{"title":"Advocacy coalitions and policy change for decarbonisation of international maritime transport: The case of FuelEU maritime","authors":"Fredrik von Malmborg","doi":"10.1016/j.martra.2023.100091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2023.100091","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The legislators of the European Union (EU) have agreed on the FuelEU Maritime regulation, so far, the world's most ambitious pathway to maritime decarbonisation. FuelEU Maritime establishes a common EU regulatory framework to stimulate an increased share of renewable and low-carbon fuels in the fuel mix of international maritime transport. This article analyses, through the lens of the Advocacy Coalition Framework, the policy process leading to the political agreement on the FuelEU Maritime regulation. Core beliefs of two different advocacy coalitions including the European Commission, the Council of Ministers, EU Member States, the European Parliament and different IGs are identified like Transport & Environment and the European Community Shipping Association, as are the paths to policy change. The agreement on the FuelEU Maritime regulation follows the Paris Agreement and the following international discussions on how to curb the climate impact from shipping, the presentation of the ‘European Green Deal’ with a European Climate Law and the presentation of a broad package of EU climate, energy and transport legislation. In addition, it is a result of problem-solving bargaining between the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100885,"journal":{"name":"Maritime Transport Research","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100091"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49881278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Henrik Sornn-Friese, Petar Sofev, Kirils Kondratenko
{"title":"The port authority as system builder in cross-border regionalization: An exploratory study of port Esbjerg in the development of north sea wind","authors":"Henrik Sornn-Friese, Petar Sofev, Kirils Kondratenko","doi":"10.1016/j.martra.2023.100084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2023.100084","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article enquires into the emerging governance function of port authorities as system builders in the development of cross-border technological innovation systems, i.e., cross-border regionalization. The argument is that port authorities, as hybrid organizations, possess a unique combination of resources allowing them to act as system builders and thus complement policymakers and other key decision-makers in solving transboundary governance issues. The empirical setting of the study is the Danish Port Esbjerg and the strategic system building activities performed by the Esbjerg port authority towards the ambitious European visions for expansion of the North Sea offshore wind industry, a key vision for the decarbonization of Europe. Particularly, Port Esbjerg assumes a leading role in cross-border networks and partnerships and contributes to solving transboundary governance issues by mobilizing and shaping its locational assets to fit the needs of the offshore wind industry and by international cooperation and partnerships with like-minded offshore ports.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100885,"journal":{"name":"Maritime Transport Research","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100084"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49881280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmental efficiency assessment of Dublin Port using two-stage non-radial DEA model","authors":"Boban Djordjević , Raja Maitra , Bidisha Ghosh","doi":"10.1016/j.martra.2022.100078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2022.100078","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The operation of a port is of critical economic importance because of its role in international trade. However, increased operations increase the port's environmental impact and contribute to climate change and global warming. Dublin Port is one of the busiest ports in Ireland, and throughput is expected to increase as the economy continues to grow. Achieving a balance between growing economic activity and reducing environmental impacts is critical to a sustainable future. The efficiency of the port considering operation, economic, and environmental factors can be evaluated using the well-known nonparametric model of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In this study, a novel two-stage non-radial DEA model is used to evaluate the environmental efficiency of Dublin Port considering landward and seaward operations. The proposed two-stage model DEA isolates the efficiency of the two port sides and calculates the overall efficiency. The model minimizes Dublin Port's annual CO<sub>2</sub> emissions by reducing a combination of variables that can be realistically controlled by engineering and policy measures. The analysis was extended to account for possible variations in a number of key environmental output factors to compensate for the lack of real-world data availability. The study found that the number of terminals and capital expenditures have significant impacts on the port's environmental efficiency. Small adjustments or reductions in key indicators can improve Dublin Port's efficiency. This methodology can be applied to other ports in growing economies that use similar indicators to assess their environmental efficiency.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100885,"journal":{"name":"Maritime Transport Research","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100078"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49881282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bilal Mehmood (Associate Professor & Director) , Sonia Abbas Khan (Lecturer) , Mohsin Raza
{"title":"Econometric Evidence of Catalytic Effect of Seaport Activity in OECD Countries: Getting It Right","authors":"Bilal Mehmood (Associate Professor & Director) , Sonia Abbas Khan (Lecturer) , Mohsin Raza","doi":"10.1016/j.martra.2023.100090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2023.100090","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Within the transportation sector, ships and seaports constitute a significant portion. During the last decade, there has been a rise in the containerization era. This paper quantifies the relationship between seaport activity and GDP per capita while addressing Cross-sectional Dependence and slope heterogeneity issues in 28 OECD countries from 2000 to 2019. Suitable proxies for economic development and seaport activity are subjected to panel data analysis. Cross-Sectionally Augmented Autoregressive Distributed Lag is used, and Common Correlated Effects Mean Group and Augmented Mean Group are employed for the Robustness check. Seaport activity has a positive long-term relationship with income per capita. Country-specific effects are also used to highlight the relative strength of the relationship across sample countries. Panel Granger causality shows the feedback effect between seaport activity and GDP per capita. Causality is also investigated using the Dumitrescu-Hurlin causality test, which is suitable for heterogeneous panels in the presence of cross-sectional dependence. Recommendations include the lessons for carefully appraised investments and standardization of operations in the seaport industry in OECD countries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100885,"journal":{"name":"Maritime Transport Research","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100090"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49881279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Classifying maritime port emissions reporting","authors":"Philip Cammin, Kai Brüssau, Stefan Voß","doi":"10.1016/j.martra.2022.100066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2022.100066","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite the International Maritime Organization’s ambitious goal to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 by 50%, a large portion of maritime ports do not publicly provide port air emissions reporting. It is suspected that the lack of publicly available reporting constitutes its internal absence as well. To provide a systematic picture on the transparency of emissions reporting, we develop an assessment method and apply it to the world’s top 49 container ports. Less than half of the assessed ports provide publicly available emissions reporting. The application of the proposed classification scheme indicates a port’s maturity towards emissions reporting, taking into account a detailed content analysis. Thereby, stakeholders’ communication and guidance towards improving emissions reporting, as part of environmental sustainability reporting, is facilitated.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100885,"journal":{"name":"Maritime Transport Research","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100066"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666822X22000168/pdfft?md5=a83bc2cda9c9229231493402fe91f35e&pid=1-s2.0-S2666822X22000168-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72079995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andreas Nygard Madsen , Magne Vollan Aarset , Ole Andreas Alsos
{"title":"Safe and efficient maneuvering of a Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS) during encounters at sea: A novel approach","authors":"Andreas Nygard Madsen , Magne Vollan Aarset , Ole Andreas Alsos","doi":"10.1016/j.martra.2022.100077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2022.100077","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100885,"journal":{"name":"Maritime Transport Research","volume":"3 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666822X22000272/pdfft?md5=ee3e186bab3570fddf5d994471eafa4e&pid=1-s2.0-S2666822X22000272-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72080134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wells Wang , Junchi Bin , Amirhossein Zaji , Richard Halldearn , Fabien Guillaume , Eric Li , Zheng Liu
{"title":"A multi-task learning-based framework for global maritime trajectory and destination prediction with AIS data","authors":"Wells Wang , Junchi Bin , Amirhossein Zaji , Richard Halldearn , Fabien Guillaume , Eric Li , Zheng Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.martra.2022.100072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2022.100072","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100885,"journal":{"name":"Maritime Transport Research","volume":"3 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666822X22000223/pdfft?md5=fab44dfa54b1552f30fcd38c0542e0c5&pid=1-s2.0-S2666822X22000223-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72113666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abel Meza, Ibrahim Ari, Mohammed Al Sada, Muammer Koç
{"title":"Disruption of maritime trade chokepoints and the global LNG trade: An agent-based modeling approach","authors":"Abel Meza, Ibrahim Ari, Mohammed Al Sada, Muammer Koç","doi":"10.1016/j.martra.2022.100071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2022.100071","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Maritime chokepoints are key corridors in the global supply chain because they connect waterbodies, countries, and regions worldwide with few alternative routes. In case of closure (as the blockade of the Suez Canal in March 2021), the energy supply is substantially affected. Therefore, clear and safe passage through these chokepoints plays a critical role in energy transportation, global economy, and sustainable development. This study uses Agent-Based Modeling to develop an LNG market model and simulate the disruption of three main chokepoints: Panama Canal, Suez Canal / Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and Malacca Strait. After validating the computational model with the actual historical data, the model shows the chokepoints blockade effects on changing the LNG trade and exports from suppliers. The implications are immediate. In general, countries should work together to secure maritime trade routes, retain clear and safe maritime corridors, establish potential passages as alternatives to these chokepoints where possible, and decentralize LNG plants to have access from or to different maritime routes. Each importer should integrate their gas markets with pipelines networks, search for domestic gas resources, and diversify energy sources to decline energy dependency and gas imports from remote producing areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100885,"journal":{"name":"Maritime Transport Research","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100071"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666822X22000211/pdfft?md5=f6cf0e29f3437c7c33de8d9e89fd4961&pid=1-s2.0-S2666822X22000211-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72079993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"State-space TBATS model for container freight rate forecasting with improved accuracy","authors":"Ziaul Haque Munim","doi":"10.1016/j.martra.2022.100057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2022.100057","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100885,"journal":{"name":"Maritime Transport Research","volume":"3 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666822X22000089/pdfft?md5=c4fa87a585614f08ae3789f59b30017f&pid=1-s2.0-S2666822X22000089-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72080000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Langenus , M. Dooms , E. Haezendonck , T. Notteboom , A. Verbeke
{"title":"Modal shift ambitions of large North European ports: A contract-theory perspective on the role of port managing bodies","authors":"M. Langenus , M. Dooms , E. Haezendonck , T. Notteboom , A. Verbeke","doi":"10.1016/j.martra.2021.100049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2021.100049","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100885,"journal":{"name":"Maritime Transport Research","volume":"3 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666822X21000368/pdfft?md5=26a803640e53ba1c438dbf21a69cad66&pid=1-s2.0-S2666822X21000368-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72080133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}