Current strategic planning for sustainability in international shipping

Wu, Xiaofang; Zhang, Luoping; Luo, Meifeng

doi:10.1007/s10668-018-00303-2

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“…The literature review, an evidence-based approach, has been known as a key scientific tool to help develop a knowledge base for an academic inquiry [17]. A structured literature review, which includes the processes of collecting data, refining the initial search results, and analyzing the remaining literature, has become popular for its transparent and replicable work [18]. This study adopts a structured literature review method to identify and manage the literature, and employs content analysis to discern reliable findings and give rise to a discussion [18].…”

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Integration of Eco-centric Views of Sustainability in Port Planning

Wu,

Zhang,

Yang

2020

Sustainability

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The sustainability approach commits to conserving natural resources and biodiversity. In ports, many efforts that encourage improvement in sustainability exist, such as sustainable ports, eco-ports, or green ports. However, whether the current planning approaches for sustainable ports, eco-ports, and green ports can effectively achieve sustainability remains a question. This study aims to discuss this issue through a literature review. The main findings include (1) the current sustainable port planning following the ambitions of sustainable development and aiming to fulfill this generation’s needs; (2) the eco-port planning approaches emphasizing environmental protection; (3) the planning approaches for green ports that have emerged within environmental management and give attention to the ecological issues; (4) all of the three approaches prioritizing environmental issues. We argue for the integration of eco-centric views for sustainability in port planning from a maritime supply chain perspective, and based on this, the concept of the green port is proposed. This study provides broad and mindful information regarding port sustainability education and can help foster innovation in order to face the challenges in sustainability.

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Integration of Eco-centric Views of Sustainability in Port Planning

Wu,

Zhang,

Yang

2020

Sustainability

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“…This definition is based on non-anthropocentrism and eco-centrism, considers human beings as part of nature, and aims at green development to real sustainability through the maintenance of a natural ecosystem's intrinsic value. This definition satisfies the challenge of the door-to-door shipping transition and the sustainability requirement with a long-term and ultimate goal in international shipping [24][25][26].…”

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“…As mentioned early, the current strategic planning approaches for international shipping are still limited to advising international shipping to meet the shipping transition and sustainability requirements [24]. A strategic decision-making approach, i.e., multi-dimensional decision-making (MDDM) approach, was applied to green strategic planning for door-to-door international shipping, which included: (1) identification of all relevant dimensions related to the goals or decision issues; (2) collection of all available data for all relevant dimensions; (3) retrospective assessment and current situation assessment; (4) generation of shipping alternatives; (5) integration of assessment in each dimension; and (6) decision-making [47].…”

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“…The shipping services can certainly improve efficiency and reduce costs from a seamless door-to-door intermodal transportation perspective [22]. However, most of the sustainability studies in international shipping, including those from IMO and national governments or the framework of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for sustainable freight transport, still consider international shipping from the perspective of port-to-port [23,24]. The fragmented management cannot satisfy the door-to-door transition challenge and meet the sustainability requirement with a long-term and ultimate goal in international shipping [24][25][26].…”

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“…This indispensable tool can facilitate decision-making, execute strategies for shipping, and achieve this goal [29] in such a complex environment [30]. Current strategic planning for international shipping heavily relies on either data-driven or vision-/goal-oriented approaches and there is a lack of appropriate approaches and methods for cross-regional and multi-jurisdictional door-to-door international shipping [24]. All these make it very difficult for IMO and leading multimodal shipping companies to share the information and work collaboratively.…”

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Green Strategic Planning Approach for International Shipping Activities

Zhang

Feng

2019

Sustainability

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Sustainability is a long-term and ultimate goal for international shipping, although it is slowly making progress. The shipping perspective that moves away from “port-to-port” operations to “door-to-door” services also requires international shipping to take a long-term and holistic view instead of fragmented efforts. How to achieve the long-term sustainability goal becomes a key issue for door-to-door international shipping. Hence, green strategic planning for door-to-door international shipping was proposed with green development that puts forward the eco-centric point of view as its basic theory for sustainability. This study used a strategic decision-making approach, a so-called multi-dimensional decision-making (MDDM), coupled with the life-cycle thinking and continual improvement of ISO 14000, to achieve strategic planning for door-to-door international shipping aiming at sustainability. A case study showed an example of potential framework and/or methodology for the door-to-door international shipping, which integrates green development principles into international shipping planning to reach the long-term goal of sustainability, and meet the needs of the “door-to-door” logistics. It not only points out the general environmental problems but also identifies many critical issues for sustainability in international shipping. As a result, this study developed an approach and methods for sustainable door-to-door international shipping based on the proactively strategic decision-making associated with green development.

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