How do economies of density in container handling operations affect ships’ time and emissions in port? Evidence from Norwegian container terminals

Rødseth, Kenneth Løvold; Wangsness, Paal Brevik; Schøyen, Halvor

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2017.12.015

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“…Many studies related to harbors and ports deal with the following topics: green ports [46][47][48][49], green performance [50], greening of ports [31,51], green port policy [52], employees' green behaviors in the port [11], and green concerns [53]. Topic #3 deals with the issue of emission, policy, pollutants, and cost; for example, emissions in ports [10,54,55], the environmental costs of port related emissions [56], carbon emission evaluation [57], Emission Control Areas (ECA) [58,59], and emission tax policy [10]. As Sislian et al [30] indicate, sustainable development in ports usually focuses on environmental issues.…”

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Analyzing Sustainability Literature in Maritime Studies with Text Mining

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Since the world’s first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, sustainability has become a focal point of significant debate for industry, government, and international organizations. As a result, research on sustainability of maritime logistics is on the rise, yet fragmented in terms of conceptual development, empirical testing and validation, and theory building. The aim of this paper is therefore two-fold: the first aim is to present a literature review of key journal articles in the field of maritime studies published between 1993 and 2017 using a technique of topic modelling; and the second is to provide future research directions with respect to major topics, themes and co-authorship patterns. Mapping and consolidation of sustainability issues are achieved by conducting a generative probabilistic text-mining technique, called latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA), for latent data discovery and relationships among text document data. Moreover, bibliometric analysis is conducted to visualize the landscape of sustainability research. Based on the results, a new intellectual structure of sustainability research is created, the underlying themes are identified, key trends and patterns are extracted and future research development trajectories are mapped for the field of maritime studies.

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“…Figure 7 presents the share of each sector both in passenger and goods transport. Even though an increased percentage of maritime transport is observed for freight, the majority of goods require short-distance distribution [68], further establishing the dominance of road transport. The ability of railway transport to convert passenger transport to revenues, accounting of around €500 million provides the sub-sector with the capacity to effectively finance innovation towards sustainability, as illustrated in Figure 8.…”

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Many Miles to Paris: A Sectoral Innovation System Analysis of the Transport Sector in Norway and Canada in Light of the Paris Agreement

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Transport is associated with high amounts of energy consumed and greenhouse gases emitted. Most transport means operate using fossil fuels, creating the urgent need for a rapid transformation of the sector. In this research, we examine the transport systems of Norway and Canada, two countries with similar shares of greenhouse gas emissions from transport and powerful oil industries operating within their boundaries. Our socio-technical analysis, based on the Sectoral Innovation Systems approach, attempts to identify the elements enabling Norway to become one of the leaders in the diffusion of electric vehicles, as well as the differences pacing down progress in Canada. By utilising the System Failure framework to compare the two systems, bottlenecks hindering the decarbonisation of the two transport systems are identified. Results indicate that the effectiveness of Norway’s policy is exaggerated and has led to recent spillover effects towards green shipping. The activity of oil companies, regional and federal legislative disputes in Canada and the lack of sincere efforts from system actors to address challenges lead to non-drastic greenhouse gas emission reductions, despite significant policy efforts from both countries. Insights into the effectiveness of previously implemented policies and the evolution of the two sectoral systems can help draw lessons towards sustainable transport.

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“…All these issues bring challenges to the container shipping industry [8]. Rødseth et al [9] studied the impact of density savings in container handling operations on the time spent and ship emissions in ports using data provided by Norwegian container terminals. They indicated that Norwegian and European decision-makers are committed to improving the economic and environmental performance of the transport system.…”

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Design and Analysis of a Lightweight Composite Shipping Container Made of Carbon Fiber Laminates

Yildiz

2019

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The literature indicates that a 20% reduction in the weight of empty 40-foot shipping containers would result in $28 billion of fuel savings, along with a 3.6 exajoule reduction in the energy demand over containers' 15-year lifetime. Decreasing the energy demand and thereby greenhouse gas emissions by utilizing lightweight shipping containers has been an unexplored strategy. In this regard, this study investigates the possibility of further reducing the weight of an empty container without compromising the structural integrity, strength, and function of a traditional steel container. This research finds that up to an 80% reduction in weight is possible by producing shipping containers with composite materials. This research presents the new design of a 40-foot container made of carbon fiber laminates. The tare weight of a traditional 40-foot shipping container is around 3750 kg. On the contrary, in this research, the weight of a composite design of the same container is calculated to be around 822 kg. Additional tests with various loads, such as lifting the container and stacking loads onto the composite container, are performed to explore the strength and buckling issues of the design presented in this study. The analyses reveal that the composite shipping container is a highly promising candidate for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, providing fuel savings and thus reducing the operational costs of transportation.

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How do economies of density in container handling operations affect ships’ time and emissions in port? Evidence from Norwegian container terminals

Cited by 20 publications

References 31 publications

Analyzing Sustainability Literature in Maritime Studies with Text Mining

Analyzing Sustainability Literature in Maritime Studies with Text Mining

Many Miles to Paris: A Sectoral Innovation System Analysis of the Transport Sector in Norway and Canada in Light of the Paris Agreement

Design and Analysis of a Lightweight Composite Shipping Container Made of Carbon Fiber Laminates

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