Caroline Pidgeon has written to the Mayor formally requesting that the planning application for a cruise liner terminal in Greenwich be called in for further investigation.
Particularly, Caroline highlights the risks to air quality from ship engines:
As you may know, when at berth, ships typically use auxiliary engines to generate electrical power for communications, lighting, ventilation and other on-board equipment. Boilers (using conventional fuels) are also used to supply hot water and heating. The use of these engines, however, causes significant greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, leading to negative health and environmental effects...
I would ask you to re-assess the feasibility of using of shore power to supply vessels with electrical power at Enderby Wharf in order to reduce emissions at source. I understand this is now common practice in New York and many other global cities.