The evaluation of the impact on the quality of the atmosphere of all activities carried out in the ports of Naples and Salerno

The scope of this paper is to quantify the environmental impact due to the gaseous emissions in the ports of Naples and Salerno (south Italy), keeping into account all the main sources of pollution in ports: ships, traffic, services, public buildings, lighting, etc. A “bottom-up” methodology has been applied to the maritime sector and a collection of data on energy consumption was gathered to evaluate the environmental impact due to other activities. As a result, a careful assessment of the impact of such ports as regards Green House Gases (GHG) and non-GHG pollutants has been obtained.