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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2020.26.2.163

National Management Measures for Reducing Air Pollutant Emissions from Vessels Focusing on KCG Services  

Lee, Seung-Hwan (Central Regional Coast Guard)
Kang, Byoung-Yong (Central Regional Coast Guard)
Jeong, Bong-Hun (Headquarters Korea Coast Guard)
Gu, Ja-Yeong (Central Regional Coast Guard)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.26, no.2, 2020 , pp. 163-174 More about this Journal
Abstract
Particulate matter levels are rapidly increasing daily, and this can affect human health. Therefore, air pollutant emissions from sea vessels require management. This study evaluates the status of air pollutants, focusing on air pollutant emissions from the vessels of the Korea Coast Guard (KCG), and proposes national management measures to reduce emissions. According to a report recently released (2018) by the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), emissions from vessels constituted 6.4 % of the total domestic emissions, including 13.1 % NOx, 10.9 % SOx, and 9.6 % particulate matter (PM10/PM2.5). Among the rates of pollutant emission from vessels, the emission rates of domestic and overseas cargo vessels were the highest (50.6 %); the ratio of fishing boats was 42.6 %. With respect to jurisdictional sea area, 44.1 % of the emissions are from the south sea, including the Busan and Ulsan ports, and 24.8 % of the emissions are from the west sea, including the Gwangyang and Yeosu ports. The KCG inspects boarding lines to manage emission conditions and regulate air pollutant emissions, but it takes time and effort to operate various discharge devices and measure fuel oil standards. In addition, owing to busy ship schedules, inspection documents are limited in terms of management. Therefore, to reduce the air pollutant emissions of such vessels, regulations will be strengthened to check for air pollutants, and a monitoring system based on actual field data using KCG patrol ships will be established, for each sea area, to manage the emissions of such vessels. Furthermore, there is a need for technological development and institutional support for the introduction of environmentally friendly vessels.
Keywords
Vessel; Air pollutant; Particulate matter; Emission; National management measure; Korea Coast Guard (KCG);
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