Air pollution from ships in ports: The socio-economic benefit of cold-ironing technology

This paper addresses the socioeconomic impact of harmful air emissions from hoteling cruise ships with special emphasis on NOx, SOx and Particulate Matter (PM). The aim of the paper is to quantify the socioeconomic benefit from the perspective of society in terms of external health cost by offering a cost-benefit analysis of the potential positive effect of introducing cold-ironing technology at the new cruise ship pier in Copenhagen, Denmark.