Clear the Air says: How come we have a bigger port than LA but we do not get such reports from our EPD and Marine Department? Are they lazy or inept or want to conceal the data in Hong Kong? – or all three ? http://www.portoflosangeles.org/EIR/SCIG/DEIR/deir_scig.asp Comments can also be sent via e-mail to: ceqacomments@portla.org. Comments [...]
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Jurong Port to ‘develop and implement major green projects with MPA’s funding support’
Singapore launches green port programme 12th October 2011 10:12 GMT Singapore port operator Jurong Port (JP) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) jointly launched the Green Port and Productivity Solutions (GPPS) research and development programme. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed by JP CEO Matthew Chan and MPA Chief Executive Lam Yi Young [...]
Designation of US Caribbean Emission Control Area under MARPOL ANNEX VI
http://www.safety4sea.com/page/6928/71/designation-of-us-caribbean-emission-control-area-under-marpol-annex-vi Oct. 7, 2011 ClassNK issues Technical Information TEC- 0866 regarding Designation of US Caribbean Emission Control Area under MARPOL ANNEX VI (Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) as follows: Information on Emission Control Areas (hereinafter referred to as ECA) specified in MARPOL ANNEX VI (hereinafter referred to as ANNEX VI) has [...]
Fuel rules essential for harbour traffic
South China Morning Post – 15 Sept. 2011 The Star Ferry is a Hong Kong icon, as much a part of our history as a tourist attraction. As such, it should be striving to reduce the amount of air pollution created by its ferries. The same goes for other vessels plying their trade in our [...]
The Pollution Leviathan
To tackle air pollution problem, government’s effort is very important. If the government frames the problem properly, then she can increase the effectiveness of the policy adopted. However, the HKSAR Government had made two mistakes on the air pollution issue. Firstly, she claimed that we can do nothing about the poor air quality in Hong [...]
Kwai Chung is one of the sources of HK air pollution
SCMP 14th Oct, 2009 For years, the government shrugged off concerns about poor air quality as being all but out of its control. Factories in Guangdong, and weather patterns, were blamed for the grey pall hanging overhead. Study upon study, the latest involving the container port at Kwai Chung, have since found that the pollution [...]
Pollution mostly local, study finds
Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP Sulphur dioxide pollution in Hong Kong is mostly generated in the city, particularly in the container port and by shipping, a leading atmospheric scientist has found. Dr Alexis Lau Kai-hon, an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology’s Institute for the Environment, said the findings of a study suggested that [...]
Natural partnership
SCMP Reducing highly toxic emissions from ships must be a key part of the government’s clean-air strategy. Right now, shipping emissions are regarded as a problem that can wait. Officials have not given this a higher priority because they take a total-quantity approach rather than a public health one. Total emissions from power plants and [...]
Natural partnership
SCMP 17 Sep, 2009 Reducing highly toxic emissions from ships must be a key part of the government’s clean-air strategy. Right now, shipping emissions are regarded as a problem that can wait. Officials have not given this a higher priority because they take a total-quantity approach rather than a public health one. Total emissions from [...]
Europe needs Emission Control Areas
Acid News – 2 June 09 Over the last twenty years, fuel and emission standards for land-based transport have been dramatically strengthened over most of the world. But international shipping has for a long time resisted similar legislation, both as regards emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases. Eventually, in October last year, after some [...]