Air emissions arise from cruise vessels in the Port of Gothenburg

Abstract

It is not new for cruise ships to cause air pollution to the port they pass by. Nevertheless, the amount of pollutants emitted by cruise ships is still staggering. Since air emissions derive from cruise industry is not a new subject for academic literature, in the case of Port of Gothenburg, the academic articles are extremely limited. Therefore, the focus of this thesis was to investigate the effects and status of air emissions arise from cruise activities in the port of Gothenburg. The aim was able shed some light on the effects and how air emissions arise from cruise activities in the Port of Gothenburg has been throughout the years. The results were gathered through semi-structured interview with Gothenburg port authority. This interview aimed to find what strategies are used, what factors occur from cruise activities affected the Port of Gothenburg from the perspective of air emission. Also, numerical knowledge was obtained through both the interview and the confidential documents that are obtained from the port authority. To generate an overview of the results, the figures, tables and illustrations were used in both analysis chapter and in the entire thesis