Conference_programme: 29.1 - Port noise
Lecture: NEPTUNES, mitigating noise from sea-going vessels at berth
Author(s): Wolfert Henk, Witte Rob
Summary:
Noise emitted by sea-going vessels at berth, at anchor or manoeuvring results in annoyance among residents living near ports. Within the NEPTUNES project, which stands for Noise Exploration Program To Understand Noise Emitted by Seagoing vessels, research is going on how to mitigate and reduce noise from these vessels. After the preparatory work, an inventory phase was started; complaints were gathered and also was examined whether legislation or policies were in place to counter ship-generated noise. Also was asked to what extent noise measurements, awareness building and expectation management are available in the ports joining the NEPTUNES project. The results of this inventory phase will be presented in this paper. After the inventory phase, a design phase will be started to develop a method for measuring ship-generated noise and noise interventions. These noise interventions should also encompass the “soft” interventions such as expectation management and awareness building among sailors and staff of the port terminals. The design phase will also deliver a proposal for noise labelling of sea-going ships. Besides the results of the inventory phase of the NEPTUNES project, the paper will also give a sketch of the project and project organisation.
Corresponding author
Name: Mr Henk Wolfert
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Country: Netherlands
