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Wed 17 Nov 2010, 08:56 GMT

EU shipping emissions fall 2.1 percent


Newly-published report shows that CO2 emissions from maritime transport dropped by 2.1 percent year-on-year.

The EU Federation for Transport and the Environment has this week issued its report on a survey of shipping emissions in EU27 countries and the impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on the environment, which shows that shipping emissions fell by over 2 percent in 2008.

The study says that between 1990 and 2008, transport emissions increased by 34 percent from 941,631 kt of CO2 to 1,257,936 kt of CO2, whilst emissions from other sectors decreased by 13.6 percent from 3,632,043 kt of CO2 to 3,138,104.

During the same period shipping emissions rose by 61030 kt of CO2, or 56 percent, from 108,553 kt of CO2 to 169,583 kt of CO2. The GHGs measured specifically focused on CO2, due to the variance in other GHGs.

In 2008, the study showed that emissions from international maritime transport decreased by 2.1 percent compared with the previous year. Average annual emission growth from shipping since 1990 has been 2.5 percent.

Please find a summary table below of CO2 emissions in EU27 countries between 1990 and 2008.

Year Total CO2
emissions		 Transport
emissions		 Shipping
emissions
1990 4,573,674 941,631 108,553
1991 4,513,971 943,524 106,365
1992 4,368,737 973,353 107,734
1993 4,311,221 987,793 110,202
1994 4,288,887 994,062 107,068
1995 4,341,746 1,013,840 108,379
1996 4,453,935 1,049,861 115,302
1997 4,379,770 1,074,133 125,570
1998 4,382,053 1,114,381 131,437
1999 4,315,801 1,132,325 125,219
2000 4,349,931 1,145,009 131,284
2001 4,432,551 1,162,320 136,671
2002 4,410,774 1,179,606 143,293
2003 4,511,252 1,195,927 145,566
2004 4,540,591 1,232,080 154,196
2005 4,521,140 1,244,934 161,518
2006 4,548,667 1,266,704 171,896
2007 4,497,517 1,276,892 173,499
2008 4,396,040 1,257,936 169,583

(Unit: kt of CO2)
Source: EU Federation for Transport and the Environment

EU27 countries:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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