United Kingdom

New Zealand

United States of America (the)

General cargo (average)

Global

Intra North America EC/ Gulf/WC - Container ship (dry)

United Arab Emirates (the)

Afghanistan

Antigua and Barbuda

Albania

Angola

Argentina

Austria

Australia

Barbados

Bangladesh

Belgium

Burkina Faso

Bulgaria

Bahrain

Burundi

Benin

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Brazil

Bahamas

Bhutan

Belize

Canada

Central African Republic

Congo

Switzerland

Côte d'Ivoire

Chile

Cameroon

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cyprus

Czechia

Germany

Denmark

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Algeria

Ecuador

Estonia

Egypt

Spain

Ethiopia

Finland

Fiji

France

Gabon

Grenada

Gambia

Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Greece

Guatemala

Guinea-Bissau

Hong Kong

Honduras

Croatia

Haiti

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

India

Iraq

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iceland

Italy

Jamaica

Jordan

Japan

Kenya

Cambodia

Kiribati

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Kazakhstan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lebanon

Saint Lucia

Sri Lanka

Lesotho

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Latvia

Morocco

Moldova, Republic of

North Macedonia

Mali

Myanmar

Mongolia

Malta

Mauritius

Maldives

Malawi

Mexico

Malaysia

Namibia

Niger

Water transportation

Water transportation (purchaser prices)

Emission intensity WTT for general cargo. Well-to-tank (WTT) conversion factors for delivery vehicles & freighting goods should be used to report the upstream Scope 3 emissions associated with extraction/refining and transportation of the raw fuels before they are used to power the transport mode. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2019: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for general cargo. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2025: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for waterborne craft. Retrieved from the EPA's GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx).

Waterborne Craft (freight)

Emission intensity for general cargo. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2020: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for waterborne craft. Retrieved from the 2024 GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx) file published by the US EPA at the source URL.

Emission intensity WTT for general cargo. Well-to-tank (WTT) conversion factors for delivery vehicles & freighting goods should be used to report the upstream Scope 3 emissions associated with extraction/refining and transportation of the raw fuels before they are used to power the transport mode. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2025: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for waterborne craft. Retrieved from the 2025 GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx) file published by the US EPA at the source URL.

Emission intensity WTT for general cargo. Well-to-tank (WTT) conversion factors for delivery vehicles & freighting goods should be used to report the upstream Scope 3 emissions associated with extraction/refining and transportation of the raw fuels before they are used to power the transport mode. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2023: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for general cargo. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2023: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity WTT for general cargo. Well-to-tank (WTT) conversion factors for delivery vehicles & freighting goods should be used to report the upstream Scope 3 emissions associated with extraction/refining and transportation of the raw fuels before they are used to power the transport mode. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2018: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for general cargo. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2024: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity WTT for general cargo. Well-to-tank (WTT) conversion factors for delivery vehicles & freighting goods should be used to report the upstream Scope 3 emissions associated with extraction/refining and transportation of the raw fuels before they are used to power the transport mode. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2022: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity WTT for general cargo. Well-to-tank (WTT) conversion factors for delivery vehicles & freighting goods should be used to report the upstream Scope 3 emissions associated with extraction/refining and transportation of the raw fuels before they are used to power the transport mode. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2020: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for general cargo. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2019: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity WTT for general cargo. Well-to-tank (WTT) conversion factors for delivery vehicles & freighting goods should be used to report the upstream Scope 3 emissions associated with extraction/refining and transportation of the raw fuels before they are used to power the transport mode. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2024: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for general cargo. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2018: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for general cargo. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2021: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for general cargo. Average value. International shipping. Published by the Ministry for the Environment of New Zealand in 2020. Retrieved from 2020 Emission Factors Flat File.

General cargo

Emission intensity WTT for general cargo. Well-to-tank (WTT) conversion factors for delivery vehicles & freighting goods should be used to report the upstream Scope 3 emissions associated with extraction/refining and transportation of the raw fuels before they are used to power the transport mode. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2021: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Property	Value
Name	General cargo And 3 Other Names General cargo General cargo (average) Waterborne Craft (freight)
Sector	Transport
Category	Sea Freight
Source	BEIS, EPA, MfE
Region	United Kingdom (GB), New Zealand (NZ), United States of America (the) (US)
Unit Type	Weight Over Distance
Year	2025 to 2018
LCA Activity	fuel_combustion, use_phase, well_to_tank

General cargo (average)

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Water transportation (purchaser prices)

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2019	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2025	WeightOverDistance
Waterborne Craft (freight)	United States of America (the)	EPA	2023	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2020	WeightOverDistance
Waterborne Craft (freight)	United States of America (the)	EPA	2024	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2025	WeightOverDistance
Waterborne Craft (freight)	United States of America (the)	EPA	2021	WeightOverDistance
Waterborne Craft (freight)	United States of America (the)	EPA	2025	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2023	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2023	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2018	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2024	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2022	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2020	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2019	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2024	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2018	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	WeightOverDistance
General cargo	New Zealand	MfE	2020	WeightOverDistance
General cargo (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	WeightOverDistance