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CAIMANs Cruise and passenger ship Air quality Impact Mitigation ActioNs

Paving the way towards a joint policy response on the air pollution impact due to the tourist sector of cruise and passenger ships in the MED basin. CAIMANs objectives include providing high-quality information on air quality impact, addressing community concerns on health risks, proposing mitigation actions, and identifying critical points and possible solutions.

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CAIMANs Cruise and passenger ship Air quality Impact Mitigation ActioNs

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  1. CAIMANs Cruise and passenger ship Air quality Impact Mitigation ActioNs paving the way towards a joint policy response on the air pollution impact due to the tourist sector of cruise and passenger ships in the MED basin

  2. CAIMANs objectives: • To provide high quality information of the air quality impact of maritime tourism traffic in harbour cities; • To answer the concern of harbour city communities on health risk due to plumes emitted by cruise and passenger ships; • To propose mitigation actions; • To identify critical points andpossible solutions in the whole Mediterranean area; • Toidentifygapsto be addressed at transnational level

  3. CAIMANs’technical steps Air dispersion modelling/CO2 emission estimation current situation and development/mitigation scenarios in Barcelona, Marseille, Genoa, Venice, Thessaloniki Involvement of Southern Mediterranean ports in identification of critical points and perspectives for mitigation actions on air quality impact of cruise and passenger ships Identification of critical end points to establish a common transnational policy to mitigate cruise and passenger ship air quality impact in the MED basin

  4. The project area of Barcelona Cruise terminals • 7 international passenger terminals • Leader in security and logistics for cruise traffic • Wide range of enterprises specialized in the sector • Important private inversions in specialized terminals • MEDICRUISE member: Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports

  5. The project area of Marseilles • East basin: mainly Passenger and cruise activities • West basin: mainly container and liquid bulk activities ~ 40 km Impact of 2 RoPaxShips in the East Harbour: high resolution dispersion modelling of plumes [ADMS] West Harbour East Harbour Localisation of the simulation scenarii NO2 concentrations during February month from 2 ships (RoPax) 5

  6. LNG scenario for passenger ships in Marseilles Difference in pollutant concentrations between 2025 reference scenario and 2025 LNG scenario PM2.5 NO2 • Maximal reduction for NO2 = -30% • Maximal reduction for PM2.5 = - 8% 6

  7. The project area of Genoa Medieval town A touristic harbour in the heart of the city http://www.labfisa.ge.infn.it

  8. The project area of Venice Impact of Cruise Shipshotelling at the Marittima Terminal and manouvering in Giudecca Channel Maximum hourly concentrations of SO2 (µg/m3) MidSeptember – MidOctober 2013 [CALPUFF]

  9. The Blue Flag2 case in VeniceVoluntary Agreement of Cruise Companies on using fuels with 0.1% sulphur content in maneuvering phase 9

  10. The project area of Thessaloniki • A European port and a natural gateway for the economic activities of the inland markets beyond Greece. • Serving the growing needs of countries for the import and export of raw material, consumer products and capital equipment. • Vital element of the country's economy AND Substantial role in the effort of Northern Greece and Thessaloniki to be established as the economic centre of the Eastern Mediterranean. • Privileged position being located at the crossroad of different transportation networks. http://www.thpa.gr/en/

  11. Transnational Scenario LNG scenario for passenger ships at the Mediterranean scale https://maps.google.com/?q=http://webdab1.umweltbundesamt.at/KML_TEMP/MED_p_NOx_1008_2012x.kml

  12. Involvement of the South Mediterranean Ports Contact for this phase : Laure Chevallier laure.chevallier@airpaca.org • Snapshot of the Air Quality situation in the MED- basin • Identification of critical end points for emissions mitigation actions • Development of new partnerships for MED 2014-2020 and MED-macrostrategytoestablish a common transnational policy to mitigate cruise and passenger ship air impact

  13. Tools – Participative consultations Maritime traffic Statistics of Ports Questionnaire for MED- Air Quality Organizations Communication Existing A.Q. Projects Questionnaire for MED- Port Authorities Existing A.Q. Monitoring Motivation Existing Emissions Mitigation Action Plans Critical end points Common points Youwill find them online on www.medmaritimeprojects.eu Please, feel free to fill the forms! Emissions Inventory Contact for this phase : Laure Chevallier laure.chevallier@airpaca.org

  14. CAIMANsMaritime Integrated Approach in the Mediterranean Area Priority axis 2 Environment Objective 3: Prevention of maritime risks and strengthening of maritime safety Lead Partner: Environmental Protection Agency of Veneto Region ARPAV – Padoa (IT) www.arpa.veneto.it Partners: University of Genoa, Department of Physics (IT) www.labfisa.ge.infn.it Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR) http://lap.physics.auth.gr AIR PACA - Quality of air (FR) http://airpaca.org/ Spanish Research Council - Institute of Environmental Assessment & Water Research IDAEA (ES)http://www.idaea.csic.es/ CAIMANs Start Up Meeting Barcelona 1st-2nd July 2014

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