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A case study of air pollution from ships in Sabah and Sarawak region
Karthigayan Vellayutham
Hajah Zahaitun Mahani Binti Zakariah
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
Shipping is one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions due
to transport and is a major source of air pollution, which causes health problems,
acid rain and eutrophication. The Annex VI which limits the main air pollutants
contained in ship exhaust gas and defines the quality of fuel oil. The amount of
emission depends on the design, operating conditions and the characteristics of
the fuel. If complete combustion of fuel were possible, the exhaust would only
contain Carbon Dioxide (Co2) and water vapor. Carbon Dioxide (Co2) emission
depends on fuel consumption and carbon content in the fuel. Some factors that
influencing emission are cold starts, speed, maintenance, engine design and fuel
used. This research conducted to study the management of air pollution from
vessel in Malaysia which research scope is in major seaports located in Kelantan,
Terengganu and Pahang and to identify the effects of harmful air pollution
emission from vessel to nearby port areas or hinterland. This is a qualitative
research where the relevant data collected by conducting an interview session
through phone call with respondents from respective major ports and Atlas Ti is
used to analyse the data collected to get an outcomes for this study. Through this
paper, the outcomes shows that every major port that located in East Coast region
in Peninsular Malaysia is taking care about the air pollution from ships in the
respective port areas. From the result also most of the ports stated that they are
following the regulation of MARPOL in Annex VI as a guideline and also conducting
specific inspection to each of the vessel that berthing at respective ports to ensure
that every ship is complying with the IAPP requirement. As most of the world trade
done through maritime transportation nowadays, the respective port authorities
and ship owners to avoid such environmental pollution from ships in upcoming
future should apply relevant preventive measures.
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