Germany

United Kingdom

New Zealand

Container ship (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

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 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 2019: 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 2018: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity of freighting goods. Retrieved from the sheet: '09_Gütertransport_m.V.' of the Excel file 'Emissionsfaktoren zur THG-Bilanzierung (xlsx-Format) 2.1' published by UBA at the source URL.

Inland vessel - container ship - freighting goods

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 for container ship. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2025: 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 2018: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for container ship. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2020: 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 2021: 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 2021: 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 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 2025: 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 2020: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for container ship. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2019: 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.

Container freight

Well-to-Wheel (WTW) emission intensity of freight. Retrieved from the Global Logistics Emissions Council Framework for Logistics Emissions Accounting and Reporting. (2019).  This factor is based on planned distances and a -15% distance adjustment should be applied if actual distances are used. This factor has been calculated incorporating average loads/empty running/repositioning etc. as appropriate to the transport type and as described by the source.

Other - Container ship (dry)

Tank-to-Wheel (TTW) emission intensity of freight. Retrieved from the Global Logistics Emissions Council Framework for Logistics Emissions Accounting and Reporting. (2019).  This factor is based on planned distances and a -15% distance adjustment should be applied if actual distances are used. This factor has been calculated incorporating average loads/empty running/repositioning etc. as appropriate to the transport type and as described by the source.

Property	Value
Name	Container freight And 3 Other Names Container freight Container ship (average) Inland vessel - container ship - freighting goods
Sector	Transport
Category	Sea Freight
Source	BEIS, MfE, UBA
Region	Germany (DE), United Kingdom (GB), New Zealand (NZ)
Unit Type	Weight Over Distance
Year	2025 to 2018
LCA Activity	fuel_combustion, well_to_tank, well_to_wheel

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Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2024	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2019	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2018	WeightOverDistance
Inland vessel - container ship - freighting goods	Germany	UBA	2024	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2022	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2022	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2025	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2023	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2018	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2020	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2023	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2024	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2025	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2020	WeightOverDistance
Container ship (average)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2019	WeightOverDistance
Container freight	New Zealand	MfE	2020	WeightOverDistance
Other - Container ship (dry)	Global	GLEC	2019	ContainerOverDistance
Other - Container ship (dry)	Global	GLEC	2019	ContainerOverDistance