Assessing the Environmental Costs of Port Emissions: The Case of Trabzon Port

Abstract

The exhaust gas emissions generated from ships in the Trabzon port were assessed as 906 t y-1 for NOX, 409 t y-1 for SOX, 52.160 t y-1 for CO2, 54 t y-1 for PM, 38 t y-1 for VOC based on ship activity-based method. General cargo and tanker vessels are accountable for the 87% exhaust gas emissions in the port, and container, bulk carrier, other vessels such as tugs, service boats follow it. Ship-borne air emissions are emitted at cruising mode (81%), followed by port mode (18%). Port emissions in the Trabzon port may have negative effects on the health of a minimum of 33.922 people living 1 km from the port area including other emissions (domestic heating, road traffic, and industry). The environmental cost of the port emissions for each pollutant has been estimated as $32 million and $47.039 per ship call. All kinds of emission sources in the harbor area should be detected and measures to decrease the emissions should be executed in this context. This is the first study to estimate the Trabzon port emissions in the Black Sea region.

Keywords

• Trabzon,environmental pollution,port,emissions,environmental costs

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