₂ emissions in 2025. Every figure on this page comes from the yearly verified reports each ship files with EMSA.

Its total emissions went from 0.02 Mt of CO₂ in 2019 to 0.83 Mt in 2025, a trajectory that reflects both fleet size and operational efficiency choices such as slow steaming and vessel upgrades.

HMM is South Korea's flag carrier and one of shipping's great rebuilding stories. After the 2016 collapse of Hanjin Shipping — the largest bankruptcy in container history — the state-backed company ordered twelve 24,000 TEU megaships in a single stroke, led by the HMM Algeciras, the world's largest container ship at its 2020 delivery. The gamble of expanding into the pandemic turned into a windfall when freight rates exploded months later.

Those young megaships give HMM one of the most modern long-haul fleets afloat, and it shows in the verified MRV data: the Algeciras class posts among the lowest CO₂ figures per container of any ships trading to Europe. Since 2025 HMM sails in the Premier Alliance with ONE and Yang Ming.

Verified data reported under the EU MRV regulation (source: EMSA / THETIS-MRV).

Fleet CO₂ trend

00.512019202020212022202320242025Mt CO₂
#VesselIMORegistryCO₂ 2025 (t)
1HMM Oslo986832641,929
2Hyundai Courage934754241,809
3HMM Tacoma938500140,259
4HMM Southampton986834037,420
5HMM Stockholm986835237,239
6HMM Rotterdam986833835,847
7HMM Oakland938501335,699
8HMM Dublin986331435,134
9HMM Hamburg986333832,987
10HMM Promise974216832,693
11HMM Gdansk986332630,957
12HMM Peridot995525829,828
13HMM Raon9869215JEJU27,830
14HMM Helsinki986334027,825
15HMM Le Havre986831427,000
16HMM Algeciras986329726,122
17HMM Copenhagen986330225,116
18HMM St Petersburg986836424,506
19HMM Green999846823,611
20HMM Colombo932350822,500
21HMM Forest999847022,425
22HMM Jakarta932352218,130
23HMM Dream963722218,049
24HMM Pride963726017,210
25Hyundai Brave934630416,966
26HMM Hope963723416,028
27Hyundai Force934756615,418
28HMM Garnet994445514,034
29HMM Leaf101595912,827
30HMM Hanbada9869203JEJU11,020
31HMM Nuri9869162JEJU10,295
32HMM Platinum9637155MONROVIA6,831
33HMM Amethyst99444676,529
34HMM Garam9869186JEJU3,709
35HMM Aquamarine99444793,530
36HMM Drive96372461,086
37HMM Diamond9944481Monrovia265
38HMM Bangkok9323510JEJU
39Hyundai Voyager9347580
40HMM Cebu9312418JEJU
41Hyundai Prestige9625528MONROVIA
42HMM Mir9869198
43Hyundai Faith9347554

Frequently asked questions

How many ships does the HMM fleet operate?

43 container ships operated by HMM reported verified emissions data under the EU MRV regulation in 2025. Ships that did not call European ports that year are not included.

How much CO₂ does the HMM fleet emit?

The HMM container fleet emitted 0.83 Mt of verified CO₂ in 2025 on voyages within the EU MRV scope, as reported to EMSA and verified by accredited third parties.