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Ships pollute more than cars |
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May 01, 2007.
Ocean-going vessels produce greater quantities of the lethal air pollutant sulphur dioxide than all the world’s cars, trucks and buses combined, according to a study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The report calls for international regulators to move aggressively to curb emissions from the ‘bunker fuel’ used by freight vessels that contains an average of 27 000 parts per million of sulphur dioxide.
‘International ships are one of the world’s largest, virtually uncontrolled sources of air pollution,’ according to Alan C. Lloyd, President of the ICCT. ‘Air pollution from diesel trucks and buses in Europe, Japan and the USA has declined steadily for over a decade. At the same time, air pollution from international ships is rising virtually unchecked.’
The report found that, in 2001, heavy-duty diesel trucks, buses and cars burned more than a billion tonnes of fuel and emitted 2.2 million tonnes of sulphur dioxide - or SOX. The same yea ... more
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