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engine; the Endeavor, a sounding vessel
powered by a cleaner engine; and “Big Red,”
a crane equipped with a repowered engine
that reduces smog-creating emissions.
It’s not just engines on land that are
becoming cleaner. On August 1, 2012,
Emission Control Area (ECA) rules went
into effect. They are part of an international
effort to reduce sulfur oxide emissions from
ships. Diesel-powered ships are required
to burn cleaner fuel when inside an ECA,
which in North America is within 200 miles
of the coast. The rules, which apply to both
cargo and cruise ships, are estimated to
cost $3.2 million by 2020 in North America
but are expected to prevent 14,000 deaths
and relieve respiratory symptoms for nearly
five million people, health-related benefits
worth as much as $110 billion in the U.S.
To reduce smog-
creating emissions,
the MPA’s “Big
Red” crane has a
repowered engine.
dray trucks
replaced per month
Port of Baltimore Environmental Achievements
By The Numbers
underground
storage tanks
have been removed; goal is
to have 0 by end of 2013
3
10
increase
in recycling rate at
Dundalk Marine
Terminal, 2011 (17.57%)
to 2012 (38.74%)
21%
flex fuel
vehicles used
by the MPA
41
pieces of
equipment
retrofitted, replaced
or upgraded (3 harbor
craft, 10 locomotives,
24 dray trucks and
42 pieces of cargo-
handling equipment)
79
97,000
306,074
pounds reduction in trash
gallons of petroleum-
tainted water removed
fromMasonville Cove
Black Rail, a rare bird heard
at Swan Creek 1
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF THE MPA