Ancona: Unpleasant odors coming from the port, air quality sampling investigated

Immediate intervention of the municipal Civil Protection and Local Police, alerted by the Fire Brigade operations centre: the technicians went to the port because they were calls were received from citizens at the fire brigade operations centre reporting fumes with unidentifiable but unpleasant odours. The Port Authority and the Fire Brigade intervened on site The fuel heating system of a vessel at berth was identified as the likely source of the emission. The Harbour Master's Office, competent for the territory, has therefore requested the ship's master to adjust the heating system calibration.

Subsequently, both AST and Arpam were involved and took care of carry out the air quality surveys and samplings which are now being investigated. However, After the vessel's fuel heating system was adjusted at berth, the fumes gradually subsided until they completely disappeared within a few hours.