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Cruise tourism activity has insignificant impact on air quality in Lisbon. On the basis of a study, experts have arrived at this conclusion.
It analysed pollution concentration levels in the capital for a year.
The conclusions of this study came out in a statement, belonging to the Administration of the Port of Lisbon (APL).
The International Cruise Lines Association (CLIA), in partnership with the Spanish University of Rovira i Virgili, in Tarragona promoted this.
Pollution concentration levels in the Portuguese capital are not significantly subject to the influence of cruise activity. The analysis reveals this.
But, it is subject to other factors, such as other modes of transport or residential sources, reads the APL note.
Researchers carried out the study between September 2022 and 2023. They analysed the levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM10).
According to the data, any contribution of cruise ships to the increase in local levels of various air pollutants, such as SO2 and PM10, is very less.
In terms of the amount of carbon monoxide and ozone in local air quality, the impact of cruise activity appears to be insignificant, highlights the APL.
Despite these positive conclusions, the president of APL’s board of directors, Carlos Correia, mentioned in the note, emphasises that the company will continue working to improve the sustainability of the activity.
Issues of environmental sustainability are strategic for decision-making.
For this reason, the Port of Lisbon has a set of ongoing actions. These are the supply of energy on land, monitoring of air and water quality in the surrounding areas of the Lisbon Cruise Terminal and the implementation of a system for evaluating and monitoring the emission rates of cruise ships during their stopover.
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