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Study by the European Federation for Transport and Environment says that cruise ships are producing more air pollutants than before Covid.

The study found that “despite the introduction of a sulphur cap four years ago, the 218 cruise ships operating in European waters in 2023 emitted the sulphur oxide (SOx) equivalent of a billion cars.”

This is Collapse Related because:

Compared to 2019, “the sheet number of cruise ships, how much time they spent in the vicinity of ports, as well as the amount of fuel they consumed, all rose by 23 to 24 percent. This led to a nine percent increase in SOx emissions, a 25 percent increase in particulate matter 2.5 and an 18 percent jump in nitrogen oxide emissions.”

The most polluted European port is Barcelona. Its cruise industry emitted nearly three times the sulfur oxide than all the city’s cars put together.

Banning cruise ships does improve local air quality:

“Air pollutants produced by cruise ships at Venice’s port fell 80 percent after the city banned large cruise vessels.”