HELENA: EU ETS cost estimate
HELENA (IMO 9584487) is a container ship that reported its fuel and emissions on voyages to, from and between EU and EEA ports to the EU MRV system for 2025 and 2024. It also reported as HELENA SCHEPERS. Below are the figures as reported and what they mean under the EU ETS, estimated by VesselVector.
EU ETS 2025, estimated, 2 reports 2,292 allowances ≈ €195,124 (≈ US$219,027)
The reported EU ETS emissions for 2025 × 70 % (the share to surrender for 2025, Directive 2003/87/EC Art. 3gb) × €85.12 per allowance. Due in the Union Registry by 30 September 2026 (passed). Art. 12(3)
Company
- LIBERTY BLUE SHIPMANAGEMENT GmbH & Co. KG (IMO company number 5909919). Administering authority: Germany, by the Commission's list (Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1453, lookup).
- HS Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS "Helena Schepers" (IMO company number 6269904). Administering authority: Germany, by the Commission's list (Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1453, lookup).
The company is the one named in the report: the shipowner, or the organisation such as the manager that took over the owner's duties under the ISM Code. The EU ETS charges the same company. Regulation (EU) 2015/757 Art. 3(d); Directive 2003/87/EC Art. 3(w)
2025
| Report | Last company's report 2025 | Partial report 2025 (1/1 - 10/2) |
|---|---|---|
| Company | LIBERTY BLUE SHIPMANAGEMENT GmbH & Co. KG | HS Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS "Helena Schepers" |
| Fuel (t) | 5,266 | 407 |
| CO₂, all EU MRV voyages and ports (t) | 16,512 | 1,290 |
| … between EU/EEA ports | 15,525 | 823 |
| … departing EU/EEA ports | 207 | 207 |
| … arriving at EU/EEA ports | 172 | 172 |
| … within EU/EEA ports | 609 | 88 |
| Reported for the EU ETS (t CO₂) | 2,174 | 1,101 |
| Allowances, estimated (70 %) | 1,522 | 770 |
| Cost at €85.12 | €129,548 | €65,576 |
| Technical efficiency | EEXI (22.1 gCO₂/t·nm) | EIV (26.16 gCO₂/t·nm) |
| Ice class | IA | IA |
| Verifier | EnvService GmbH | Swiss Climate EcoCare GmbH |
When a ship changes company, the previous company files a partial report for its time with the ship. Regulation (EU) 2015/757 Art. 11(2) The last company's report gives fuel and CO₂ for the whole year: its fuel is at least the partial reports' fuel in all 1,759 such cases in the 2024 and 2025 files. Its EU ETS figure equals the last company's part in 944 of them and the whole year in 32; the files do not say which. 2025 in total, adding up the reports: 2,292 allowances, ≈ €195,124 (≈ US$219,027).
2025 (LIBERTY BLUE SHIPMANAGEMENT GmbH & Co. KG): Ice class IA: the company may surrender 5 % fewer allowances if it claims the ice-class derogation. The estimate does not deduct it. Directive 2003/87/EC Art. 12(3-e)
2025 (1/1 - 10/2) (HS Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS "Helena Schepers"): Ice class IA: the company may surrender 5 % fewer allowances if it claims the ice-class derogation. The estimate does not deduct it. Directive 2003/87/EC Art. 12(3-e)
2024
| Report | Report 2024 |
|---|---|
| Company | HS Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG MS "Helena Schepers" |
| Fuel (t) | 3,878 |
| CO₂, all EU MRV voyages and ports (t) | 12,277 |
| … between EU/EEA ports | 7,436 |
| … departing EU/EEA ports | 2,443 |
| … arriving at EU/EEA ports | 1,708 |
| … within EU/EEA ports | 692 |
| Reported for the EU ETS (t CO₂) | 10,202 |
| Allowances, estimated (40 %) | 4,081 |
| Cost at €85.12 | €347,362 |
| Technical efficiency | EIV (26.16 gCO₂/t·nm) |
| Ice class | IA |
| Verifier | Swiss Climate EcoCare GmbH |
Ice class IA: the company may surrender 5 % fewer allowances if it claims the ice-class derogation. The estimate does not deduct it. Directive 2003/87/EC Art. 12(3-e)
How the estimate works
The EU MRV report gives the CO₂ the EU ETS counts for the ship, worked out by the company and checked by the verifier: voyages between EU/EEA ports and time in their ports in full, voyages to or from a port outside at 50 %, and some emissions at zero. Directive 2003/87/EC Art. 3ga(1); Regulation (EU) 2015/757 Annex II Part C VesselVector applies the share to surrender for the year and values the allowances at the price shown. CO₂ only until 2025; from 2026 the ETS adds methane and nitrous oxide. Directive 2003/87/EC Annex I The company's real cost depends on when it bought its allowances and on the reductions it claims. To estimate a voyage or a year yourself, use the EU ETS calculator.
Sources
Source: EMSA THETIS-MRV, EU MRV publication of information, reporting period 2025 (version 67, generated 17 October 2026); reporting period 2024 (version 252, generated 15 October 2026). EMSA publishes these data under Regulation (EU) 2015/757 Art. 21 “solely for the purpose of information”; VesselVector shows them for information only, with the estimates added. Page built on 20 October 2026.
The figures are the company's own monitoring report as verified by the verifier named, shown as reported (rounded to whole tonnes). To have a figure corrected, contact EMSA or the ship's verifier; VesselVector does not correct the data. EU ETS rules as checked on 19 October 2026 (Regulation (EU) 2015/757 and Directive 2003/87/EC as amended).
Allowance price: €85.12 per EUA, EEX EU ETS primary auction clearing price (CAP3 auction), 19 October 2026 (EEX). US$ figures: converted by VesselVector from the euro amounts at the ECB euro reference rate of 1.1225 US$ per € on 19 October 2026 (source: European Central Bank).