The Social Cost and Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Passenger Ships in Istanbul
Calculating the inventory of shipping emissions is crucial in order to guide the authorities to prepare regulations on emission reduction. On the other hand, the effectiveness of the measurement techniques can only be accurately observed by the calculation of social costs. In this study, firstly,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Gemi Makinaları İşletme Mühendisleri Odası
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of ETA Maritime Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.journalagent.com/jems/pdfs/JEMS-75437-ORIGINAL_RESEARCH_%28AR%29-BILGILI.pdf |
| Summary: | Calculating the inventory of shipping emissions is crucial in order to guide the authorities to prepare
regulations on emission reduction. On the other hand, the effectiveness of the measurement techniques can
only be accurately observed by the calculation of social costs. In this study, firstly, the emission inventory and
social cost of passenger ships operating in Bosphorus are calculated. Then, these calculations were repeated
in case of declaration of the Marmara Sea as Emission Control Area (ECA). The total amount of emissions in
current situation decreases by 7.75 % in case of ECA declaration. The total cost of fuel switching increases
approximately 39.52 %; however the total social cost decreases by 50.56 %. The total economic benefit is
calculated as $ 117,739,686.97. According to the LCA results, fuel switching increases the deleterious impacts
on human health, ecosystem quality and climate change, while the impacts on raw resources decreased. |
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| ISSN: | 2147-2955 2148-9386 |