Reducing the Environmental Impact of Maritime Transport
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2021) | Viewed by 11452
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Increasing the sustainability of the shipping industry is necessary in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 14 to conserve and sustainably manage ocean and marine resources by 2030. The environmental impacts of shipbuilding, shipping, and vessel dismantling include discharges to water and soil, air emissions, and physical impacts, and a wide range of measures involving many stakeholders is necessary to reduce them.
Furthermore, the implementation of environmental policy instruments is hampered by many innate characteristics of shipping (including a broad range of stakeholders, multi-cultural and multinational aspects, ship-based and shore-based personnel, and the complexity of ship operation).
Therefore, there is a need to improve scientific knowledge and to develop new technologies to enable policymakers and resource managers to formulate science-based solutions that have the potential to improve the environmental performance of maritime transport.
Taking that into consideration, this Special issue welcomes original research, review articles, and case studies from a wide range of disciplines, including those which are inter-/trans-disciplinary in nature that focus on various topics, including but not limited to:
Design of ship and equipment;
Analysis of environmental pressures from shipping and vessel dismantling;
Optimizing ship operations;
Changes of water, air, and soil quality and consequences for marine biota and humans;
Increasing ocean literacy among seafarers, shore-based personnel, and maritime students;
Developing, improving, and assessing policy instruments;
Improving compliance with environmental regulations.
Prof. Dr. Jelena Čulin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Ship-related pollution
- Operational discharges
- Atmospheric ship emissions
- Ballast water
- Anti-fouling compounds
- Ship dismantling
- Environmental compliance
- Pro-environmental behavior
- Maritime education and training