•  For groupage / part load consignments the user should select Groupage from the Order Type drop down and enter the total litres of the consignment.
•  For Full loads (including bulk) the user should select Full Load from the Order Type drop down and enter the total litres of the consignment.
•  For shipment of deep sea bulk, please select 20ft container and enter the total litres of the consignment. For European bulk shipped in road tankers, select 13.6m trailer and enter the total litres of the consignment.
  

Steps in establishing the CO2 emission of a given movement:- 

• Select Country of Origin
• Select Destination Country
• Select principle mode of transport
• Select Order Type
• Enter total litres of the consignment (mandatory)
• Select Equipment Type
• Select Origin Node
• Select Destination Node
• Enter Collection Town (starting point of the transport movement, normally where the consignment is loaded into the vehicle)
• Enter distance from Collection Town to Origin Node
•      If same as Origin Node, enter 0 as distance
•      Link provided to Multimap.com as source of road distances
•      Please contact your local JF Hillebrand office for any advice on empty running provision/factor.
• Enter Destination Town (end point of the transport movement, normally the point where the consignment is discharged from the container/trailer)
• Enter distance from Destination Node to Destination Town
•      If same as Destination Node, enter 0 as distance
•      Link provided to Multimap.com as source of road distances
•      Please contact your local JF Hillebrand office for any advice on empty running provision/factor.
• Press Calculate to show result.
  

Amending any of the above selections will clear the subsequent fields.

Please note all distances are calculated on a one way basis, with the exception of transport movements from Mendoza in Argentina, the vast majority of which involve a round-trip from Buenos Aires and this is therefore reflected in the carbon calculator. Users are advised to contact your local JF Hillebrand office for any advice on what to include as an empty running provision/factor.

Equipment Types
The following equipment types are accommodated within the tool, as appropriate:-

20ft Container (dry or bulk)
40ft Container
40ft Reefer Container
13.6m trailer

Nominal payloads / nominal total litres
The carbon calculator assumes equipment fill is optimised, based on cubic capacity in the base of 20ft containers and applicable national legal maximum payloads in the case of other equipment types.