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Durrës Port is the largest port in Albania, where different activities are carried out. This chapter presents the evaluation of pollution indicators such as water, air and noise level. Environmental assessment performed in Durrës Port according to ISO 14001 and Environmental Management System, EMAS 2010. The parameters measured to assess water quality are: temperature, salinity, conductivity, N-NO2, P-PO4, Fe and Ni and microbiological parameters. The air quality measured parameters are: total solid particle (TSP), particle matters (PM10), SO2, NO2, CO, total hydrocarbons (THC) and the noise level. The results obtained and the evaluation of indicators are used as a database of an innovative methodology, like eco-mapping.
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This work was supported by the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme, Project Code SEE/D/0189/2.2/X, Acronym: TEN ECOPORT.
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Floqi, T., Kaçani, J., Bodi, I., Gjata, R., Kodra, R. (2015). Environmental Assessment in Durrës Port Based on Pollution Indicators. In: Stylios, C., Floqi, T., Marinski, J., Damiani, L. (eds) Sustainable Development of Sea-Corridors and Coastal Waters. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11385-2_13
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