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Environmental impact of exhaust emissions by Arctic shipping.

Authors :
Schröder, Christian
Reimer, Nils
Jochmann, Peter
Source :
AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment; Dec2017 Supplement, Vol. 46, p400-409, 10p
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Since 2005, a dramatic decline of the Arctic sea-ice extent is observed which results in an increase of shipping activities. Even though this provides commercial and social development opportunities, the resulting environmental impacts need to be investigated and monitored. In order to understand the impact of shipping in arctic areas, the method described in this paper determines the travel time, fuel consumption and resulting exhaust emissions of ships navigating in arctic waters. The investigated case studies are considering ship particulars as well as environmental conditions with special focus on ice scenarios. Travel time, fuel consumption and exhaust gas emission were investigated for three different vessels, using different passages of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in different seasons of years 1960, 2000 and 2040. The presented results show the sensitivity of vessel performance and amount of exhaust emissions to optimize arctic traffic with respect to efficiency, safety and environmental impact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00447447
Volume :
46
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
126091078
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-017-0956-0