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World Maritime University

2016

Technical measures, Operational measures, Carbon tax, Marketbased measures, External cost, Health cost, Air emissions, Methanol, Emission projections

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Compliant Strategy For Shipowners Towards Sustainable Maritime Transport: A Decision Framework For Air Emission Reduction Measures, Aditya Srivastava Jan 2016

Compliant Strategy For Shipowners Towards Sustainable Maritime Transport: A Decision Framework For Air Emission Reduction Measures, Aditya Srivastava

World Maritime University Dissertations

IMO uses three pillar strategy for air emission reduction including, technical, operational and market-based measures (MBM). The dissertation briefly describes the maritime regulatory framework for reduction of emissions. An overview on air emissions caused by the shipping sector is analysed. A brief look is taken on the need and methodology for inventory management of air emissions. A comparison between the market-based measures, operational measures, carbon tax and abatement measures for averting air emissions of carbon equivalent is made. The author has examined the abatement measures available to shipowners. This section also investigates the response of shipowners to different possible measures. …