Dirty Containers.
Hauptbeschreibung Globalization is regarded as the key driver of growing container trade activities due to economic development. With a technology relying heavily on the combustion of fuel, international shipping is responsible for 2.7 percent of total world emissions and ocean transportation is bec...
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Diplomica Verlag,
2012
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Table of Contents:
- Dirty Containers: A Measurement and Cost Estimation Approach of Atmospheric Pollution in Hong Kong; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTENTS; APPENDICES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1 APPROACH AND MOTIVATION; 1.2 OBJECTIVE AND METHODOLOGY; 2 SHIPPING AND AIR POLLUTION; 2.1 GLOBAL TRANSPORTATION AND CO2 EMISSIONS; 2.2 EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; 2.3 EMISSIONS PATHWAY IN TRANSPORTATION AND SHIPPING; 2.4 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS TO GREENER SHIPPING; 3 ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; 3.1 INTERNALIZATION OF EXTERNAL COSTS; 3.2 MONETARY VALUATION.
- 3.3 ESTIMATION OF EMISSION COSTS IN SHIPPING3.3.1 TOP-DOWN APPROACH; 3.3.2 BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; 4 LITERATURE LINKED TO WEB-BASED CALCULATION METHODS OF EMISSIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ACTIVITIES; 5 METHODOLOGY OF ECOTRANSIT WORLD: MEASUREMENT OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND EMISSIONS LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING; 5.1 BACKGROUND AND ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; 5.2 ENERGY CHAIN AND BASIC CALCULATION RULES; 5.2.1 ENERGY CHAIN AND UPSTREAM PROCESS; 5.2.2 BASIC CALCULATION RULES; 5.3 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA FOR CONTAINER VESSELS; 5.3.1 MARINE EMISSION FACTORS.
- 5.3.2 CLASS AND TRADE-LANE SPECIFIC EMISSION FACTORS5.3.3 DERIVATION OF INDIVIDUAL VESSEL EMISSION FACTORS; 5.4 DATA METHODOLOGY ASSUMPTIONS AND SOURCES; 5.4.1 CONTAINER VESSEL ROUTING; 5.4.2 CONTAINER VESSEL CAPACITIES; 5.4.3 MAIN ENGINES AND AUXILIARY ENGINES; 5.4.4 OTHER ASSUMPTIONS FOR CALCULATING MARINE VESSEL EMISSIONFACTORS; 5.5 CONSIDERATIONS OF REDUCED VESSEL SPEED; 5.6 RELEVANT ONLINE DATA INPUT AND GENERATED OUTPUT; 5.6.1. RELEVANT ONLINE DATA INPUT; 5.6.2. GENERATED DATA OUTPUT; 5.7. UNCERTAINTIES.
- 6 TRADE-LANE SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION, GHG EMISSIONS, COSTS ESTIMATION AND KPIS OF HONG KONG CONTAINER TRADE ACTIVITIES6.1 HONG KONG ROLE AS CONTAINER (TRANSHIPMENT) HUB; 6.2 LADEN CONTAINER THROUGHPUT DEVELOPMENT; 6.3 INPUT BOUNDARIES AND ROUTING CONTROVERSIES; 6.3.1 INPUT BOUNDARIES; 6.3.2 ROUTING CONTROVERSIES; 6.4 RESULTS FROM ECOTRANSIT WORLD; 6.4.1 TRADE-LANE SPECIFIC CONTAINER FACTORS; 6.4.2 PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION.; 6.4.3 SULPHUR OXIDE AND PARTICULATE MATTER; 6.4.4 CARBON DIOXIDE AND CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT; 6.5 COST ESTIMATION.
- 6.6 KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND COMPARISON OF EMISSIONTRADE-LANE DATA6.6.1 KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIS); 6.6.2 COMPARISON OF EMISSION TRADE-LANE DATA; 7 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; APPENDICES; APPENDIX 1:; APPENDIX 2:; APPENDIX 3:; APPENDIX 4:; APPENDIX 5:; APPENDIX 6:; APPENDIX 7:; APPENDIX 8:; APPENDIX 9:; APPENDIX 9:; APPENDIX 10:; APPENDIX 11:; APPENDIX 12:; APPENDIX 13:; APPENDIX 14:; APPENDIX 15:; APPENDIX 16:; APPENDIX 17:; AUTHOR'S PROFILE.
