uShip Customers Now Offsetting CO2 Emissions From Their Own Deliveries

uShip's Green Transport Solution Fills Extra Space in Lorries While Neutralizing Carbon Emission Impact

LONDON, April 22, 2010 - When given an option to make a fiscally-friendly or an Earth-friendly
decision, a recent study (bit.ly/dut3Fh) shows that most people side
with saving their green rather than "going green." But must saving money and
the planet be mutually exclusive?

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Fortunately, they do not when it comes to delivery and transport, one of
the greatest contributors to global warming (bit.ly/bRZEzD).

Since 2004, uShip (www.uship.com), the global online transport
marketplace, has made logistics and removal more affordable and efficient by
matching customers' deliveries with the extra space in transporters' vans.
This has resulted in fewer empty lorries on the road and more affordable
delivery costs for hundreds of thousands of people.

But that's only half of the equation. Through uShip's partnership with
TerraPass (www.terrapass.com/partners/uship/), the award-winning
carbon offset provider, both shipping customers and transporters can help
neutralize the negative environmental impact of their transport activities by
purchasing TerraPass offset credits. Learn more on
www.uship.com/greenshipping

Here are three ways customers can "go green" on uShip while having their
items delivered quickly, safely and efficiently:

    1) Fill extra space in lorries already making the trip. By
       using uShip and filling extra space in lorries, excess delivery
       vehicles are kept off the road. An estimated 300,000 metric tonnes of
       CO2 have been saved on uShip, and transporters have offset 210,000,000
       miles, enough to circle the earth 8,448 times.
    2) Select a TerraPass certified transporter on uShip. Nearly 5,000
       independent drivers and fleet operators have stepped up to be TerraPass
       Certified Green Transporters on uShip. Each transporter purchases
       TerraPass offsets based on uShip activity and receives a TerraPass logo
       on their profile page.
    3) Purchase TerraPass Eco-Offset Credits. Eco-offset credits can be
       purchased at the time of check-out on uShip, based on the weight and
       distance of their shipment. For example, the offset credit for a Toyota
       Camry (1,670kg) being transported 500 miles would be just 85p.

How do carbon offsets actually work? A carbon offset is a certificate
representing the reduction of one metric tonne (1,670kg) of carbon dioxide
emissions, the principal cause of global warming. When uShip transporters and
customers purchase carbon offsets through TerraPass that money goes to
projects that reduce carbon dioxide emissions, in effect making the air clean
again.

About uShip

uShip helps relieve the stress and high cost of moving hard-to-ship
items, such as cars, furniture, pianos, boats, haulage, heavy equipment, pets
and more. As the first and largest online transport marketplace, uShip
connects people and businesses with feedback-rated transporters. Carriers
place competitive bids to win business, often filling extra space in their
trucks and saving customers an average of 50 percent. During its first five
years, the uShip marketplace attracted GBP 80 million in business
transactions, one million listings and 170,000 service providers. Launched in
2004, uShip operates globally with localized functionality in the United
States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, European Union and Australia.

Dean Jutilla of uShip, 800-098-8022, dean at uship.com