Your company produces gas turbine engines and it is located in Syracuse, New York . One steady customer is in Tartu, Estonia and their typical order consists of three turbine engines (each weighing 10,000 lbs.) being shipped in one 40' container (empty container weight 8,267 lbs.). Currently it takes about 30 days for each shipment to go from Syracuse to Tartu. The customer has calculated that each shipment, using the current transport route being used, emits 1328 kg of CO_2e (TTW). To meet corporate objectives (that are heavy influenced by national policy) the customer is requiring you to reduce the route emissions to under 1000 kg of CO₂. They will allow shipping time to increase to 36 days.

The transport route you have been using is:

• Container is loaded at the plant and trucked to the Port of Boston, Massachusetts. The distance is 320 miles
• It takes 1 hour for the truck to drop the container in the port
• Dwell time (time the container will sit at the terminal before being loaded onto a ship) in Boston is 2 days
• A containership receives the container and transports it to the Port of Antwerp where it is loaded onto another ship that delivers it to the Port of Tallinn.
• Dwell time the Port of Tallinn is 1 day
• The container is then trucked to Tartu. The distance is 184 km.

In the U.S., assume the truck drivers drive 10 hours a day and will average 55 mph. In Europe assume the drivers can drive 10 hours a day twice in a week and the rest of the time they are limited to 9 hours (for more detail see https://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/road/social_provisions/driving_time_enLinks to an external site. ). Also assume they average 80 kilometers per hour. Cost prevents the company from using team drivers.

Assume dwell times in the marine terminal on the North American side will remain the same if a different North American ports are used.

Assume dwell times in the marine terminal on the European side will remain the same if a different European port is used.

If you wish to use a train to move the container you must show that a freight rail line exists and assume the average speed of the train is 30 mph in the US and 20 in Europe kilometers per hour plus add a day to each end of a leg for loading/unloading and drayage. Trains are not limited by driver hours of service (the trains companies swap out the engineers as needed). To estimate the distance the train must travel for this exercise, you can use the highway distances between the same origin and destination.

Websites you should use:

• To calculate the CO_2e (TTW) emissions use: https://www.carboncare.org/en/co2-emissions-calculator.htmlLinks to an external site. Use the TTW (Tank to Wheel) measurements
• If you wish to compare the distances between maritime ports, you could use: https://sea-distances.org/Links to an external site.
• To view the rail network in Europe you could use https://transport.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-12/COM_2021_812_annex3_4.pdfLinks to an external site.
• To view the rail networks in this part of the U.S. you could access the following rail maps: https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/customers/maps/csx-system-map/ Links to an external site. http://www.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/shipping-options/corridors.html Links to an external site. https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/maps-and-shipping-locations/index.pageLinks to an external site.

Watch out, there are numerous units of measurement being used (like the real world). Of particular note, nautical miles are different from miles we use in the U.S. U.S. tons (2000 lbs.) are often referred to as short tons and metric tons (1000kgs or about 2200lbs) are sometimes referred to as long tons, or tones.

The ocean shipping company or companies you select to use must offer the services you are choosing. To start your search you might Google 'ocean carriers to northern Europe' or to Estonia I am not concerned about what shipping date you select however, you do need to show the number of days the voyage is schedule to take (according to the shipping lines schedules).

The truck size you should select when using the carbon calculator is 40T

What you need for this project is:

1. A description of the route and modes of transportation you recommend using. If rail is involved show the rail line (just take a screen shot of the rail map being used).
2. Show screenshots ship schedules or total days from the ocean carrier or carriers you selected. The route you are using must be a schedule route (you are not chartering ship, you are just buying a container slot)
3. Indicate the time each leg of the shipment will take and the total time involved
4. Show a screenshots of the CO_2e calculations and the total. Note, if the shipping line you are using will transfer your container from one ship to another, you need to calculate the emissions for both voyages (for example Boston to Antwerp and Antwerp to Tallinn)