When one truck mixes several shippers' loads,whose emissions they are gets blurred.
A shipper has asked to allocate a shared-load vehicle's emissions to their portion of the cargo.
- Shared loads flattened into an average factor
- Each shipper's share never separated
- Manual, imprecise ton-km allocation
- No data to show when asked for the basis
- Shared-load vehicle actual fuel and distance measured by DTG
- Each shipper's share separated by weight and distance
- Allocated precisely on measured ton-km
- Verifiable reporting under ISO 14083
Here's how it fits your industry.
Split one truck's emissions per shipper — allocating each true share of general freight.
The supply chain changes when shippers demand the carbon data.
Most transport emissions come from vehicles the shipper never drives. That data only turns from estimate to measurement when the shipper asks for it as a term of business.
Draw the boundary at paid freight
Only transport you paid a freight charge for is the correct boundary for a shipper's Scope 3 report. LCS draws that boundary cleanly — no gaps, no double counting.
Classify by measurement, not estimation
Instead of average factors, we use data measured directly at the vehicle, classified precisely by transport mode and leg. A single ISO 14083 method that passes verification.
Require it of subcontractors
When a shipper requires measured data as a term of contract, the whole supply chain shifts from estimate to measurement. The request is where change begins.
Don't make the ask alone.
As your partner, LCS gives you the grounds to require data from subcontractors — and gives them the tools to respond. We build the bridge to measurement between the shipper who asks and the carrier who answers.
The questions this industry asks most.
How is general freight (shared load) transport carbon calculated under ISO 14083?
ISO 14083 calculates transport on a ton-km (weight × distance) basis, and shared loads (LTL) allocate by each shipper's weight and distance. LCS measures the shared-load vehicle actual fuel and distance with DTG at 1-second (1-Hz) resolution and allocates on measured ton-km by each shipper's cargo share.
Why is calculating shared-load freight with average factors inaccurate?
When one vehicle mixes several shippers' cargo, an average factor cannot tell whose emissions are whose. Each shipper has different weight and distance, so their shares differ too. Only allocation on measured ton-km splits out each shipper's accurate emissions.
How do the paid-freight boundary and per-shipper ton-km allocation apply to general freight?
Only paid transport you were charged a freight for is the correct boundary for a shipper's Scope 3 reporting. LCS draws the boundary at the paid shared-load legs and allocates the vehicle's measured fuel to each shipper's weight-and-distance share (ton-km) to apportion it accurately by cargo.
How do we get shared-load carriers to report their data?
Carriers respond when a shipper requires a shared-load vehicle's emissions for their own cargo share. LCS connects DTG to the OBD-II of shared-load vehicles so trip records become evidence, and Cloud calculates the per-shipper allocation into each shipper's reporting.
Start with shared loads — on per-shipper allocation.
We assess your industry's transport carbon regulations and your path to measurement, together.