External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe Dr. Niklas Sieber Ulrike Kummer Institute of Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy University of Stuttgart 1 / 14
What I want to present to you today 1. Increasing environmental impacts of maritime shipping 2. Environmental costs of maritime transport in Europe 3. Cost comparison with land based modes 4. Costs and benefits of air pollution prevention technologies Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 2
Increasing Environmental Concerns about Shipping 90% of the EU s World trade volume and 40% of its internal commodity exchange by maritime transport. Between 1970 and 2006 seaborne trade nearly tripled and in the future annual growth rates of 2.5% are estimated. Expected increase of shipping emissions 2000-2020 in Europe: - SO 2 => 40 % - NO x => 47% - PM 2.5 => 56% Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 3
Projected SO x and NO x Emissions in EU 25 SO x NO x Source: ICCT, EMEP 2002 Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 4
Impact Pathway Approach: ECOSENSE Tool Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 5
Damage Factors assessed with ECOSENSE PM2.5 SO2 NO2 Mediterranean West Mediterranean East North Sea Channel Black Sea Baltic Atlantic Mediterranean West Mediterranean East North Sea Channel Black Sea Baltic Atlantic Mediterranean West Mediterranean East North Sea Channel Black Sea Baltic Atlantic Euro per ton Mortality Morbidity Material Damage 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 Source: GRACE D4, Annex, 2006 Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 6
SO x Emissions of Maritime Shipping Source: EMEP (http://www.emep.int) UNECE: Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 7
Costs of Airborne Shipping Emissions in Europe Environmental Costs: 19.6 bn Euro/a Atlantic Baltic Black Sea CO2 NOx SOx PM2.5 Mediterreanean North Sea 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 m Euro/a Own calculations, emission data: EMEP 2005, IIASA 2007 Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 8
EU Research Project GRACE: Environmental Costs of Selected Sea Passages Origin Destination Distance [sea miles] Type of Vessel Capacity Antwerp Gdynia 966 General Cargo 45,000 dwt Felixstowe Bordeaux 674 Container 3,000 TEU Genoa Bordeaux 1854 Container 600 TEU Bordeaux Antwerp 748 General Cargo 2,500 dwt Antwerp Felixstowe 141 Tanker 2,500 dwt Genoa Piraeus 972 Passenger 1,500 pass Assumption: Capacity Utilisation = 90% Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 9
Atlantic Baltic Channel North Sea Med West Med East Seapassage CO2 NOx SO2 NMVOC PM2.5 Costs of Air Pollutant Emissions per hour 0 500 1000 1500 Euro/hour Departure/Arrival Antwerp 600 TEU Container Ship Bordeaux Felixstowe Genoa Gdyna Piräus CO2 NOx SO2 NMVOC PM2.5 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Source:GRACE Euro/hour Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 10
Cost of Air Pollution on Selected Sea Passages Air Pollution Costs Antwerp-Gdynia Felixstowe-Bordeaux Genoa-Bordeaux Bordeaux-Antwerp Antwerp-Felixstowe Genoa-Piraeus Departure/Arrival Sea Passage 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Source: GRACE 1000 Euro/trip Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 11
Other Environmental Costs of Shipping Effect Description Monetary Quantification Oil Pollution Influx of Foreign Species Dredging Harbour Noise Impacts on fish and marine mammals Accidents, oil leakage due to regular operations, illegal tank cleaning Transport in dead weight water tanks Deepening of harbours and canals Noise nuisance through harbour operations Accidents, especially with high speed vessels; Underwater noise Valuation using specific compensation costs (IOPC-Funds) Not yet researched Not yet researched Locally very different Not yet researched Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 12
External Costs of different Transport Modes [Euro/1000 tkm] Origin Antwerp Felixstowe Genoa Bordeaux Antwerp LGV HGV Rail Destination Gdynia Bordeaux Bordeaux Antwerp Felixstowe For comparison: External Costs (INFRAS/IWW 2004)** Light Goods Vehicle Heavy Goods Vehicle Tanker Goods Transport by Rail Type of Vessel General Cargo Container Container General Cargo Capacity (Load 90%) 45 000 dwt 3 000 TEU 600 TEU 2 500 dwt 2 500 dwt Environmental Costs* * Only airborne emissions and oil pollution. Not included dead weight water, noise, dredging, impact on animals, etc ** External Costs of air pollution, climate change, noise, nature and landscape, congestion, additional urban effects, up- and downstream processes. 0.9 2.7 4.0 9.9 8.4 250.2 71.2 17.9 Quelle: Own calculations, INFRAS/IWW 2004 Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 13
Increasing Problems through faster Ships Type Tons [tdw] Slow Speed [knots] Fast Fuel Consumption Slow ship = 100 Bulker 70,000 12.7 14.2 136 Container 40,000 22.0 24.0 153 RoPax 10,000 21.3 25.0 178 Feeder 7,000 16.0 23.7 256 Quelle: Isensee 2007, 2008 Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 14
Costs and Benefits of Prevention Technologies Scenarios for the prevention of air pollution Technologies ready for the market : Humid Air Motor (HAM) Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Low Sulphur Fuels (1.5% and 0.5%) Emission reductions of 80-90% are technically feasible Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 15
Costs and Benefits 2020 12,000 6 10,000 Environmental Benefits B/C Ratio 5 Benefits 2020 [m Euro/a] 8,000 6,000 4,000 4 3 2 B/C Ratio 2,000 1 0 Low Sulphur Fuel 1.5% Humid Air Low Sulphur Motors HAM Fuel 0.5% Selective Catalytic Reduction SCR HAM + Low Sulphur Fuel (1.5%) SCR + Low Sulphur Fuel (1.5%) HAM + Low Sulphur Fuel (0.5%) SCR + Low Sulphur Fuel (0.5%) 0 Own calculations, IIASA 2007, ENTEC 2005 Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 16
Environmental Economics of Low Sulphur Fuels Allowable Sulphur Content of Fuels: Marine Fuels: 45,000 ppm Road Fuels: 10 ppm Investment needs for Oil industry: 126 bn US$ Increase of transport costs by 0.15 Euro/1000 tkm Example cost increase: A 20ft container from Shanghai to Hamburg on a 3,000 TEU container vessel, would cost only 18 Euro more. Prevention of 50,000 premature death annually by the use of low Sulphur Fuels (0.5%). IMO Decision in October 2008 expected. Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 17
Conclusions Maritime air pollution costs in Europe amount to 19.6 bn Euro p.a. Specific costs (per tkm) of maritime shipping are significantly lower than land based modes. But: High growth rates and the trend for faster ships tend to compensate for these advantages. Market-ready prevention technologies can reduce environmental costs up to 11.6 bn Euro/a. Environmental benefits exceed costs by two to five fold. The most important step is the worldwide reduction of the sulphur content of marine fuels. This would only entail a minor increase in transport costs. Sieber/Kummer External Costs of Maritime Shipping in Europe 18
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