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The EU Federation for Transport and the Environment has this week issued its report on a survey of shipping emissions in EU27 countries and the impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on the environment, which shows that shipping emissions fell by over 2 percent in 2008.

The study says that between 1990 and 2008, transport emissions increased by 34 percent from 941,631 kt of CO2 to 1,257,936 kt of CO2, whilst emissions from other sectors decreased by 13.6 percent from 3,632,043 kt of CO2 to 3,138,104.

During the same period shipping emissions rose by 61030 kt of CO2, or 56 percent, from 108,553 kt of CO2 to 169,583 kt of CO2. The GHGs measured specifically focused on CO2, due to the variance in other GHGs.

In 2008, the study showed that emissions from international maritime transport decreased by 2.1 percent compared with the previous year. Average annual emission growth from shipping since 1990 has been 2.5 percent.

Please find a summary table below of CO2 emissions in EU27 countries between 1990 and 2008.

Year	Total CO2 emissions	Transport emissions	Shipping emissions
1990	4,573,674	941,631	108,553
1991	4,513,971	943,524	106,365
1992	4,368,737	973,353	107,734
1993	4,311,221	987,793	110,202
1994	4,288,887	994,062	107,068
1995	4,341,746	1,013,840	108,379
1996	4,453,935	1,049,861	115,302
1997	4,379,770	1,074,133	125,570
1998	4,382,053	1,114,381	131,437
1999	4,315,801	1,132,325	125,219
2000	4,349,931	1,145,009	131,284
2001	4,432,551	1,162,320	136,671
2002	4,410,774	1,179,606	143,293
2003	4,511,252	1,195,927	145,566
2004	4,540,591	1,232,080	154,196
2005	4,521,140	1,244,934	161,518
2006	4,548,667	1,266,704	171,896
2007	4,497,517	1,276,892	173,499
2008	4,396,040	1,257,936	169,583

(Unit: kt of CO2)
Source: EU Federation for Transport and the Environment

EU27 countries:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.