The drayage leg from port to inlandvanishes into a single sea average.
A shipper has asked to separate the road drayage leg of container intermodal transport by measurement.
- Intermodal flattened into a single sea average factor
- Port-to-inland drayage leg never captured
- Manual, imprecise ton-km allocation
- No data to show when asked for the basis
- Road drayage leg measured by DTG
- Road, rail, and sea separated by leg
- Allocated precisely on measured ton-km
- Verifiable reporting under ISO 14083
Here's how it fits your industry.
Measure the road drayage leg — allocating the true emissions of container intermodal transport.
The supply chain changes when shippers demand the carbon data.
Most transport emissions come from vehicles the shipper never drives. That data only turns from estimate to measurement when the shipper asks for it as a term of business.
Draw the boundary at paid freight
Only transport you paid a freight charge for is the correct boundary for a shipper's Scope 3 report. LCS draws that boundary cleanly — no gaps, no double counting.
Classify by measurement, not estimation
Instead of average factors, we use data measured directly at the vehicle, classified precisely by transport mode and leg. A single ISO 14083 method that passes verification.
Require it of subcontractors
When a shipper requires measured data as a term of contract, the whole supply chain shifts from estimate to measurement. The request is where change begins.
Don't make the ask alone.
As your partner, LCS gives you the grounds to require data from subcontractors — and gives them the tools to respond. We build the bridge to measurement between the shipper who asks and the carrier who answers.
The questions this industry asks most.
How is transport carbon measured for container intermodal shipping?
Container transport is intermodal — sea, rail, and road drayage in sequence — so it has to be calculated leg (mode) by leg to be accurate. LCS measures the road drayage leg linking port and inland at the vehicle with DTG at 1-second (1-Hz) resolution and combines it with the sea and rail legs under ISO 14083.
Why is calculating container transport with a single sea average factor inaccurate?
The sea, rail, and road drayage legs have very different emission characteristics. Flatten them into a single sea average and the port-to-inland road leg simply disappears. Only DTG measurement reflects the actual fuel and distance of that drayage leg.
How does ton-km allocation apply to container intermodal transport?
ISO 14083 calculates transport on a ton-km (weight × distance) basis, so container weight and per-leg distance drive the allocation. LCS draws the boundary at the paid-freight legs and splits the road drayage leg on measured ton-km to allocate it accurately into the shipper Scope 3.
How do we get container carriers and lines to report their data?
Drayage carriers respond when a shipper requires the road leg on a measured basis. LCS installs DTG on drayage vehicles so trip records become evidence, and integrates carrier and terminal data through the LCS API into the shipper reporting.
Start with container drayage — by measurement.
We assess your industry's transport carbon regulations and your path to measurement, together.