Inland Waterway Vessel Fuel & CO₂

Rhine / Danube / Mississippi / Yangtze barges and push-boats. Outside IMO CII (inland waterway exemption) but regulated nationally - CCNR Stage V in EU; EPA Tier 4 in US.

Ship typeInland

Operational year

Tonne-kilometres transported / yeart·kmTypical inland barge train 500M–1,500M t·km.Operating daysd

Fuel

FuelMasst

Annual CO₂: 1,923.6t

Daily fuel: 1.88t/day

CO₂ per tonne-km: 2.405g / (t·km)

Changing the inputs requires JavaScript. The calculator above shows its default inputs and result. The formula, symbols, and regulatory sources are shown in the Formula section below.

Formula, assumptions, and limits

\text{CO}_2^\text{year} = \sum_j F_j \cdot C_{f,j}

Symbol	Meaning	Unit
$F_j$	Mass of fuel $j$	t
$C_{f,j}$	CO₂ factor	t CO₂ / t fuel
$Bench (Tonne-kilometres transported / year)$	operational benchmark	t·km
$d_\text{op}$	Operating days	d

Source: CCNR - Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine; IMO MEPC.364(79) - Cf conversion factors

In short

Rhine / Danube / Mississippi / Yangtze barges and push-boats.

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