This Tool Box gives information on air quality issues and concerns in relation to maritime activities, strategies to reduce diesel emissions and tools that provide the basic know-how on how one might move forward on their own Clean Air Program. Clean air strategies such as repowering older engines, applying effective emission control technologies, and using alternative and cleaner fuels in maritime operations (like drayage trucks, ocean going vessels and cargo handling equipment) could dramatically reduce harmful emissions and improve local air quality and public health. Some clean air strategies may also improve operational efficiency and yield fuel savings as well. Users of the Tool Box can learn from best practice examples of ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Seattle and Tacoma, New York and New Jersey and Port of Rotterdam. The Case Studies provides detailed information about what are they doing to improve air quality through successful clean air programs. The Tool Box also gives a number of cutting-edge strategies that can help to improve air quality and the steps, such as: “How to Plan, Do, Check and Act creating your own Clean Air Programme” The Tools and Resource Library includes information on the international maritime regulations, engine standards, clean technologies, air quality monitoring, conduction of emissions, air pollutants and others.
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