Superyachts are among the most carbon-intensive forms of private transport in the world — burning enormous amounts of fuel to carry a handful of guests. Across Europe, other major polluters are increasingly required to measure, report and pay for their emissions. Superyachts, largely, are not.
Wakeprint tracks what they emit in EU waters — underway, at anchor and in port.
Estimated over the last 24 hours from 41 superyachts that currently meet the 24-hour coverage gate, out of 297 targeted vessels. Ranges reflect model uncertainty; they are never collapsed into one number. Positions are delayed by at least 15 minutes.
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41 of 297 targeted yachts currently meet the 24h coverage gate and are published. Live figure from the observation pipeline.
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Not enough coverage yet for a reliable 24h figure. The observation pipeline has recently started; this figure appears once enough yachts have 24 continuous hours of coverage.
679
Published maximum guest capacity across 38 of 41 observed vessels with documented figures. Excludes crew. Not a count of people aboard.
92.3%
Average share of the window covered by usable observations across published vessels. One of three separate coverage metrics.
Observed positions in EU waters
0 of 297 targeted vessels observed in EU waters in the current window.
Live AIS · positions delayed by at least 15 minutes · not a realtime tracker.
This map updates continuously as new AIS positions arrive. Other figures on this site (fleet totals, emissions) refresh hourly and may reflect a slightly earlier moment — they are not always perfectly in sync with this live view.
They don't need to move to burn fuel
83–85% of this fleet's estimated emissions happen while stationary — at anchor or moored in port.
Fuel per state comes from the same fuel_by_state aggregate as the technical "Fleet fuel burned" section below, converted to CO₂ with the fixed emission factor. Bar length is proportional to each state's CO₂ range midpoint.
The rules that do not reach them
Superyachts are among the most carbon-intensive forms of private transport in the world — burning enormous amounts of fuel to carry a handful of guests.
Yet when these vessels move through EU waters, anchor off our coasts or call at our ports, they can remain outside climate rules and carbon-pricing systems that already apply to other major emitters.
Wakeprint makes that footprint visible and comparable. Using vessel movements, published specifications and transparent emission models, we show what superyachts emit in EU waters — underway, at anchor and in port.
Because before we can judge whether the rules are fair, we need to know who is emitting what — and who is still escaping the bill.
In the last 24 hours.
Enough fuel for a full Airbus A350-900 to fly Munich to Singapore, nonstop, 0.6–1.3 times.
Munich–Singapore is a real Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 route, flown nonstop. 10,062 km actual route distance (published, not estimated) at 900 km/h cruise, 6,000 kg/hour fuel burn, converted at 0.8 kg/L jet fuel density = 83,850 litres per flight. Full aircraft fuel per flight, not per passenger. Illustration of scale, not part of the emissions calculation.
8,695–16,610 L
Fuel burned while making way, from state-specific fuel rates.
41,919–93,120 L
Generator and hotel load while at anchor and in port.
50,615–109,730 L
Fuel density 0.84 kg/L is the default where no vessel-specific value is published (superyacht_master_batches_1-5_fuel_speed.xlsx, sheet "Methodology", row "Default diesel density" (modelling assumption only)).
26,067–42,081 kg CO₂
64.7 vessel-hours observed in this state.
109,000–187,399 kg CO₂
528.8 vessel-hours observed in this state.
22,395–44,871 kg CO₂
184.8 vessel-hours observed in this state.
- 01Amadea106.1 m · NORMAL18.8–31.3 t
- 02Boadicea76.6 m · NORMAL14.2–23.7 t
- 03Energy77.8 m · NORMAL11.8–19.6 t
- 04Yalla73.0 m · NORMAL8.4–14.0 t
- 05Opera146.4 m · PARTIAL5.2–13.9 t
Live ranking from the published fleet view, sorted by upper-bound CO₂. Only yachts that pass the 24-hour coverage gate appear here, so the list can be shorter than five — it is never padded.
Three separate measurements. They are never merged into a single coverage figure.
Every figure on this site is labelled Observed, Published specification, or Estimated — and links to the exact model and data source behind it. Nothing here is stated as fact without a traceable source.
- Observed
- An AIS message was received: position, speed over ground, timestamp.
- Published specification
- A static figure from builder, registry or class records — length, tonnage, engine configuration, maximum guest berths.
- Estimated
- A model output with an uncertainty range: fuel burn, CO2, market value.
- Insufficient coverage
- Too little observational data in the window to publish a confident figure.
Provenance-first: observed data and modelled estimates are never mixed without saying so.
Read the full methodology