ABSTRACT
The Singapore Straits area is one of the busiest marine traffic regions in the world. Numerous ships arrive, depart, and travel through this region, and affect the air quality of the port environment. Our goal is to estimate carbon dioxide (CO2) emission from Marine Traffic in the Singapore Straits, using Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) data. Key questions such as, how much total CO2 emissions are emitted daily by ships, which types of ships should be preferred and rewarded because of their low carbon emissions, what is the likely impact of the long-term carbon emission forecasts on Singapore Port will be analyzed. This research will be of value to Singapore Port Authorities responsible for managing CO2 emissions at the Singapore Ports as they can better understand how well they are progressing toward the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Green House Gases (GHG) 2020 target and secondly, can make smart decisions on which type of ship or country of ship may enter the Singapore port and thereby controlling CO2 emissions.
