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Antwerp to Itajai freight CO2 emissions

One tonne of cargo shipped Antwerp (BEANR) to Itajai (BRITJ) by sea emits 75.8 kg CO2e well-to-wake at GLEC v3.2 default factors. The same tonne by air emits 6,232 kg — roughly 82x the sea number.

Lane noteTrans-equatorial Atlantic to southern Brazil — Itajaí/Navegantes complex serves the Santa Catarina industrial belt. 14-16 day sailings; reefer share is notable on the backhaul for frozen poultry and citrus.

Per-tonne CO2e by mode

Sea freight

Container ship 3,000-8,000 TEU

75.8
kg CO2e
Distance
10,100 km
Factor (WTW)
7.5 g CO2e/tkm
Per shipment
1 t × 10,100 km
Factor source
GLEC v3.2 container 8,000-15,000 TEU (Post-Panamax, WTW)

Air freight

Long-haul belly cargo

6,232
kg CO2e
Distance
10,250 km
Factor (WTW)
608 g CO2e/tkm
Per shipment
1 t × 10,250 km
Factor source
GLEC v3.2 long-haul belly cargo allocation (WTW)

Mode comparison

On the Antwerp to Itajai lane, air freight emits about 82 times more CO2e per tonne than sea freight at GLEC v3.2 defaults. The gap is driven by the WTW factor difference between long-haul belly cargo (608 g CO2e/tkm) and a Container ship 3,000-8,000 TEU (7.5 g CO2e/tkm), partly offset by the shorter great-circle air routing.

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These numbers are GLEC v3.2 defaults at 1 tonne. Change weight, vessel class, or load factor in the calculator and see the per-mode CO2e update under ISO 14083:2023 data quality tiers.

Methodology references

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