Carbon emissions from the maritime sector

Broadening the Scope of Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector

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McKinnon, A.C, in Maritime Decarbonisation: Practical Tools, Case Studies and Decarbonization Enablers. edited by Mikael Lind, Wolfgang Lehmacher and Robert Ward. Springer (2023)

In this first chapter in the Maritime Decarbonization book, I argue that research and discussion on the decarbonization of shipping is too strongly focused on vessels and their transition to low carbon energy.  Not enough attention is being given to emission reductions across the end-to-end maritime supply chain and to other ‘decarbonisation levers’.  ...

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International shipping and climate change: policy responses and implications for the maritime industry

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Acciaro, M. and McKinnon, A.C, in Geographies of Maritime Transport edited by Gordon Wilmsmeier and Jason Monios, Edward Elgar (2020)

 This book chapter begins with an examination of the level of carbon emissions from international shipping and how it is changing.  It then reviews efforts by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and other bodies to devise and implement public policy initiatives to reduce these emissions.  ...

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Carbon emissions from container shipping: an analysis of new empirical evidence

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Acciaro, M. and McKinnon, A.C., International Journal of Transport Economics 42, 2, 211-228 (2015)

In the last decade researchers have been looking at ways of reducing the carbon intensity of shipping operations that globally account for approximately 3% of world carbon emissions. As a result of regulation and firms’ efforts to innovate, the maritime sector has introduced new technologies and practices such as slow ... ...

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The Possible Influence of the Shipper on Carbon Emissions from Deep-sea Container Supply Chains

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McKinnon, A.C.,

Maritime Economics and Logistics, 16, 1, 1-19 (2014)

The extent to which shippers can influence the level of carbon emissions from the deep-sea container supply chain is examined in this article. Data collected in an online questionnaire survey of 34 large United Kingdom (UK) shippers is used and supplemented by the results of focus group discussions and interviews ... ...

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Decarbonising the deep-sea container supply chain: the possible contribution of port-centric logistics

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McKinnon, A.C.,

Paper to 13th World Conference on Transport Research, Rio de Janeiro (2014)

It has been claimed that one way of reducing carbon emissions from the deep-sea container supply chain is to locate distribution centres at ports, stuff / unstuff containers there and effectively rationalise hinterland transport. Research in the UK, where this form of port-centric logistics (PCL) is now quite well established, ... ...

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Influence of the Shipper on the Carbon Intensity of Deep-Sea Container Supply Chains: Results of an Interview Survey

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Research Report, Logistics Research Centre, Heriot-Watt University (2012)

This report examines the role of shippers in efforts to cut carbon emissions from maritime supply chains.  It focuses on four key parameters that influence the level of emissions: supply chain structure, container fill, the movement of empty containers and logistical adaptation to slow steaming. ...

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Role of the Shipper in Decarbonising Maritime Supply Chains

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Woolford, R and McKinnon, A.C., in Notteboom, T. (ed.), Current Issues in Shipping, Ports and Logistics, VUB Press (2011)

  This book chapter examines carbon emissions from the deep-sea container supply chain. It does this from the standpoint of the shipper (i.e. cargo owner). Carbon emissions from international shipping have been the subject of considerable research in recent years, most of it concentrating on the design and operation of ocean going vessels. ...

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