Pollutant Emissions in Ports: A Comprehensive Review

Infrastructures

Alessandro Severino¹  Mariacrocetta Sambito²  Larysa Neduzha³  Salvatore Barberi⁴ 

[1] Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy;Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Viale Delle Scienze, Ed. 8, 90100 Palermo, Italy;Department of Theoretical and Structural Mechanics, Dnipro National University of Railway Transport Named after Academician V. Lazaryan, Lazaryan St. 2, 49010 Dnipro, Ukraine;School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Enna “Kore”, 94100 Enna, Italy;

关键词: emissions;    ports;    maritime transport;    CO₂;    renewable energies;   

DOI  :  10.3390/infrastructures6080114

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In recent decades, maritime transport demand has increased along with world population and global trades. This is associated with higher pollution levels, including the emissions of GHG and other polluting gases. Ports are important elements within maritime transport and contribute themselves to pollutant emissions. This paper aims to offer a comprehensive yet technical review of the latest related technologies, explaining and covering aspects that link ports with emissions, i.e., analyzing, monitoring, assessing, and mitigating emissions in ports. This has been achieved through a robust scientific analysis of very recent and significant research studies, to offer an up-to-date and reliable overview. Results show the correlation between emissions and port infrastructures, and demonstrate how proper interventions can help with reducing pollutant emissions and financial costs as well, in ports and for maritime transportation in general. Besides, this review also wishes to propose new ideas for future research: new future experimental studies might spin-off from it, and perhaps port Authorities might be inspired to experiment and implement dedicated technologies to improve their impact on environment and sustainability.

【 授权许可】

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