'I don’t want ships to kill me': Marseille fights cruise liner pollution

Shipping is estimated to account for 10% of city's air pollution, and campaigners are targeting cruise industry in particular

From his balcony above Marseille's port, Jean-Pierre Eyraud has a prime view of the giant, luxury cruise liners that dock in the city bringing 1.5 million passengers a year.

But since Eyraud was diagnosed four years ago with throat cancer - a diagnosis several others in his neighbourhood by the port have also had - he watches with a sense of dread as the floating holiday palaces drop off day-trippers.