Road Freight: EMSA 🇪🇺

💡 High-Level Description:

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is an integral entity of the European Union, primarily responsible for ensuring a high, uniform, and effective level of maritime safety, pollution prevention, and ship security. While safety is at its core, EMSA's commitment to the environment is also undeniable. In the realm of carbon calculation within the sea freight sector, EMSA provides an exhaustive methodology grounded on both maritime safety norms and environmental imperatives.

EMSA's approach to determining carbon emissions for sea freight is underpinned by detailed assessments of ships' operational data. The methodology involves analyzing fuel consumption records, monitoring systems' data, and voyage specifics. It emphasizes the criticality of accurate reporting, considering the diverse fleet that operates within European waters, from bulk carriers to container ships. By assimilating this data and applying rigorous standards, EMSA contributes to a transparent and accountable system that enables the maritime industry to reduce its carbon footprint, aligning with broader European sustainability goals.

Sample API Requests

A. Without audit mode (for pre-booking/quotes)

{
  "expand": ["items"],
  "items": [
    {
      "audit": false,
      "type": "sea_freight",
      "external_reference": "test_1",
      "origin": "USNYC",
      "destination": "DEBER",
      "weight_in_tonnes": 24,
      "vessel_model": "lita",
      "vessel_type": "bulk_carrier",
      "verifier_name": "verifavia_sarl",
      "methodology": "EU-EMSA"
    }
  ]
}

B. With audit mode (for finalized/post-booking calculations)

{
  "expand": ["items"],
  "audit_for": "<Auditable Entity ID>",
  "items": [
    {
      "audit": true,
      "type": "sea_freight",
      "external_reference": "test_1",
      "origin": "USNYC",
      "destination": "DEBER",
      "weight_in_tonnes": 24,
      "vessel_model": "lita",
      "vessel_type": "bulk_carrier",
      "verifier_name": "verifavia_sarl",
      "methodology": "EU-EMSA"
    }
  ]
}

Note: audit_for is optional. Provide when calculating on behalf of a specific Auditable entity; otherwise omit.

API Request Items

• "type": "sea_freight" (required)

• "methodology": "EU-EMSA" (required)

• "external_reference": A unique identifier that helps you link the resulting emissions to the requested item. Especially useful if multiple items are requested since SQUAKE cannot guarantee to keep the same order. The maximum length is 128 characters.

• "origin": SQUAKE will try to resolve the origin/destination regardless of its format. Ideally, for addresses use the Post standard, for ports use UN/LOCODE codes (format: ^[A-Z]{2}\W?[A-Z2-9]{3}$, e.g., "DEHAM"). You can also pass lat/long (format: ^[-+]?\d{1,3}\.\d{1,10}\s?,\s?[-+]?\d{1,3}\.\d{1,10}$, e.g., "+40.712,-74.006").

• "destination": SQUAKE will try to resolve the origin/destination regardless of its format. Ideally, for addresses use the Post standard, for ports use UN/LOCODE codes (format: ^[A-Z]{2}\W?[A-Z2-9]{3}$, e.g., "DEHAM"). You can also pass lat/long (format: ^[-+]?\d{1,3}\.\d{1,10}\s?,\s?[-+]?\d{1,3}\.\d{1,10}$, e.g., "+40.712,-74.006").

• "distance_in_km": Prioritized over origin and destination. If you don't have a distance_in_km, you can use origin and destination and the distance will be automatically resolved. If you pass both distance_in_km and origin/destination, then distance_in_km will be used.

• "weight_in_tonnes": Numeric value.

• "vessel_model": Here you can find the database.

• "verifier_name": Here you can find the database.

• "verifier_accreditation_number": Here you can find the database.

• "audit": boolean (optional). Set to true to create immutable audit records for finalized calculations. Must be enabled for your account.

• Default values

  • “vessel_type”: "roro_fleet_average"

Sample API Response

{
    "carbon_quantity": 2119391,
    "carbon_unit": "gram",
    "items": [
        {
            "carbon_quantity": 2119391,
            "carbon_unit": "gram",
            "external_reference": "test_1",
            "type": "sea_freight",
            "methodology": "EU-EMSA",
            "distance": 7356.0,
            "distance_unit": "kilometer"
        }
    ]
}

Bibliography

• CO2 Emission Report (n.d.). emsa. Retrieved from https://mrv.emsa.europa.eu/#public/emission-report