Carbon counter

Calculate the CO2 equivalent your company has emitted and CO2 savings made by choosing to cross the Channel with LeShuttle Freight.

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LeShuttle Freight account holders can demonstrate their company’s green credentials to customers by downloading a carbon counter certificate. 


Further Information

Our CO2 calculator is based on the analysis of greenhouse gas emissions on a Calais-Dover route between different transport solutions. 

  • Calculation based on 2023 data (actual fleet of ferries between Calais and Dover, cross-channel passengers and freight flows, an estimate of fossil fuel consumption for all companies on the Calais-Dover route in 2023, LeShuttle electricity consumption and load factor).
  • GHG emissions (CO2 equivalent) due to train electricity consumption and production (including losses, Transmission & Distribution, Scope 2 + Scope 3 upstream) calculated with a location-based Electricity Emission factor extracted from ADEME Base Empreinte data base for France (FR - Transport - saisonnalisée - Scope 1+3a - Mix moyen 2022) and from DNEIS & DESNZ UK departments data base “Conversion factors” for UK.
  • GHG emissions (CO2 equivalent) due to ferries calculated with Marine Gas Oil and Marine Fuel Oil Emission factors from UK Conversion factor Data base.
  • Greenhouse gas emissions are expressed in CO2 equivalent, integrating CO2, CH4 and N2O.
  • In the case of rail traction in tunnels, the emissions recorded in the calculator reflect the emissions associated with the production of the electricity needed to power the trains. They are then divided by the number of vehicles using the LeShuttle shuttles to establish average emissions per vehicle and per crossing.
  • All other parameters and overall calculation established by JMJ Conseil in 2024 for a Dover-Calais journey with the following averages for a truck: 9kgCO2e per crossing with a Shuttle and 130 kgCO2e per crossing with a ferry.