{"id":9558,"date":"2008-11-23T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2008\/11\/23\/brisbane-undertakes-port-emissions-survey\/"},"modified":"2008-11-23T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T16:20:00","slug":"brisbane-undertakes-port-emissions-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/australasia-greenport\/brisbane-undertakes-port-emissions-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Brisbane undertakes port emissions survey"},"content":{"rendered":"

With trade through the Port of <\/span> Brisbane increasing dramatically <\/span> in the last 10 years, new facilities <\/span> are being constructed with a growing <\/span> network of terminal, road and rail services <\/span> to cater for the growth in container, bulk <\/span> and vehicle shipments. <\/span> However, as with all port development, <\/span> there is a price to pay. Resultant increases <\/span> in ship, truck, rail and cargo vehicle traffic <\/span>cause greenhouse gas emissions and air <\/span> pollution associated with these transport <\/span> modes to rise. With air emissions resulting <\/span> from port activities are under increasing <\/span> scrutiny worldwide by regulators and the <\/span> ports\u2019 communities, many ports are initiating <\/span> their own emission inventories and <\/span> clean air action plans in response. <\/span> Early this year the Port of Brisbane <\/span> Corporation initiated the commissioning <\/span> of an inventory of emissions from waterside <\/span> and landside activities at the port, which <\/span> will be used to develop the baseline from <\/span> which to create and implement emission <\/span> reduction strategies and track performance <\/span> in the future. Focus initially has <\/span> been on the waterside emission inventory <\/span> only. The landside emission inventory will <\/span> be addressed in a separate, and subsequent <\/span> project. <\/span><\/p>\n

A survey of ocean going vessels was <\/span> conducted from June through August <\/span> 2008. Information on fuel type, engine <\/span> configuration and operating practices was <\/span> gained from 120 respondents. Vessel types <\/span> were predominantly container ships, plus <\/span> vehicle, general cargo and tankers. <\/span> The inventory will draw from the survey <\/span> of ocean going vessels but in addition, ship <\/span> visit data, turn round time information and <\/span> data from non-surveyed vessels including <\/span> cruise ships, tugs and pilots boats will be <\/span> required in the future. <\/span> Rather than carrying out an inventory of <\/span> all emissions associated with all port activities, <\/span> the immediate goal is to identify those <\/span> emissions which the Port may be able to <\/span> influence through future strategies. The <\/span> waterside port emission inventory seeks to <\/span> quantify the air pollution and greenhouse <\/span> gas emissions attributed to ships transiting, <\/span> maneuvering and hotelling at the port for <\/span> the base year 2007\/08. <\/span> This information will enable the Port to <\/span> understand the source and magnitude of <\/span> greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution <\/span> attributed to port activities; develop strategies <\/span> to reduce current and projected emissions <\/span> and quantify progress and continued <\/span> attainment of the port precinct in meeting <\/span> air quality standards and objectives <\/span> The Port is currently seeking proposals <\/span> from qualified consultants knowledgeable <\/span> of port operations, vessel engine modelling <\/span> and air pollution calculations to assist in <\/span> the interpretation of the survey results. <\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year the Port of Brisbane Corporation initiated the commissioning of an inventory of emissions from waterside and landside activities at the port.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-9558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-greenport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9558"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=9558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}