Air Pollution

How China Is Taking Major Steps to Control Shipping Air Pollution

In a series of announcements over the weekend and on Monday, the Chinese government took several important steps to control emissions from shipping activities, which until now have been virtually u

Publication Date: 
03/09/2015
Huffington Post
Tags:
Air Pollution, China, Air Pollution Control, Shipping, Diesel
Air Pollution

Significant increase of aerosol number concentrations in air masses crossing a densely trafficked sea area

In this study, we evaluated 10 months data (September 2009 to June 2010) of atmospheric aerosol particle number size distribution at three atmospheric observation stations along the Baltic Sea coast: Vavihill (upwind, Sweden), Utö (upwind, Finland), and Preila (downwind, Lithuania).

Publication Date: 
22/08/2015
Simonas Kecorius, Niku Kivekäs, Adam Kristensson & et al
Oceanologia
1-12
Tags:
Aerosols, Air Pollution, Shipping, Baltic Sea, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Atmosphere
Air Pollution

China turns focus to smoky ships, boats in fight against pollution

China is considering regulating emissions from boats and ships, the environment ministry said on Monday, as it tries to clamp down on pollution.

Publication Date: 
09/06/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Air Pollution, China, Shipping, Fuel Quality, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Europe
Air Pollution

EU ships forced to track emissions

Shipping owners using European ports will have to report on the CO2 emissions of their vessels, under a new proposal approved by MEPs on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2015
Edie (UK)
Tags:
Air Pollution, European Union (EU), Shipping, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Air Pollution Control
Environment

Cabinet nod to amend Merchant Ship Act to protect environment

The government today gave nod for introducing a bill seeking to amend Merchant Shipping Act, in line with a global convention, to protect environment and human health from ballast water and sedimen

Publication Date: 
30/04/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Shipping, Environmental Health, Ports, Ecology, Health, India, Environment
Transport

Needs and opportunities to reduce black carbon emissions from maritime shipping

Black carbon is the second largest contributor to human-induced climate warming, after carbon dioxide. International shipping is a major source of diesel black carbon emissions and not yet subject to international regulation.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2015
Alyson Azzara, Ray Minjares, Dan Rutherford
International Council on Clean Transportation
Tags:
Black Carbon, Shipping, Emissions Inventory, Carbon Dioxide, Arctic, Diesel, Green House Gases
Solid Waste

Waste Dumping: CPT Health Officer Submits Report in HC

KOCHI: The health officer of the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) on Tuesday submitted before the Kerala High Court that all ships were having their own garbage management plan, and waste generated in them

Publication Date: 
18/03/2015
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Kochi, High Court, Garbage, Waste Management, Shipping
Climate Change

International response to black carbon science: Implications for transport policy in developing and developed countries

Presentation by Ray Minjares, Clean Air Program Lead at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Ray Minjares
Tags:
Black Carbon, Aerosols, Vehicular Pollution, Transport, Developing Countries, Diesel, Vehicular Standards, Health Effects, Climate, Ozone, United States Of America (US), Shipping, WHO, Anil Agarwal Dialogue
Climate Change

Real-case simulations of aerosol–cloud interactions in ship tracks over the Bay of Biscay

Ship tracks provide an ideal test bed for studying aerosol–cloud interactions (ACIs) and for evaluating their representation in model parameterisations. Regional modelling
can be of particular use for this task, as this approach provides sufficient resolution to resolve the structure of the produced track including their meteorological environment

Publication Date: 
27/02/2015
A. Possner, E. Zubler, U. Lohmann & et al
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
15
2185–2201
Tags:
Aerosols, Air Pollution, Shipping, Remote Sensing, Atmosphere, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Carbon Monoxide, North Atlantic Ocean, Climate Change, Climate Impacts
Energy

Renewable energy options for shipping

The shipping industry plays a critical role in the global economy, carrying approximately 90% of the total tonnage of world’s traded goods. Shipping propulsion has changed radically since the mid-19th century, from the renewable energy of sail power, to the coal power of steamships, to the predominance of heavy fuel oil and marine diesel oil.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2015
International Renewable Energy Agency
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Shipping, Energy Technology, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Dioxide, Emission Targets, Transport

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