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POLLUTION MONITORING OF SHIP EMISSIONS: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR HARBOURS OF THE ADRIATIC BASIN (POSEIDON) D. Contini, A. Gambaro, A. Alebić-Juretić, A. Argiriou MITOMED Final Conference, Firenze May 12 th 2015
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POLLUTION MONITORING OF SHIP EMISSIONS:
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR HARBOURS
OF THE ADRIATIC BASIN
(POSEIDON)
D. Contini, A. Gambaro, A. Alebić-Juretić, A. Argiriou
MITOMED Final Conference, Firenze May 12th 2015
CONTRIBUTION OF SHIPS TO AEROSOL
CONCENTRATION IN EUROPE
Scientific literature and a recent
review (Viana et al., Atmospheric
Environment 90, 2014) show:
Lack of data in the
Adriatic/Ionian area.
It is difficult to compare data
obtained with significantly different
approaches.
The contribution of ships traffic is
mainly on small particles, however,
there is not sufficient data to
have a clear picture of impacts
to ultrafine and nanoparticles
concentrations.
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POSEIDON - OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY
Quantify the impact of ship traffic
and harbour activities to
atmospheric pollution in four
port-cities of the Adriatic/Ionian
Seas.
Identify policy gaps and support
the proposal of integrated
common strategies and future
actions for environmental
management of harbours and
sustainable development of coastal
cities in the area.
To consolidate a network of
communication among the local
and environmental authorities, the
research institutions and the public.
It is used an advanced state-of-the-art
methodology integrating emission
inventories, modelling and measurements.
POSEIDON is designed for maximum
capitalisation of experiences and
results of previous projects.
Inter-comparison, identification of policy gaps, and
proposal of possible future strategies and actions
Presentation of common results at international conferences
Evaluation of harbourimpact in
Patras
Evaluation of harbourimpact in
Venice
Evaluation of harbourimpact in Brindisi
Evaluation
of harbour
impact in
Rijeka
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SHIP EMISSIONS
Absolute emissions of NOx,
SO2, and PM2.5 (percentage
of emission during hotelling
is shown).
Relative emissions of ship
traffic (in blue) compared
with vehicular traffic (in
red) for PM2.5.
The weight of the
emissions of ship traffic
and harbour activities are
comparable to those of
road traffic.
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95,3%
69,9%75,8%
73,9%
45,6%
12,7%
83,4%82,5%
89,3%37,7%
80% 47,7%
1
10
100
1000
10000
Brindisi Venice Patras Rijeka
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issi
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g/y
)
Emissions year 2010
NOx SO2 PM2.5
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Brindisi Venice Patras Rijeka
Rel
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sio
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(%)
Municipality level - PM2.5
Maritime transport Road traffic
water traffic
road
traffic
RESULTS – IMPACT ON AEROSOL
Maritime transport impacts are larger on small particles. The
concentration of ultrafine particles and nanoparticles (PNC) is not
foreseen in the European policy but it could be a better metric to
monitor this specific source with respect to PM10 and/or PM2.5.
PM10 1.8 – 2.6 %
PM2.5 2.4 – 3.5 %
PNC 6%
PM10 2.1 – 5.5 %
PM2.5 2.8 – 7.4 %
PNC 26%
PM10 1 %
PM2.5 1.2 %
PNC --
PM10 3.3 %
PM2.5 3.8 %
PNC 11.2 %
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TREND IN VENICE
The availability of data in Venice in the summers 2007, 2009 and 2012 allowed to
analyse the trend of the primary impact of tourist ship traffic to PM2.5
concentrations (Contini et al., 2015, Atmospheric Environment 102).
Increase in passenger
ship (in tonnage).
Reduction of the
primary impact to PM2.5
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The use of low-sulphur fuel had positive effects on impact to SO2 and
PM concentrations (as a consequence of both European policy and local
agreements). A future action could involve reduction strategies for
other pollutants like NO2, metals and PAHs.
EGU General Assembly 2015 – Vienna, 12-17 April 2015
Thank you for your attention!
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