United Kingdom

New Zealand

Container ship (average)

United States of America (the)

General cargo (average)

Bulk carrier (average)

RoRo-ferry

Emission intensity WTT for container ship. 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.

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

Emission intensity for container ship. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2022: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

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

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

Emission intensity WTT for container ship. 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 container freight. Domestic coastal shipping. Published by the Ministry for the Environment of New Zealand in 2020. Retrieved from 2020 Emission Factors Flat File.

Property	Value
Name	Container freight (average) And 2 Other Names Container freight (average) Container ship (average)
Sector	Transport
Category	Sea Freight
Source	BEIS, MfE
Region	United Kingdom (GB), New Zealand (NZ)
Unit Type	Weight Over Distance
Year	2020 to 2024
LCA Activity	fuel_combustion, well_to_tank

Container ship (average)

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RoRo-ferry

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2022	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2022	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2023	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2023	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2024	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2024	WeightOverDistance
Container freight (average)	New Zealand	MfE	2020	WeightOverDistance