Environmental Impact of Low Emission Shipping: Measurements and Modelling Strategies

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2023-06-16

Description

Description (EN):

The project addresses measurement and modelling strategies to assess present and future compliance costs, health effects, and environmental effects of ship emissions. Shipping regulations and environmental investments have been discussed widely in the media and by politicians and lobby organisations, but only limited information is available on the technical efficiency and socioeconomic impacts of the different clean shipping solutions and of their capacity for complying with the regulations. Cross-sectorial and cross border discussions are needed by authorities, policy makers, NGOs and the private sector for informed decision making. Policy makers and authorities specifically lack information for the development of future environmental regulations. Similarly, the shipping sector needs to make knowledge based investment decisions. As authorities and representatives of the private sector are part of our project team, their expertise and experience will be utilized in defining the specific research targets. The involvement of both the authorities and business representatives will also ensure the direct take-up of the project results. The tools and recommendations will be discussed widely within the project workshops, in social media, in the media, conferences, and targeted discussions. These dissemination activities will enhance capacity building of stakeholder organizations also outside the project consortium. The project will provide tested and analysed tools and recommendations benefiting both the environment and the health of people in the Baltic Sea Region. At the same time, the outcomes of the project will support the maritime businesses and economic growth. The project addresses measurement and modelling strategies to assess present and future compliance costs, health effects, and environmental effects of ship emissions in view of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) emission regulations. Measures, fuels, and abatement techniques that are available and that can meet the emission reduction targets will be considered, and their performance and compliance will be assessed. The societal impact of emission reductions will be investigated both in the selected urban areas and the Baltic Sea regional scale utilizing the high technical and analytical skills of the multidisciplinary consortium. Clean shipping solutions provide business potential in the form of eco-innovation. The BSR is a forerunner in this respect, and acts as a living lab for clean shipping. The technological development in clean shipping solutions supports and enables spinoff companies and a technological lead position for European industry in the global markets, due to the developed solutions and technological advancements. In addition to promoting technological development and improving future regulation, the project will be active in integrating the results into the wider community and society. The project aims to enhance sustainable development in the form of cost effective means for clean shipping. Answering the globally increasing demand on air quality improvement will ultimately bring economic opportunities and wellbeing for BSR citizens.

Achievements (EN):

Sound measuring and modelling shows: environmental regulation works: Several research institutions with support of businesses and public administration from altogether seven countries took stock of the effects of SECA on human health, environment and the economy, namely the shipping sector. To this end, they used local and pan-Baltic measurements of the air composition and combined them with different models. These studies found that 1) negative economic effects of SECA concerning the rise of fuel costs and modal shift from sea to land did not occur as it was predicted; 2) the health, environmental and economic benefits of SECA outweigh the costs; 3) tight environmental regulation can encourage innovation: the reduction in emissions can create business benefits to the maritime cluster. All in all, the test case of stricter environmental limits for ships run in the Baltic Sea between 2015 and 2020 provided sound scientific evidence that the regulation works well without heavily impairing business. The results of the EnviSum project can serve decision makers in policy and business all across the globe as all coastal countries are facing the sulphur cap in 2020 and possibly new environmental regulation in the future. Three large port cities get precise model studies on ship-borne air pollution: Next to the overall results of the model studies, the project partners carried out local studies on air pollution from ships, namely in Gothenburg (Sweden), the Tri-City (Poland) and St. Petersburg (Russia). In Poland, it was the first time that effects on shipping emissions on a local scale were inventorised and modelled. In Sweden, the local study showed that the sulphur emissions from ships decreased by 70 % within only one year, the year that the SECA regulation entered into force. Decision support for the shipping industry: The project also addressed the shipping industry's compliance with the SECA regulation. The partners examined how efficient the different techniques for removing pollution from exhaust gases are. An online tool was set up that can help ship-owners assess the costs and benefits of the different techniques for their fleet. A study found that in general, ship-owners operating in the Baltic Sea region comply well with the SECA regulation, but compliance needs to be monitored regularly and noncompliance needs to be sanctioned in order to make the regulation effective. However, there were many challenges concerning the usability of engines and technical devices. Wide-spread air pollution control devices will not be able to match future obligations of the global marine pollution convention and need to be technically improved or replaced by better solutions. EUR 2.22 million of support from the European Union helped policy, science and industry from across the macro-region to demonstrate how the Baltic Sea region pioneers clean shipping - in a global perspective.The results will be further used within the Clean Shipping Project Platform. http://interreg-baltic.eu/project/envisum/

Website: http://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

Technical report on the energy efficiency and emissions of dual-fuel engines in marine propulsion systems Scrubber efficiency report Reports and articles including emission data sets for consecutive air quality studies of WP3 and compliance levels with regard to the EU sulphur directive Reports and articles on emission data sets for future scenarios Model scenario calculations of future ship emissions Report on Cross Border Discussions on the impact of Clean Shipping in the Baltic Sea Region Guidance documents on policy-relevant descriptions, messages and maps Closing Conference SECA maritime investment tool

Thematic information

Logistics and freight transport Climate change and biodiversity

Specific Objective: ‘Environmentally friendly shipping’: To enhance clean shipping based on increased capacity of maritime actors

Thematic Objective: (07) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures by:

Investment Priority: (07c) developing and improving environmentally-friendly (including low-noise) and low-carbon transport systems, including inland waterways and maritime transport, ports, multimodal links and airport infrastructure, in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility

Partners (11)

Lead Partner: Turun yliopisto

Department: Centre for Maritime Studies of the Brahea Centre

Address: YLIOPISTONMÄKI, 20014 Turku, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.utu.fi/en

Total budget: EUR 680 130.25

ERDF budget: EUR 510 097.68

Chalmers tekniska högskola

Name: Chalmers tekniska högskola

Department: Earth and Space Sciences

Address: Hoersalsvägen 11, 41296 Göteborg, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.rss.chalmers.se

Total budget: EUR 436 343.00

ERDF budget: EUR 327 257.25

Europas Maritime Udviklingscenter/Transportens Innovationsnetværk

Name: Europas Maritime Udviklingscenter/Transportens Innovationsnetværk

Address: Amaliegade 33b, 2nd floor, 1256 Copenhagen, Denmark

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.maritimecenter.dk

Total budget: EUR 258 678.00

ERDF budget: EUR 194 008.50

Meteorologisk institutt

Name: Meteorologisk institutt

Department: Research and Development

Address: Henrik Mohsplass 1, 0313 Oslo, Norway

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.met.no

Total budget: EUR 339 214.00

Ilmatieteen laitos

Name: Ilmatieteen laitos

Department: Atmospheric Composition

Address: Erik Palmen's Square 1, 00560 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.fmi.fi

Total budget: EUR 497 648.00

ERDF budget: EUR 373 236.00

Maritime University of Szczecin

Name: Maritime University of Szczecin

Department: Marine Engineering Faculty

Address: 1-2 Wały Chrobrego, 70-500 Szczecin, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.am.szczecin.pl

Total budget: EUR 349 375.00

ERDF budget: EUR 296 968.75

Göteborgs kommun

Name: Göteborgs kommun

Department: Environment Administration

Address: PO Box 7012 , 402 31 Gothenburg, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.goteborg.se/miljoforvaltningen

Total budget: EUR 104 454.00

ERDF budget: EUR 78 340.50

Göteborgs Universitet

Name: Göteborgs Universitet

Department: Occupational and environmental medicine

Address: P.B. 414 , SE 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.gu.se

Total budget: EUR 193 270.00

ERDF budget: EUR 144 952.50

Baltic Marine Consult GmbH Planungs- und Ingenieurbüro Prof. Dr. Lüsch & Partner

Name: Baltic Marine Consult GmbH Planungs- und Ingenieurbüro Prof. Dr. Lüsch & Partner

Address: Friedrich-Barnewitz-Straße 3, 18119 Rostock, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.bmc.info.de

Total budget: EUR 56 634.00

ERDF budget: EUR 42 475.50

Tallinna Tehnikaülikool

Name: Tallinna Tehnikaülikool

Department: Department of Business Administration

Address: Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ttu.ee

Total budget: EUR 253 460.00

ERDF budget: EUR 215 441.00

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)

Name: Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)

Address: Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.helcom.fi

Total budget: EUR 53 333.00

ERDF budget: EUR 39 999.75

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Summary

Project name (EN): Environmental Impact of Low Emission Shipping: Measurements and Modelling Strategies

Project acronym: EnviSuM

Project start date: 2016-03-01

Project end date: 2019-04-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 222 539.25

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 222 777.43

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 69.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 222 777.43.

Third-country contribution: 169 607.00

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Websites / webtools / webforums / cooperative platforms

Environmental Impact of Low Emission Shipping_ Measurements and Modelling Strategies - Interreg Baltic Sea Region

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/projects/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/envisum/

EnviSuM _ Environmental Impact of Low Emission Shipping_ Measurements and Modelling Strategies

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Storymap: Baltic Sea Region Shipping Towards Better Air Quality - EnviSuM results

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://helcom.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=5063485e8b0746cb9baa583175eeb5a6

Decision support tool: SECA investments

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://envisum.ttu.ee/

Reports

Final report: CleanShipping - Exploring the impact of emission regulation

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Urban air quality measurements in Gothenburg (Sweden), St. Petersburg (Russia) and the Tri City region (Poland)

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) Regulation's Benefits Exceed the Cost. Both are Distributed Unevenly

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Economic effects of SECA regulation on regional development. Viru Keemia Grupp as an example.

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2018-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Institutional capacity building within scrubbers - Assessment report on the knowledge obtained by participants during a seminar and study visit on a vessel with a scrubber installation

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2018-07-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Report from Learning Café on Sulfur Emission Control Areas (SECA) - Compliance monitoring, technical performance of abatement technologies, health, environment and socio economic effects of SECA

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2017-07-26

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

Socio-economics impacts of SECA

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-29

Languages: en

Compliance and monitoring in the Baltic Sea SECA

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-26

Languages: en

Current in EnviSuM project

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2017-07-19

Languages: en

Presentations

HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND MEASURE THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION: THE SULPHUR EMISSION CONTROL AREA CASE

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

EnviSuM Project Summary

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Remote sulfur compliance monitoring in environmental control areas and on the open sea

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2019-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

New environmental regulations in maritime shipping challenges, technologies, opportunities

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2017-06-08

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

How to recognize and measure the economic impacts of environmental regulation: The Sulphur Emission Control Area case

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2017-04-03

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

The Economic Impact of Environmental Regulations on a Maritime Fuel Production Company

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2016-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

The impact of environmental regulations on the business model of a maritime supply company - An Estonian case study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2016-12-14

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Effect of aftertreatment on ship particulate and gaseous components at ship exhaust

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://blogit.utu.fi/envisum/

Publication date: 2022-07-28

Document date: 2018-03-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

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2023-06-16

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

200 / 200 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

2 025 / 2 025 (100%)

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