SECA Program: What is New

This page last reviewed June 8, 2010

• The second phase of the commercial ship emission inventory development in North America was complete in May 2010 (Professor J. Corbett, "Improved Geospatial Scenarios of Commercial Marine Vessels", June 2007-May 2010)
• A modeling assessment of the ship emission impacts on summertime ozone and PM air quality in greater Los Angeles area was complete in January 2008 (Professor D. Dabdub, "Air Quality Impacts of Ship Emissions in the South Coast Air Basin of California")
• International Marine Organization (IMO): "REVIEW OF MARPOL ANNEX VI AND THE NOx TECHNICAL CODE---Air quality concerns from particulate matter and oxides of sulphur" (Feb. 2007)
• IMO: "REVIEW OF MARPOL ANNEX VI AND THE NOx TECHNICAL CODE---Development of standards for NOx, PM, and SOx" (Feb. 2007)

For more information, please contact Dongmin Luo, Ph.D., P.E. (916-324-8496) or Dr. Paul Livingstone.