MAGPIE Greenhouse Gas Tool
GHG tool calculates transport supply chain emissions, supports CSRD reporting, and evaluates emission reduction measures. This is tool 4.1 within the MAGPIE project.
Introduction
Value proposition
Problem
Ports are often required by their stakeholders and by EU or national legislation to give insight in their environmental performance. This requires detailed insights in the emissions of all transport activities from and towards the port, including maritime and hinterland transport. Getting this insights can be time consuming, since it requires both detailed data insights as well as in depth knowledge of GHG calculations.
Opportunity
This tool enables port stakeholders to calculate the carbon footprint of their transport related activities (scope 3 in CSRD).
Opportunity
The tool furthermore gives insight in the effects of different emission reduction measures.
Port applicability
Detailed description of the solution
Aims to implement modelling and prediction capabilities to facilitate emission reduction related to the efficiency of operations, fuel, and modal shifts at operational and strategic levels.
Operational decision support for low-emission logistics
At the operational level and in compliance with international standards (EN, ISO 4083), emission information can be used in situational decision-making allowing evidence-based selection of the least polluting transport options (e.g. synchro-modality, carrier choice, routing).
Strategic decarbonization scenario assessment
At the strategic level, it will assess the impact of decarbonization measures and provide evidence-based assessment functionality for analysis of trends, innovations, and policy measures.
Emission data gathering and analysis process are approached in a structured way
Transport chains related to the port are split into uniform transport chain elements, per modality and per cargo type. The tool will deliver for each transport chain element, GHG emissions per ton-km or ton The tool makes computations following the EN16258 standard and will comply with the ISO 14083 standard on quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions arising from the operation of transport chains.
Transport modes that are included are road, rail, inland waterways, and maritime transport
The goods will be considered in an aggregated level of classification such as dry bulk, liquid bulk, containers, etc.
Based on the defined scope, the GHG emissions and performed ton-km per mode in the transport chain are going to be calculated
Besides the business-as-usual scenario in the base year, the tool will provide forecasts up to 2050 taking into account demand growth factors and possible developments in emissions legislation in the European Union
In this sense, decarbonization measures will be considered for the scenario analysis, including logistics measures such as modal shift and optimization of consolidation rates, as well as technological measures such as energy efficiency improvement and alternative fuels/energy sources.
Scalable port emissions intelligence solution
The geographic scope of the tool comprehends firstly the Port of Rotterdam as the lighthouse port. The tool can be extended to other ports if the necessary data is provided.
Impact of the solution
| Impact | Level | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| GHG emissions | Medium impact | The main impact area is on GHG emissions.
Gain insight in the current levels of emissions and the composition
Identify the impact of different emission reduction measures
Use of alternative energy carriers
Logistics measures
Energy efficiency measures |