<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>To secure cargoes, containerships operate double or triple calling of ports in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region in China. Such shipping operations generate high CO2 emissions. This paper suggest a green shipping network (GSN) as a useful tool to transship containers from feeder ports to hub ports to lower the overall CO2 emissions in the region. From the perspective of scale operations from using the hub-and-spoke approach and the deployment of mega ships, developing a GSN within the PRD region can be beneficial, both economically and environmentally, to port users in the container transport chain.</p></abstract>

To secure cargoes, containerships operate double or triple calling of ports in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region in China. Such shipping operations generate high CO2 emissions. This paper suggest a green shipping network (GSN) as a useful tool to transship containers from feeder ports to hub ports to lower the overall CO2 emissions in the region. From the perspective of scale operations from using the hub-and-spoke approach and the deployment of mega ships, developing a GSN within the PRD region can be beneficial, both economically and environmentally, to port users in the container transport chain.

Development of green shipping network to enhance environmental and economic performance

Shipping Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 1, Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, HONG KONG

Polish Maritime Research

To secure cargoes, containerships operate double or triple calling of ports in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region in China. Such shipping operations generate...

Development of green shipping network to enhance environmental and economic performance

Data publikacji: 31 lip 2013

Zakres stron: 13 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2013-0023

Słowa kluczowe
Shipping Management, Shipping Network, Environmental Management, Firm Performance

This content is open access.

Development of green shipping network to enhance environmental and economic performance

Data publikacji: 31 lip 2013

Zakres stron: 13 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2013-0023

Słowa kluczoweShipping Management, Shipping Network, Environmental Management, Firm Performance

This content is open access.

Słowa kluczowe
Shipping Management, Shipping Network, Environmental Management, Firm Performance