Part today in Porto Torres, the first phase of the campaign monitoring of gaseous pollutants from ships in ports in northern Sardinia. On the docks of the port Portotorres ARPAS, in agreement with the Port Authority and following a series of technical meetings with the Region, the two provinces, with municipalities and the Maritime Authority, has placed a mobile laboratory that will perform for three weeks Careful monitoring of air quality throughout the port area.
"We started right from Porto Torres - said the Chairman of the Port Authority of Northern Sardinia, Paul Piro - because the brittle state of the environment, affected by pollution of the dock facilities, we require urgent than the other two airports." "Then - he added - will monitor Olbia and Golfo Aranci, ports who live a much better environmental situation, but not free radical action to reduce emissions."
The initiative is the prerequisite for the wider project Green Port, which has the objective of reducing the environmental impact of sea ports. The data emerging from monitoring will be used for the next phase of study that will be formalized with the establishment of a planning document for environmental and strategic interventions. After approval of the Port Committee, the Port Authority of Northern Sardinia, in consultation with the region, the two provinces, with municipalities and the Maritime Authority, will dictate courses of action for a real reduction of some sources of pollution.
"The main ports in Europe and U.S., as well as homegrown reality, Civitavecchia, Livorno and Venice - said Piro - have already put in the field of action. There is talk that the electrification of the docks, with a supply of energy delivered from the port through a proper outlet, would allow ships to turn off the generators during the stop, completely eliminating emissions. But there are other more immediate solutions, such as enforcing the use of clean fuels and light.Initiatives that, necessarily, have to start from a solid base of information from a study, but also, through a comparison with all the necessary cross-border ports, which will program in September, for the implementation of a common strategy. "
In the three ports of Porto Torres, Olbia and Golfo Aranci ships arrive and depart about 11 thousand a year for traffic in summer, reaches 70 movements per day (40 of which only in Olbia).
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Part today in Porto Torres, the first phase of the campaign monitoring of gaseous pollutants from ships in ports in northern Sardinia. On the docks of the port Portotorres ARPAS, in agreement with the Port Authority and following a series of technical meetings with the Region, the two provinces, with municipalities and the Maritime Authority, has placed a mobile laboratory that will perform for three weeks Careful monitoring of air quality throughout the port area. 
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