Abstract:Transportation is an important part of industrial production systems, with serious energy consumption and environmental pollution. Inland waterway freight is one of the most important parts of transportation. The Yangtze River freight transportation held the important position in inland water transportation in our country. This paper chose two typical ways of Yangtze River freight transportation, described the calculating method of life cycle inventory about these ways, and obtained the whole life cycle inventory. The obtained inventory can provide the data and method support for the life cycle inventory analysis or life cycle analysis of all materials and products.