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Sulphur dioxide around ports

Sulphur dioxide around ports. THE ISSUE. RWC semi-finals weekend (3 cruise ships in Port ) High SO2 readings at the Auckland Council’s monitoring site at the Port High sulphur content in marine fuel oil (purchased overseas) Significant fuel use while at berth ( hotelling )

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Sulphur dioxide around ports

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  1. Sulphur dioxide around ports

  2. THE ISSUE • RWC semi-finals weekend (3 cruise ships in Port) • High SO2 readings at the Auckland Council’s monitoring site at the Port • High sulphur content in marine fuel oil (purchased overseas) • Significant fuel use while at berth (hotelling) • Close to sensitive receptors

  3. BUT FIRST A QUICK HISTORY ……… Tamaki herengawaka- the resting place of many waka Commercial Bay circa 1859 Seawall shows approximate line of Customs Street

  4. RECLAMATION AND PORT DEVELOPMENT

  5. AUCKLAND WATERFRONT CIRCA 1905

  6. PORTS OF AUCKLAND

  7. CONTAINER TERMINAL • Third largest container terminal in Australasia • Fergusson container terminal • Extended in 2007 • 32 hectares • 5 ship-to-shore cranes • 610 metres of berth • Bledisloe Wharf • 14.5 hectares • 3 ship-to-shore cranes • 260 metres of berth

  8. TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS • Fergusson Terminal Expansion (completion 2016) • 3.6 hectares (already reclaimed) • Third berth • Bledisloe wharf expansion (in draft Annual Plan) • 250m extension to the wharf • 18 hectare reclamation • Increase Port’s capacity by 250% compared to 2007 • Allow ships with up to 7,000 containers (current limit is about 4,000)

  9. SENSITIVE RECEPTORS Apartments Apartments Vector Arena

  10. ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF

  11. CRUISE SHIPS

  12. CRUISE SHIP FACILITIES • Main cruise berth at Princes Wharf • Secondary facility at Queens Wharf • New permanent cruise terminal Queens Wharf (2013/14)

  13. GROWTH IN CRUISE SHIP VISITS TO AUCKLAND 2009/10 2011/12

  14. RWC SEMI FINAL WEEKEND Rhapsody of the Seas Pacific Dawn Volendam

  15. THESE SHIPS ARE BIG

  16. FACTS AND FIGURES

  17. AUCKLAND COUNCIL AIR MONITORING SITE

  18. 24-HOUR AVERAGE SO215 Sept to 15 Nov 2011

  19. 1-HOUR AVERAGE SO2October 2011

  20. 1-HOUR AVERAGE SO214 to 16 Oct 2011

  21. SO2 DIURNAL PATTERNHour of day average (14 to 16 Oct 2011)

  22. SULPHUR DIOXIDE POLLUTION ROSE

  23. COMPARISON OF SO2 EMISSIONS Cruise Ship Diesel Automobile • Inventories focus on motive power not at-berth • Fuel sulphur 2.75% w/w (average of data) • Fuel use: 30 Tonnes per day (limited data) • SO2 emission: 823 kg per day • Fuel sulphur 10ppm (0.001 % w/w) • Fuel use: 5.64 kg per 100 km • Assume 85km per day • SO2 emission: 0.1g per day

  24. Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations 1998 • 15. Any person may discharge, in the coastal marine area, a contaminant that is incidental to, or derived from, or generated during, the operations listed in Schedule 4 as the normal operations of a ship or offshore installation. • 16. No rule may be included in any regional coastal plan, or proposed regional coastal plan, nor any resource consent granted relating to a discharge to which regulations 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 15 apply

  25. Marine fuel quality is a global issue, Gopher

  26. MARPOL ANNEX IV • International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships (MARPOL) • Annex I - Oil • Annex II - Noxious Liquid Substances carried in Bulk • Annex III - Harmful Substances carried in Packaged Form • Annex IV - Sewage • Annex V - Garbage • Annex VI - Air Pollution • Annex III to VI are voluntary • New Zealand signatory to MARPOL (I and II)

  27. MARPOL FUEL SULPHUR CONTENT • MARPOL Annex IV controls: • Sulphur content of marine fuel oils • Emissions of NOx from new ship engines • Emissions of VOCs • Ozone depleting substances • Shipboard incineration

  28. ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED • What is the best mechanism to manage the sulphur content of fuel used in NZ waters? • Ratify Annex VI and apply to IMO for SECA status • Change to RMA Marine Pollution Regs • National Environmental Standard • What low sulphur fuel is available to ships (cruise and cargo) coming to NZ? • How do we ensure commercial level playing field, i.e. avoid disincentives?

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