Methane Princess
LNG carrier
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Methane Princess
- IMO number
- 9253715
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- LNG carrier
- Gross tonnage
- 93,899
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 189 m
- Beam
- 25 m
- Year built
- 2003
- Builder
- Vickers
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- British Gas plc
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Methane Princess
Methane Princess and Methane Progress were the first purpose-built LNG carriers, entering service in 1964 and used to transport natural gas from Algeria to the UK. Methane Princess was built at the Vickers shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness and her sister by Harland & Wolff in Belfast.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Emissions & fuel consumption
Independently verified annual figures reported under the EU MRV regulation — public environmental data the incumbents don't surface.
| Year | CO₂ emitted | Fuel burned | Time at sea | CO₂ / n mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 60,355 t | 21,614 t | 201 days | 1,319 kg |
| 2019 | 27,706 t | 9,947 t | 110 days | 795 kg |
| 2020 | 5,580 t | 2,027 t | 21 days | 749 kg |
| 2021 | 15,983 t | 5,740 t | 53 days | 946 kg |
| 2022 | 26,529 t | 9,456 t | 100 days | 912 kg |
| 2023 | 33,470 t | 11,822 t | 106 days | 968 kg |
| 2024 | 9,841 t | 3,559 t | 31 days | 878 kg |
Technical efficiency: EEXI (7.58 gCO₂/t·nm). Source: European Commission / EMSA THETIS-MRV (EU Regulation 2015/757). Covers voyages to, from and within the EU/EEA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Methane Princess now?
- Methane Princess has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Methane Princess?
- Methane Princess is a lng carrier, built in 2003 by Vickers. The vessel is 189 m long with a beam of 25 m and has a gross tonnage of 93,899.
- Who owns Methane Princess?
- Methane Princess is operated by British Gas plc. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has Methane Princess been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Methane Princess appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).