Compliance and port air quality features with respect to ship fuel switching regulation: a field observation campaign, SEISO-Bohai

Zhang, Yanni; Deng, Fanyuan; Man, Hanyang; Fu, Mingliang; Lv, Zhaofeng; Xiao, Qian; Jin, Xinxin; Liu, Shuai; He, Kebin; Liu, Huan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4899-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4899-2019

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Shipping and the Environment – From Regional to Global...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4899-2019

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Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

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11 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 11 Apr 2019

Compliance and port air quality features with respect to ship fuel switching regulation: a field observation campaign, SEISO-Bohai

Yanni Zhang, Fanyuan Deng, Hanyang Man, Mingliang Fu, Zhaofeng Lv, Qian Xiao, Xinxin Jin, Shuai Liu, Kebin He, and Huan Liu

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Referee’s Comments #1', Huan Liu, 04 Mar 2019
RC2: 'Review_acp-2018-1233', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Feb 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Referee’s Comments #2', Huan Liu, 04 Mar 2019
EC1: 'Publish revised manuscript as is (25 March 2019)', Markus Quante, 25 Mar 2019

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AR by Huan Liu on behalf of the Authors (05 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Mar 2019) by Markus Quante

AR by Huan Liu on behalf of the Authors (28 Mar 2019)

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AA by Huan Liu on behalf of the Authors (10 Apr 2019) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (10 Apr 2019) by Markus Quante

Short summary

This study reports the improvement of air quality in port areas following the implementation of a marine fuel quality regulation. We found that the monitoring of NO_x and SO₂ concentrations in ship plumes could indicate whether a ship had switched to low-sulphur fuel or not. Results showed that most ships complied with the fuel regulation, which reduced the SO₂ emissions by 75 %. After regulation, vanadium, which was used as marker for shipping emissions, decreased significantly (by 97.1 %).