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4th Mediterranean Shipping Conference

On the way to a Mediterranean Emission Control Area

Shipping is a big contributor to air pollution that has harmful impacts on human health, environment and climate. For many coastal areas and port cities ships are the major source of air pollution. However, in comparison to road transport, few actions have been put into place in order to effectively reduce shipping pollutants emissions.

Panel Discussion - Photo: Maria Garcia

Panel Discussion - Photo: Maria Garcia

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a 0.5% sulphur threshold for shipping fuel, which will enter into force on first of January 2020. This is still five hundred times higher than the standard on land. Thus, ships will remain a major source of toxic air pollution. Hence, areas with high shipping traffic as the Mediterranean Sea are particularly affected by these harmful shipping emissions such as particulate matter, black carbon, nitrogen oxides and sulphur oxides. Thanks to the creation of Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECA) in the North and the Baltic Sea, air quality got significantly better in this area. Therefore, effective means to reduce air pollution from ships in the Mediterranean Sea such as an ECA should be established likewise.

Together with stakeholders from the shipping industry, ports, cities, science, administration and civil society we will not only reflect the shipping emissions impacts on the Mediterranean region but also identify the technical and legislative means to effectively reduce air pollution from shipping as well as corresponding challenges.

What? 4th Mediterranean Shipping Conference - On the way to a Mediterranean Emission Control Area
When? Wednesday, 20th November 2019 | 10:00-18:00
Where? Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Loudovikou 1, Pireas 185 31, Greece



Presentations


Session 1- Shipping and Air Pollution

2.5 MB - Air Pollution from Ships in the Mediterranean, Dr Axel Friedrich, International Consultant
4.4 MB - Ship Air Pollution and Health, Dr. Johannes Passig, Helmholtz Zentrum München
8.4 MB - Ship Pollution and Cultural Heritage, Alessandra Bonazza, ISAC CNR
2.4 MB - POSEIDON II – Adamis Mitsotakis, Centre for Research &Technology Hellas

Session 2 – Policy

2 MB - How to Decrease Air Pollution from Ships, Sönke Diesener, NABU
1.3 MB - Med ECA under Barcelona Convention, Tatjana Hema, UNEP Med Action Plan

Discussion „Benefits of the ECA and Challenges for the Introduction”

1.5 MB - Petros Kokkalis, MEP, GUE/NGL

Session 3 - Port City Relations

4.1 MB - Air Quality Monitoring & Evaluation, Chrysanthi Kontogiorgi, Piraeus Port Authority
0.3 MB - Air Quality Challenges and Benefits for Ports, Sotiris Raptis, ESPO
3.6 MB - Massive Cruise in the Mediterranean: Blessing or Curse?, Sotiris Alexopoulos, Piraeus local movement

Session 4 – Monitoring & Solutions

2.5 MB - Short Sea Good Practice Solutions, Marc Bergstein, Scandlines
1.6 MB - Driving Electrification: Elemed Project, Theodoros Kourmpelis, Lloyds Register
1.6 MB - Particle Filter on Ships, Hans-Jörg Rembor, HUG Engineering
2.8 MB - The SCIPPER project, Leonidas Ntziachristos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
 

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Kreuzfahrtschiff - Foto: Thomas Lauch
Emission Control Area for the Mediterranean Sea

Sulphur oxide (SOx), nitrogene oxide (NOx) and (ultra) fine particle (PM) emissions from shipping are a significant threat to human health, the environment and the climate. A well established network of NGOs in Europe is working towards establishing a Mediterranean Emission Control Area (MedECA) for sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions. more →

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