Europe’s worst cruise ship-polluted ports

Luxury cruise vessels docking in European ports produce two to five times more cancer-causing gases than entire passenger car fleets in those cities, according to a report


Barcelona: Europe’s busiest cruise ship destination, with 2.7m passengers disembarking from
800 ships in 2017

EMISSIONS FROM CRUISE AND CARS
Tonnes of Sulphur Oxide (SOx), 2017		Cruise 	Cars


Barcelona	32.8
Spain		6.8
Palma Mallorca	28.0
Spain		2.9
Venice		27.5
Italy		1.3
Civitavecchia	22.2
Italy		0.4
Southampton	19.7
UK		3.1
Lisbon		16.1
Portugal	4.5
Santa Cruz	15.6
Spain		1.4
Marseille	15.2
France		4.1
Las Palmas	14.6
Spain		2.2
Copenhagen	14.4
Denmark		2.5
Hamburg		14.0
Germany		9.3
Napoli		12.8
Italy		6.5
Genova		12.3
Italy		3.3
Warnemunde	11.2
Germany		1.4
Lanzarote	10.9
Spain		0.3

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Source: Transport & Environment 
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