Shipment VC1-2026-001
Super Hydrophobic Torrefied Pellets
Eswatini → Japan
Overall shipment status
Approved for delivery
Chain of custody
Complete
Product specification
Passed
Sustainability evidence
Complete
Independent verification
Pending
At a glance
- Quantity
- 5,000 metric tonnes
- Product lot(s)
- P-2026-041 through P-2026-046
- Vessel / container
- MV Example — B/L 00125
- Departure
- Maputo Port — October 15, 2026
- Estimated arrival
- Kobe, Japan — November 12, 2026
This passport covers one shipment only. Every claim, document and reading on the following pages is linked to shipment VC1-2026-001 and its six product lots.
Overview
What you can do now
Status language
Four terms are used everywhere in this passport, so a status always means the same thing.
Chain of custody
Pellet journey
Woody residue to delivered torrefied pellets — nine milestones, each with its own evidence.
Select any milestone to open its supporting evidence.
Chain of custody
Biocarbon journey
Grass biocarbon follows a parallel ten-step path from land parcel to steelmaking use.
Select any milestone to open its supporting evidence.
Chain of custody
Map view
The same journey, plotted. Timeline and map are switchable views of one record.
Feedstock origin
Hhohho Region, Eswatini — permitted area shown
Collection / harvest
Piggs Peak landings
Processing facility
Matsapha, Eswatini
Testing laboratory
SGS Johannesburg, South Africa
Port of departure
Maputo, Mozambique
Shipping route
Maputo → Singapore → Kobe
Current position
Indian Ocean — AIS updated 06:20 UTC
Destination
Kobe, Japan
Map and timeline are two views of the same journey. Exact source coordinates are released to authorised verifiers; offtakers see the approved geographic region.
Product quality
Specification vs. actual
Did GGS deliver what you contracted to buy? Contract requirement against the independent laboratory result for lots P-2026-041 → 046.
Which result governs
Supplier reported
GGS internal QC, 24 readings
Independent laboratory
SGS composite results — governing
Customer accepted
Awaiting receipt confirmation
Biocarbon properties reported
Product quality
Certificate of analysis
- Certificate of analysis
- 2026-COA-8841
- Laboratory
- SGS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Accreditation
- SANAS T0231, valid to Mar 2028
- Sample date
- August 24, 2026
- Sampling method
- ISO 18135 composite, 6 increments per lot
- Test methods
- ISO 18134, 18125, 18122, 16948, 17831-1
- Release approved by
- Quality Manager, GGS Eswatini
Results above are the independent laboratory results. Supplier QC readings are retained and available to verifiers, but the accredited result governs acceptance.
Product quality
Mass balance & batch genealogy
Mass balance reconciled
Recorded variance
0.8%
Permitted
≤ 2.0%
Status
Passed
Genealogy
Source lots
S-2026-112 … 118
↓
Incoming feedstock
9,180 t wet / 7,802 t dry
↓
Processing batches
B-2026-019 … 024
↓
Finished product lots
P-2026-041 … 046 — 5,046 t
↓
Shipment
VC1-2026-001 — 5,000 t
Reconciliation
- Wet incoming mass
- 9,180 t
- Moisture-adjusted dry mass
- 7,802 t
- Processing input
- 7,802 t
- Finished-product output
- 5,046 t
- Co-products
- 112 t fines, resold
- Waste or losses
- 2,644 t (moisture and volatiles)
- Inventory adjustment
- 46 t carried forward
- Conversion yield
- 64.7% on dry basis
- Reconciliation variance
- 0.8%
- Exception status
- None open
You don't need every production reading — only confirmation that quantities reconcile and that no unexplained duplication or loss has occurred.
Sustainability
Lifecycle GHG summary
Delivered product
148 kg CO₂e/t
Declared unit: kg CO₂e per delivered tonne
Stage contribution
Method and quality
- Methodology
- GHG Protocol Product Standard + SBP Instruction Document 5A v1.2
- Calculation period
- June – October 2026
- Data-quality score
- B — 78% measured, 22% estimated
- Verification status
- Independent verification pending
Sustainability
What you can legitimately report
Pellets — fossil displacement
- Fossil fuel displaced
- Imported thermal coal
- Reference baseline
- 94.6 kg CO₂e/GJ
- Estimated lifecycle reduction
- 92% against baseline
- Customer-use assumption
- Co-firing at 30% by energy
- Basis
- Projected — actual use data not yet received
Biocarbon — fossil displacement
- Fossil input displaced
- Metallurgical coke / PCI coal
- Qualified replacement
- Up to 25% of PCI
- Actual replacement this shipment
- Pending customer data
- Estimated avoided fossil emissions
- 2,980 t CO₂e
- Carbon entering the process
- 1,047 t C
- Carbon-fate status
- Oxidised in process — not a removal
Results marked projected rely on assumed customer use. Share actual use data to convert them into measured outcomes.
Sustainability
Claim controls
“This shipment has a calculated lifecycle GHG intensity of 6.6 kg CO₂e/GJ delivered.”
“Feedstock sourced from degraded land with no land conversion.”
Language such as "carbon negative" or "carbon removal" is blocked for this shipment — it does not meet the applicable methodology and verification requirements.
Compliance
Certification & eligibility
Does this shipment qualify for your market and intended use?
SBP
Compliant
FSC
Applicable — chain in scope
RSB
Pending
Japan FIT / FIP
Eligible
Customer specification
Passed
EU RED III
Compliant
Certificate detail — SBP
- Certification body
- Control Union Certifications
- Certificate number
- SBP-08-114
- Scope
- Matsapha facility, torrefied pellets, woody residue
- Effective dates
- Aug 12, 2025 – Aug 11, 2027
- Applicable product
- Lots P-2026-041 … 046
- Conditions
- Annual surveillance audit due Aug 2026 — completed
A corporate certificate is only shown once its scope is confirmed to cover this source, facility, product and time period.
Compliance
Source & feedstock
Where did the material come from, and was it eligible?
- Country and region
- Eswatini — Hhohho Region
- Forestry operation
- Usutu Forest Partners
- Feedstock classification
- Woody harvesting residue
- Species / material
- Pinus patula, Eucalyptus grandis
- Residue type
- Tops, branches, sawmill offcuts
- Source lot IDs
- S-2026-112 … 118
- Collection period
- June 2 – July 21, 2026
- Legal sourcing status
- Permits verified
- SBP / FSC / RSB
- SBP compliant; FSC chain in scope
- Deforestation assessment
- No land conversion identified
- Geographic evidence
- Approved region summary (coordinates restricted)
Claim labelling
Land condition: reported as marginal or severely degraded
Independent verification pending — do not publish this as a verified claim yet.
Sensitive information stays protected. You see the approved geographic region; an authorised verifier can access exact coordinates and the underlying agreements.
Documents
Evidence library
Organised by shipment and milestone. Select a claim or milestone anywhere in this passport and the relevant evidence is already linked — no generic file repository to search.
Source and land records
12 items
Feedstock records
18 items
GPS and transport evidence
24 items
Weighbridge tickets
96 items
Processing records
31 items
Laboratory reports
6 items
Certificates
7 items
Carbon calculations
3 items
Shipping documents
9 items
Customer receipt
0 items
Verification reports
2 items
Corrective actions
2 items
Example record
Certificate of Analysis 2026-COA-8841
- Related to
- Lots P-2026-041 … 046 · Shipment VC1-2026-001
- Issuer
- SGS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Date
- September 2, 2026
- Version
- 1.0 — final
- Approval status
- Approved for release
- Expiration
- Not applicable
- Confidentiality
- Shareable with offtaker
- Digital integrity
- SHA-256 recorded, audit trail sealed
Documents
Shipment & delivery
Where is your product, and what documents support delivery?
- Purchase order
- PO-JP-2026-0442
- Contract reference
- GGS-OT-2026-11
- Shipment quantity
- 5,000 metric tonnes
- Incoterm
- CIF Kobe
- Load date
- October 12–15, 2026
- Port of departure
- Maputo, Mozambique
- Vessel
- MV Example — IMO 9876543
- Bill of lading
- 00125
- Export documentation
- Complete
- Current status
- At sea — on schedule
- Estimated arrival
- November 12, 2026, Kobe
- Customs status
- Pre-clearance filed
- Final received weight
- Awaiting confirmation
- Quantity variance
- —
- Customer acceptance
- Pending
Your actions
Notifications
Choose email, in-app or API delivery for each event.
- A shipment is created
- Product loading begins
- The vessel departs
- Laboratory results are available
- A specification fails
- Required evidence is missing
- Verification is completed
- Arrival date changes materially
- Product is ready for receipt confirmation
- A certificate or approval affecting you nears expiration
Issues
Exceptions & corrective actions
Only exceptions that affect your shipment or your claims are shown here.
Independent verification of GHG calculation delayed
PendingSeverity: Critical
Product delivery allowed; sustainability claim temporarily blocked.
Missing GPS segment on two inbound loads
FlaggedSeverity: Medium
No effect on product release; traceability evidence substituted.
Carbon calculation partly based on estimated data
PendingSeverity: Low
Claim usable with stated data-quality score of B.
Monitored automatically
Deliberately left out
- · Every sensor reading
- · Internal GGS task management
- · Unrelated facilities or customers
- · Raw calculation tables without explanation
- · Internal employee names, unless relevant
- · Draft claims presented as approved
- · Confidential source coordinates without authorisation
- · All audit records by default
- · Technical system architecture
Show the conclusion first, the supporting evidence second, and the raw data only when needed. Everything you need. Nothing you don't.