Article ID: | iaor201110898 |
Volume: | 17 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 35 |
End Page Number: | 38 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
Journal: | Transportation Research Part D |
Authors: | Berechman Joseph, Tseng Po-Hsing |
Keywords: | pollution, ports and harbours, Taiwan, emissions |
This study estimates the emission costs of ships and trucks in the Port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, focusing mainly on particular matter and volatile organic compounds. By calculating annual ship and truck emissions we find that the major contributors are tankers, container ships and bulk ships and trucks. Using a bottom‐up methodology, the combined environmental costs of ships and trucks are estimated to be over $123 million per year.