International shipping transports about 90% of the global trade and it is the most efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly method of transportation for most goods. However the largest majority of cargo vessels is powered by two stroke Diesel engines running on Heavy Fuel Oil, which is the waste residue left over from oil refining processes and which is the worst fossil fuel, after coal, resulting in high externalities due to pollution: mortality, morbidity, effects on the en-vironment and on the clime. Recent epidemiological studies estima-te that air pollution from maritime shipping is responsible for about 400,000 premature deaths per year, worldwide, mainly due to lung and car-diovascular diseases [I ].
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IMO 2020 and externalities from ships air pollution
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- Titolo: IMO 2020 and externalities from ships air pollution
- Autore: Ing Giulio Gennaro
- Rivista: Tecnologie Trasporti Mare
- Data di pubblicazione: 15-09-2019
- Abstract: International shipping transports about 90% of the global trade and it is the most efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly method of transportation for most goods. However the largest majority of cargo vessels is powered by two stroke Diesel engines running on Heavy Fuel Oil, which is the waste residue left over from oil refining processes and which is the worst fossil fuel, after coal, resulting in high externalities due to pollution: mortality, morbidity, effects on the en-vironment and on the clime. Recent epidemiological studies estima-te that air pollution from maritime shipping is responsible for about 400,000 premature deaths per year, worldwide, mainly due to lung and car-diovascular diseases [I ].
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