“MaritIEm" project starts on 1 June 2020

The port industry is an important economic driver in port cities. At the same time, port activities and the associated shipping and hinterland traffic also generate emissions of climate gases and of air pollutants that disperse throughout the city area.

This is the focus of the new research project "Emission and Concentration Modelling in Maritime Transport Chains (MaritIEm)", which will start on 1 June 2020 with a term of three years. It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure with a total of almost one million euros within the framework of the Modernity Fund ("mFUND") funding scheme.
MaritIEm

In this project, port-related traffic movements in Bremerhaven and Bremen will be analysed in order to determine the emissions caused by these movements. On this basis, pollutant dispersion in the urban area will then be modelled in order to quantify the contribution of port-related emissions to air pollution with spatial differentiation. The aim of the project is to use scenario calculations to derive measures that reduce the pollution caused by port-related activities in Bremerhaven and Bremen.

The project is carried out jointly by the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), Bremen, and IVU Umwelt, Freiburg. The port company bremenports supports the project as an application partner.

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