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UK's Port of Southampton Implements Air Quality Monitoring
In an effort to assess emissions at the port, the UK's Port of Southampton has undertaken air quality monitoring, local media reports.
As Ship & Bunker reported in March, the lack of shore power solutions for vessels calling at UK ports came under the spotlight following a BBC investigation, which revealed that Southampton - said to be among the most polluted cities in the UK - did not monitor air quality at its port area.
Recently, Sue Simmonite, Environment Manager at the Port of Southampton, began setting up NO2 and NOX diffusion tubes at the port, as well as monitoring stations - two fixed and one roving - to measure Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, PM10, and PM2.5.
"The evidence we gather through monitoring emissions at the port will allow us to further improve air quality in Southampton," said Simmonite.
"Other initiatives we are actively pursuing include the introduction of a fleet of new electric vehicles and cycle paths within the port."
As previously reported by Ship & Bunker, elsewhere in the UK, the proposed London City Cruise Port at Greenwich's Enderby Wharf has been the focus of opposition groups calling for shore-based power to be made available at the terminal.
