Environmental impacts of grey water discharge from ships in the Baltic Sea

Ytreberg, Erik; Eriksson, Marie; Maljutenko, Ilja; Jalkanen, Jukka-Pekka; Johansson, Lasse; Hassellöv, Ida-Maja; Granhag, Lena

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110891

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“…For modelling of contaminants in a set of ports and shipping lanes, the MAMPEC 3.1 model is used to calculate site specific Predicted Environmental Concentrations (PEC) (van Hattum et al 2002;Ytreberg et al 2020). The emitted amounts of contaminants are calculated from the volumes of ballast water, bilge water, scrubber water, grey water and black water calculated by the STEAM model and the concentrations of contaminants in these discharges, while the amounts of antifouling compounds were retrieved directly from the STEAM model output.…”

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“…Hundreds of unique contaminants were identified to be discharged from shipping. Therefore, the risk characterisation approach using ratios of Predicted Environmental Concentrations and Predicted No-Effect Concentration (PEC/PNEC) was also applied as a complement to predict the cumulative environmental risk of different waste streams (Ytreberg et al 2020).…”

Section: Assessing Impacts On the Marine Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Both can then be used to evaluate different policy options. While the detailed methodology and results are described elsewhere (Jalkanen et al 2018(Jalkanen et al , 2021aKarl et al 2019a, c;Maljutenko et al 2021;Ramacher et al 2020a, b;Raudsepp et al 2019a;Tang et al 2020;Ytreberg et al 2020), the framework concept is presented here together with the main knowledge gaps and an outline of a possible further development of the framework. The framework was elaborated for the case of the Baltic Sea region, but it is generic and can be applied to other geographic regions and/or for global assessments.…”

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Framework for the environmental impact assessment of operational shipping

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Shipping is an important source of pollution affecting both atmospheric and aquatic environments. To allow for efficient mitigation of environmental degradation, it is essential to know the extent of the impacts of shipping in relation to other sources of pollution. Here, we give a perspective on a holistic approach to studies of the environmental impacts of operational shipping through presentation of an assessment framework developed and applied on a case of shipping in the Baltic Sea. Through transfer of knowledge and concepts, previously used in assessments of air pollution, now applied to assessments of marine pollution and underwater noise, the horizon of understanding of shipping-related impacts is significantly improved. It identifies the main areas of environmental degradation caused by shipping and potential improvements through legislation and technological development. However, as the vast majority of contaminants discharged into the sea are not routinely monitored and assessed, the links between pressure of contaminants from shipping and environmental state and impacts will not be caught in the current environmental regulatory frameworks.

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“…metals, biocides, oils, coolants, dielectric fluids. However, there are no investigations on the magnitude of this potential contamination (Tornero and Hanke, 2016;Ytreberg et al, 2020) • As with any offshore activity, windfarm constructions may affect dumped munitions (? ), due to possible breach of 1850 munition hulls.…”

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“…• Shipping is a significant source of water pollution in general, also for chemical contaminants (+). This is through the release of organic contaminants and heavy metals to seawater through scrubber water, and other contaminated water (black and grey water) and antifoulings,in particular copper and zinc (Jalkanen et al, 2020;Magnusson et al, 2018;Ytreberg et al, 2020). Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), e.g.…”

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Human impacts and their interactions in the Baltic Sea region

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Omstedt

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Abstract. Coastal environments, in particular heavily populated semi-enclosed marginal seas and coasts like the Baltic Sea region, are stongly affected by human activities. A multitude of human impacts, including climate change, affects the different compartments of the environment, and these effects interact with each other. As part of the Baltic Earth Assessment Reports (BEAR), we present an inventory and discussion of different human-induced factors and processes affecting the environment of the Baltic Sea region, and their interrelations. Some are naturally occurring and modified by human activities (i.e. climate change, coastal processes, hypoxia, acidification, submarine groundwater discharges, marine ecosystems, non-indigenous species, land use and land cover), some are completely human-induced (i.e. agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, river regulations, offshore wind farms, shipping, chemical contamination, dumped warfare agents, marine litter and microplastics, tourism, coastal management), and they are all interrelated to different degrees. We present a general description and analysis of the state of knowledge on these interrelations. Our main insight is that climate change has an overarching, integrating impact on all of the other factors and can be interpreted as a background effect, which has different implications for the other factors. Impacts on the environment and the human sphere can be roughly allocated to anthropogenic drivers such as food production, energy production, transport, industry and economy. We conclude that a sound management and regulation of human activities must be implemented in order to use and keep the environments and ecosystems of the Baltic Sea region sustainably in a good shape. This must balance the human needs, which exert tremendous pressures on the systems, as humans are the overwhelming driving force for almost all changes we see. The findings from this inventory of available information and analysis of the different factors and their interactions in the Baltic Sea region can largely be transferred to other comparable marginal and coastal seas in the world.

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Environmental impacts of grey water discharge from ships in the Baltic Sea

Cited by 33 publications

References 6 publications

Framework for the environmental impact assessment of operational shipping

Framework for the environmental impact assessment of operational shipping

Human impacts and their interactions in the Baltic Sea region

Sustainability of Japan’s Transport Sector

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