The perspective of an environmental NGO on cleaner shipping
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Sulfur content of fuel for marine sea ships can be about 3,500times as high as on shore (cars, trucks) Sulfur content of fuel for marine sea ships on average it is 2,700 timeshigher Toxic emissions: Particulate Matter (PM) and Black 1.Carbon (BC) 2.Sulfurdioxides (SO2) 3.Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)
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Problem: BlackCarbon(1) • results from the incomplete burning of fossil fuels and biomass • component of PM • shortens life expectancy • causes respiratory and cardiovascular diseases • can cause lung-cancer
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• Number • Particle mass are dominated by particles greater than 200nm, particle number by ultrafine • Volume particles Mass
Health •(Ultrafine Particles)
• Ultrafine Particle Study Women in • North- Rhine-Westfalia •
Long term Health Effects of Ultrafine Particles • LANUV-Fachbericht 31
• Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen
• (www.lanuv.nrw.de) • http://www.lanuv.nrw.de/veroeffentlichungen/fachberichte/fabe31/fabe31.pdf
Living near on traffic intensive roads • Distance less than 50 m
• Increase of total mortality by 38% and of • cardiopulmonal death cases by 77%
Verkehrsreiche Straßen: 5000 Fahrzeuge pro Tag; aRR: adjustiert für Sozialstatus und Rauchen
• OR and 95% confidence interval in emergency calls related to hypertensive crises depending on time of exposure to airborne particles and size of particles (ultrafine[UFP]–fine [PM2.5]–coarse [PM10])
• Source: U. Franck et al. / Science of the Total Environment 409 (2011) 4217–4221
Special Impact on Lung Cancer of Workers Lungenkrebsrisiko für Maschinisten mit wahrscheinlicher DME-Exposition (Männer, n=114)
Brüske et al. (1998)
• Quelle: Helmholtz Zentrum
Venice
o portuale ed acqueo locale alla qualità dell’aria, a APICE (2011)
•Ships
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All Government ships have to be retrofitted with particle filter in order to remove the Black Carbon Emissions. If research vessels as the Polarstern add to the global warming at the efforts to research the phenomena, it is just perverse.
• Foto:http://www.awi.de/typo3temp/pics/0da20a12ea.jpg
http://www.hug-eng.ch/referenz-bilder.246.html
Ships in the Rotterdam Harbour • with Particle Filter and SCR • Pilot ship
• Fire fighter ship
• Pilot ship
Oil Supply Ship MTU 8V 4000 800 KW. • Equipped with SCR and Particle Filter
NABU campaign
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NABU cartoon movie
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„Isn’t this the guy from the love boat? The captain, right?” –Quotation 27.04.14
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• Campaign activities
• 4. Juridical expertise
Work protection law Environmental law Other legal regulations (public procurement law, law against restrictions of competition) l
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Usage of existing law Legislative changes
• The ‘Sootfree for the Climate‘-Award for inland vessels with closed filters • Created and designed by the Sootfree-Campaign based on the German Environmental Badge for Cars. • Just for inland with a closed filter system. • 6 awarded ships in Berlin and Saarbrucken so far. • Good media Response.
• The ‘Sootfree for the Climate‘-Award for inland vessels with closed filters
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Reduction of the Air Pollution Emissions by • Economic Instruments • Economic instruments can be effective and can be used locally or regionally. • E.g. emission related habour fees • Emission related route charges
• Ships in operating within Habours • All ships operating within the harbor area have to be equipped with particle filters in order to protect the staff onboard, the people working in the habour, the neigbouring citizens and the climate
What’s the solution? emission quality standards for high sea-ships have to be as high and ambitious as emission standards on • and • cleaner fuels • soot particle filters • SCRs
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Thank you for your attention NABUBundesgeschäftsstelle DietmarOeliger Charitéstraße3 10117 Berlin Tel. +49 (0)30.28 49841613 Fax +49 (0)30.28 49843613 Dietmar.Oeliger@NABU.d e www.NABU.de/ships www.NABU.de/ports www.sootfreeclimate.org
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