Highlights We estimate health external cost of ship emissions at port. The impact pathway approach is employed for the assessment. Two case studies have been formulated for the Piraeus port. Results show that the contribution of ships to health cost is not negligible. Impact of shipping is considerable less than the impact of other sectors.
Abstract This paper is employing the well-known methodology of impact pathway approach to assess the external costs in human health from ship air pollution at port areas. The passenger port of Piraeus, Greece is the scenery of the study. Piraeus port is in the vicinity of the greater Athens metropolitan area where almost half of the country’s population lives. Hence, this port is the central hub of the Greek coastal passenger ship system which connects the islands of the Aegean Sea with land and is characterized by heavy ship traffic. The case study presented in this paper assesses the annual external cost in human health from air emissions produced by all passenger ships and cruise ships calling the port of Piraeus. Health cost from ships at port has been estimated at both local (Athens metropolitan area) and regional level (entire territory of Greece). Results show that higher costs occur at the local level. The dominant pollutants creating this cost are particulate matter (PM2.5, and PM10). Overall, the results indicate that the health impact of Piraeus’s passenger port emissions is not negligible; however the cost of PM10 is considerably lower than the corresponded cost deriving from the land based industries of the Athens regional area for which comparison has been available.
Health externalities of ship air pollution at port – Piraeus port case study
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment ; 40 ; 155-165
2015-01-01
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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