LNG vs. MDO in Marine Fuel Emissions Tracking

Styliani Livaniou, Georgios Chatzistelios, Dimitrios V. Lyridis and Evangelos Bellos
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Styliani Livaniou: School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografos, Greece
Georgios Chatzistelios: School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografos, Greece
Dimitrios V. Lyridis: School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografos, Greece
Evangelos Bellos: School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografos, Greece

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-12

Abstract: The continuous increase in global maritime freight transport has led to an increase in emissions. The port of Heraklion was selected as a case study to investigate the environmental impact of shipping in wider areas. Two different maritime fuels were examined: the conventional maritime fuel, marine diesel oil (MDO), and an alternative maritime fuel, liquified natural gas (LNG). To carry out this study, real data from the port of Heraklion, the Lloyd’s Register Fairplay (LRF) Sea-Web database, and literature reviews were used. The bottom-up method was adopted for data processing. The results of this study demonstrate that alternative maritime fuels, such as LNG, could drastically reduce SO 2 , NOx, PM, and CO 2 emissions.

Keywords: air emissions; MDO; liquefied natural gas; alternative marine fuels; port emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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