ship emissions and their externalities at the container terminal of piraeus – greece

ship exhaust emission inventories and their associated externalities constitute valuableinformation resources towards policy making and management of the influence exerted by shipping on airquality. to this extent, the container terminal at the greek port of piraeus by virtue of its shipping significanceand its urbanised character was selected in order to provide an estimation of the emissions produced by theship activity within the terminal and to monetarise their adverse effects upon the environment and the localpopulation in particular. with reference to the year 2006, the relevant annual emission inventory generatedduring in-port ship manoeuvring and at berth was found to be equal to 16,104 tons, divided into 294, 264,15,504, 16.5 and 26.4 tons of nox, so2, co2, hc and pm, respectively. the overall damage of theseemissions was estimated to be around 7.5 million euro, comprised by 2.15, 3.35, 0.6, 0.003 and 1.35 millioneuro of nox, so2, co2, hc and pm, respectively. the findings of this work, along with similar studiesrecently conducted in neighbouring locations, provide useful information towards the completion of a detailedand accurate picture of ship exhaust emissions and their externalities within the region of the easternmediterranean.