Shipping and the Environment

This book focuses on the interaction between shipping and the natural environment and how shipping can strive to become more sustainable. Readers are guided in marine environmental awareness, environmental regulations and abatement technologies to assist in decisions on strategy, policy and investments.

You will get familiar with possible paths to improve environmental performance and, in the long term, to a sustainable shipping sector, based on an understanding of the sources and mechanisms of common impacts. You will also gain knowledge on emissions and discharges from ships, prevention measures, environmental regulations, and methods and tools for environmental assessment. In addition, the book includes a chapter on the background to regulating pollution from ships.

It is intended as a source of information for professionals connected to maritime activities as well as policy makers and interested public. It is also intended as a textbook in higher education academic programmes.

Part I Introduction.- 1 Shipping and the Environment.- 2 The Natural Environment and Human Impacts.- 3 Regulating Pollution from Ships.- Part II Environmental Impacts.- 4 Discharges to the Sea.- 5 Emissions to the Air.- 6 Anthropogenic Noise.- 7 Infrastructure, Marine Spatial Planning and Shipwrecks.- Part III Pollution Prevention Measures.- 8 Environmental Management.- 9 Methods and Tools for Environmental Assessment.- 10 Energy Efficiency and Fuel Changes to Reduce Environmental Impacts.- 11 Measures to Reduce Discharges and Emissions.- Part IV Outlook.- 12 Improving Environmental Performance in Shipping.