CO2 Calculation Example

Multimodal Ocean-freight Shipment (RAIL-SEA-ROAD)

CarbonCare is a very efficient calculator for calculating CO2e emissions and other pollutants that produce the greenhouse effect in the earth's atmosphere. It is specially designed for the emissions caused by the commercial transport and handling of goods. It precisely calculates the greenhouse gas transport activities on all continents. The calculator's interface is designed to combine multiple segments with different modes of transport: road, rail, air, sea and even inland waterways. Optionally, the additional CO2e caused by the cooling of the goods (cold chain) can also be included in the calculation.

Below is an example of a multimodal transport chain.

Departure point: Bern, Switzerland - Destination: Toronto, Canada, weight: 8,500 kg.

• 1st segment - ROAD transport from CH-Bern to CH-Basel, Switzerland

• 2nd segment – Rhine ship (WW) transport from CH-Basel to BE-Antwerp

• 3rd segment - Container ship (SEA) transport from BE-Antwerp to CA-Montreal

• 4th segment - RAIL transport from CA-Montreal to CA-Toronto.

Transport distance: 7,453 km

Emission Values:

  • CO2e: 660.40 kg  OPS

  • CO2: 233.22 kg  ENE

  • CO2e:  893.62 kg  TOT

CO2 Emissions Calculator

CarbonCare is a very precise greenhouse gas calculator focusing on logistics and freight transport of all kinds. The basic online calculator can be used free of charge to calculate CO2 emissions for any form of transport, on any route. Try it now, compare the different modes of transport and see how much it would cost to offset your carbon footprint.

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Cargo Inland Waterway vessel navigating on a river

Automatic CO2 Calculation and Compensation

In addition to the free calculator, CarbonCare also offers extended products and licences for the automatic calculation of CO2 emissions from transport and logistics, all with data exchange, compensation of emissions, data storage and analysis options.

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