Some 100,000 residents of Saint-Petersburg are exposed to ships’ exhaust gases. According to the Legislative Assembly of Saint-Petersburg, this has been announced by Ivan Serebritsky, deputy chairman of the City Government’s Committee on Natural Recourses, Environment Protection and Safety.
According to him, the situation is aggravated by the growing number of passenger and cargo ships calling in Saint-Petersburg. He says the method applied for sea transport pollution accounting provides reliable data on average annual emissions but needs improvements for short-term pollution accounting. Marine transport is the third source of exhaust gases in Saint-Petersburg, the official says.
International cooperation is considered to be efficient for mitigation of the negative impact of ships’ emissions. In particular, special attention is paid to monitoring of efficiency of new international standards introduced in the Black Sea region.
Restrictions on sulphur content in ship fuel coming into effect in SECAs from January 1, 2015 set a limit of 0.1%.
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