This paper proposes a conceptual performance assessment tool for evaluating the
environmental performance in small seaports. The developed tool is based and built based …

How does environmental regulation impact the performance of economies? Scientific
literature on impact assessments on environmental regulation are analysed in this article …

Increasing amounts of ships exhaust gases emitted worldwide forced the International
Maritime Organization to issue some restricted maritime legislation for reducing the adverse …

Economic and population growths are the most important drivers of growing global energy
demand. They led to a rapid development of international seaborne trade and an increase in …

Seaports are considered one of the sources involved in the deterioration of the maritime
environment due to the excessive amount of exhaust gases emitted from their activities. The …

Introduction of the sulfur emissions reduction directive for maritime transport has become a
heavily debated policy issue in Northern Europe from the perspective of the future …

Abstract The Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) subpopulation is under
threat from collisions with ships. Given the international dimension of the issue, the French …

This paper draws on socio-technical transitions theory to contextualise recent developments
in the technological and operational eco-efficiency of ships, which may ameliorate but not …

The present study aims at quantifying prospective reductions of ships' emission of GHG in
addition to the expected economic impact in case of applying various renewable energy …

In the present research, a methodology is developed to determine the relationship between
the variables that define the use of liquefied natural gas in short sea shipping in Europe …