Emission Factor

Cargo ship using heavy fuel or marine gas oil ≤ 10000t

0.0191kgCO2e/tonne-km

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity for cargo ship of up to 10000t using heavy fuel oil or marine gas oil. Cargo ships are commercial vessels intended for the transport of general cargo. Chemical tankers belong to this category. As the data is relatively close between HFO and MGO it was decided to include in the Base Carbone® an of these two fuels in proportion to their relative use. Provided by the GT Transport Base Carbone & GLEC Framework. Retrieved from Base Carbone - Data V21.0.csv.

PropertyValue
NameCargo ship using heavy fuel or marine gas oil ≤ 10000t
SectorTransport
CategorySea Freight
SourceADEME
Source DatasetBase Carbone V21.0
Region
Unit Type
Year
2020
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.0191kg/tonne-km
LCA Activity
fuel_upstream-fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
sea_freight-vessel_type_cargo-route_type_na-vessel_length_na-tonnage_lte_10000t-fuel_source_heavy_fuel_oil_or_marine_gas_oil
UUID
2ee021e0-fe5a-49fb-8842-7f1ad1342c48
Code Snippet
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