A swift turnaround? Abating shipping greenhouse gas emissions via port call optimization

Poulson, R.T. and Sampson, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5857-9452 2020. A swift turnaround? Abating shipping greenhouse gas emissions via port call optimization. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 86 , 102460. 10.1016/j.trd.2020.102460

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Abstract

Waiting times for trucks, trains, airplanes and ships in service represent apparent transport system inefficiencies, and measures to reduce these may have the potential to abate transport GHG emissions. In international shipping, transportation researchers have pointed out that reduced waiting time in association with port calls holds such promise. We explore the potential for GHG abatement through port call optimization, focusing on crews and their employers - the shipping companies. Adding new empirical evidence to the transportation literature, we confirm the existence of idle time during port calls, and go beyond this in describing the causes for it. We show how several port stakeholders, including government officials, limit the crews’ and shipping companies’ room for maneuver in relation to port calls. We also show why the process of reducing waiting time in shipping is more complex than that for onshore transport modes, where real-time traffic information guides drivers’ route choices, and reduces congestion and waiting time. Our findings have implications for both policy makers and transportation research.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1361-9209
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 July 2020
Date of Acceptance:	2 July 2020
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2023 18:13
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/133146

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