Effects of COVID-19 on the environment: An overview on air, water, wastewater, and solid waste

K Elsaid, V Olabi, ET Sayed, T Wilberforce… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world hardly as of the beginning of 2020 and quickly
spread worldwide from its first-reported point in early Dec. 2019. By mid-March 2021, the …

[HTML][HTML] Health impact assessments of shipping and port-sourced air pollution on a global scale: A scoping literature review

N Mueller, M Westerby, M Nieuwenhuijsen - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Globalisation has led to international trade expand rapidly. Seaborne transport
moves 80% of traded goods across the globe, producing around 3% of greenhouse gases …

Life cycle comparison of marine fuels for IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap

L Bilgili - Science of the total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Ships, which are the backbone of world trade, are also major emission generators. IMO has
prepared a regulation that came into force on January 1, 2020, in particular to reduce ship …

Robust optimization of liner shipping alliance fleet scheduling with consideration of sulfur emission restrictions and slot exchange

J Chen, J Ye, A Liu, Y Fei, Z Wan, X Huang - Annals of Operations …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has imposed restrictions on the sulfur
content of global marine fuels since 2020, putting the international container shipping and …

Recent advances in studying air quality and health effects of shipping emissions

D Contini, E Merico - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increase of global commerce and tourism makes the shipping sector an important
contributor of atmospheric particles and gaseous pollutants. These have impacts on both …

Economic assessment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel for CO2 carriers compared to marine gas oil (MGO)

BY Yoo - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
CO 2 carriers are considered as a solution for CO 2 transport as a part of carbon capture and
storage (CCS) and ship fuel cost is an important parameter impacting total cost of CO 2 …

A cost-benefit analysis of fuel-switching vs. hybrid scrubber installation: A container route through the Chinese SECA case

L Fan, B Gu, M Luo - Transport Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The shipping industry has been subjected to significant pressure with the increasingly
stringent environmental regulations. All vessels must comply with the IMO 2020 Sulfur cap …

How can shipowners comply with the 2020 global sulphur limit economically?

M Zhu, KX Li, KC Lin, W Shi, J Yang - Transportation Research Part D …, 2020 - Elsevier
To comply with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 2020 global sulphur limit for
maritime shipping, low-sulphur fuel oils (LSFOs) and scrubbers are the most commonly …

Effects of ship emissions on air quality in the Baltic Sea region simulated with three different chemistry transport models

M Karl, JE Jonson, A Uppstu, A Aulinger… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
The Baltic Sea is a highly frequented shipping area with busy shipping lanes close to
densely populated regions. Exhaust emissions from ship traffic into the atmosphere do not …

An evaluation of the cost-competitiveness of maritime fuels–a comparison of heavy fuel oil and methanol (renewable and natural gas) in Iceland

R Helgason, D Cook, B Davíðsdóttir - Sustainable Production and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alternative fuels have been proposed to ensure compliance with the increasingly more
stringent emission standards proposed by the International Maritime Organization. In …