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Operation - intermodal shipping container (40-foot)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is operation, intermodal shipping container, 40-foot. The Reference Product is operation, intermodal shipping container. The operation, intermodal shipping container is delivering the service of operation of a intermodal shipping container that is used to store 1kg of cargo for 1 day. The container has a lifetime of 15 years and a TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) of 1-2. The service also includes the needed maintenance. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/13805/documentation

PropertyValue
NameOperation - intermodal shipping container (40-foot)
SectorTransport
CategoryTransport Services and Warehousing
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Global (GLOBAL)
Unit Type
Weight Over Time
Year
2010
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg-day
Scopes3.4, 3.9
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
transport_services-type_operation_intermodal_shipping_container_operation_intermodal_shipping_container_40_foot
UUID
a3cc6996-1371-45fc-9d15-9b9170ed3d22
Code Snippet
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