bmdc.be:dataset:2981 English UTF-8 Dataset Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien bmdc@naturalsciences.be https://www.bmdc.be http Point of contact 2026-04-30T15:31:56.135Z Geographic information -- Metadata ISO 19115:2003/19139 http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258 EPSG Black Carbon Ship Emission Measurements 2025-07-16T11:09:07Z Creation 2025-07-16T11:10:49Z Revision 2026-04-30T15:31:56.135Z Publication Digital Object Identifier 2016-05-19 https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2981 Belgian Marine Data Centre bmdc.be:dataset:2981 This dataset is composed of the following sources: Ward Van Roy (n.d.). black carbon (BC) Ship Emission Measurements . The impact of black carbon (BC) emissions on climate change, human health, and the environment is well-documented in the scientific literature. Although BC still remains largely unregulated at the international level, efforts have been made to reduce emissions of BC and Particulate Matter (PM2.5), particularly in sectors such as energy production, industry, and road transport. In contrast, the maritime shipping industry has made limited progress in reducing BC emissions from ships, mainly due to the absence of stringent BC emission regulations. While the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has established emission limits for pollutants such as SOx, NOx, and VOCs under MARPOL Annex VI, as of today, BC emissions from ships are still unregulated at the international level. Whereas it was anticipated that PM2.5 and BC emissions would be reduced with the adoption of the SOx regulations, especially within the sulfur emission control areas (SECA), this study reveals that BC emissions are only partially affected by the current MARPOL Annex VI regulations. Based on 886 real-world black carbon (BC) emission measurements from ships operating in the southern North Sea, the study demonstrates that SECA-compliant fuels do contribute to a notable decrease in BC emissions. However, it is important to note that the average BC emission factors (EFs) within the SECA remain comparable in magnitude to those reported for non-compliant fuels in earlier studies. Moreover, ships using exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCSs) as a SECA-compliant measure were found to emit significantly higher levels of BC, raising concerns about the environmental sustainability of EGCSs as an emissions mitigation strategy. Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien odnature@naturalsciences.be https://odnature.naturalsciences.be/ http Author Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN) Natur) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien info@naturalsciences.be https://www.naturalsciences.be http Publisher Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS/KBIN/IRSNB) Vautierstreet 29, 1000 Brussel, Belgium Author Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien bmdc@naturalsciences.be https://www.bmdc.be http Custodian Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN) Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN) Natur) Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Vautierstraat 29 Rue Vautier 29 Vautierstraat 29 Brussel Brussels Brussel Bruxelles Brüssel 1000 Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien info@naturalsciences.be https://www.naturalsciences.be http Owner marine environment Fuel Sulphur Content air pollution airborne monitoring Sulfur dioxide Nitrogen dioxide Sulfur Emission Control Areas Nitrogen Emission Control Area Emission Control Area ship emissions Theme MARPOL Convention Theme Monitoring activity legislative drivers 2018-10-24 Publication 9 marine pollution atmospheric emission Theme GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.3 2021-12-06 Publication 4.2.3 Belgian part of the North Sea Place Marine Regions 2018-02-21 Publication 10 Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone Place Marine Regions 2019-11-20T22:04:20Z Publication 11 Other restrictions https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other restrictions No limitations on public access. 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Ward Van Roy An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel Download https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2981 DOI Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Dataset The BC EFs (in g BC/kg fuel) were calculated by analyzing the concentrations of BC and CO2. As the exhaust plume is crossed with the aircraft, the concentrations of BC and CO2 increase, creating peaks that are higher than the background concentrations observed before and after the peak. The surface areas of these peaks above the background concentrations are used to calculate the BC EFs. To estimate the amount of fuel burned in kilograms, the carbon (C) content is multiplied by the carbon content of marine fuels (87%). Ships were identified based on AIS information. The AIS data includes ship identification and navigation parameters like speed and course. With the ship identification from AIS, engine characteristics were obtained from the SURV Ship Database. To correct the ship speed with real-time tidal currents, data from the RBINS ECODAM model was used. The corrected speeds were used with the propeller law to calculate the engine load.