Monitoring compliance with sulfur content regulations of shipping fuel by in situ measurements of ship emissions

Kattner, L.; Mathieu-Üffing, B.; Burrows, J. P.; Richter, A.; Schmolke, S.; Seyler, A.; Wittrock, F.

doi:10.5194/acp-15-10087-2015

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09 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 09 Sep 2015

Monitoring compliance with sulfur content regulations of shipping fuel by in situ measurements of ship emissions

L. Kattner, B. Mathieu-Üffing, J. P. Burrows, A. Richter, S. Schmolke, A. Seyler, and F. Wittrock

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Short summary

On 1 January 2015, the International Maritime Organisation tightened the regulations for sulfur content of shipping fuels in Sulfur Emission Control Areas. Here we present data from a station near Hamburg harbour in the North Sea SECA, which uses in situ measurements of atmospheric trace gases to deduce the sulphur fuel content of passing ships. We compare data from 2014 before the regulation change and from January 2015 and show how this method can be used for compliance monitoring.