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Short Sea Shipping’s Green Label at Risk

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  • Harald M. Hjelle

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Shifting cargo from land‐based modes to maritime transport has been a prioritized policy in many policy papers to make transport more environmental friendly. Traditional calculations of emissions per transport capacity unit have supported this. However, maritime transport may stand to loose its good environmental reputation in comparison to road transport due to (1) the sluggish processes in maritime environmental policies and the low ambition level of current regulations, (2) the much higher focus on improving the environmental efficiency of the road haulage industry, (3) the much longer economic life of vessels compared to trucks, and (4) focus on faster vessels that increase the average fuel consumption of the sea transport alternative. Through a realistic case study, the energy efficiency and emissions of alternative multimodal transport chains is presented to illustrate these points.

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  • Harald M. Hjelle, 2009. "Short Sea Shipping’s Green Label at Risk," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(5), pages 617-640, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:transr:v:30:y:2009:i:5:p:617-640
    DOI: 10.1080/01441640903289849
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