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Towards low carbon global supply chains : a multi-trade analysis of emission reductions in container shipping
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Abstract
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| This paper focuses on understanding the carbon footprint associated with international maritime container supply chains. Although extensive studies exist on the impact of international shipping at a global scale, few tools and empirical papers are available to assess the progress made so far in the shift towards carbon clean maritime supply chain. Hence, there is the need for establishing a more transparent methodology to assess the amount and intensity of CO2 emissions at a trade level, but also to better understand how results differ from one trade lane to another. For addressing this gap, our study analyzes the impact of the key contributing factors on the longer-term variation of CO2 emissions in global container shipping. The following research objectives are pursued. First, we identify the key factors affecting CO2 emissions by container ships based on extant literature and business insights. Second, we measure the evolution of the total CO2 emissions by the container fleet in the past decade by offering multi-trade comparisons of the situations in 2007 and 2016. Third, we analyse to what extent the identified factors contributed to the observed changes in average CO2 emissions between 2007 and 2016, again per trade lane. Fourth, we discuss how these findings could be used by shippers and logistics service providers when designing cargo routing solutions in a supply chain setting based on their carbon efficiency. |
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Language
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English
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International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), Mombasa (Kenya), 11-14 September 2018
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Publication
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2018
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p. 1-26
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Article Reference
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54
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Medium
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E-only publicatie
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Full text (open access)
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