Suffolk Coastal District Council has recently discovered high emissions of nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and particulates at the Port of Felixstowe, the largest container port in the UK (Reported on BBC News website, 27th Febuary 2007). According to the EU, ships are fast becoming the biggest source of air pollution in the EU. Subject to little control, they are set to emit more pollution than all land sources combined by 2020.

For more information, see on European Commission website on Transport and Environment

To read more about container shipping, see article in the Guardian published Jan 07.

Moreover, a shocking recent study estimates that one giant container ship can emit as much cancer- and asthma- causing chemicals as fifty million cars...

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