Rethinking the Green Strategies and Environmental Performance of Ports for the Global Energy Transition

Małgorzata Bielenia (), Eli Marušić () and Ilona Dumanska
Additional contact information
Małgorzata Bielenia: Division of Maritime Economy, Department of Maritime Transport and Seaborne Trade, Faculty of Economics, University of Gdansk, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland
Eli Marušić: Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
Ilona Dumanska: Division of International Logistics and Customs Affairs, Department of International Economic Relations, Faculty of International Relations and Law, Khmelnytskyi National University, 29016 Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-23

Abstract: The relationship between ports and energy markets is undergoing a transition in their functions as suppliers, consumers, and energy processors. Environmental factors increasingly force the maritime sector to reduce its carbon footprint and improve energy efficiency. Governing the maritime sector’s environmental performance requires leveling decarbonization through integration with energy supply chains and rethinking green strategies and environmental sustainability. This paper highlights that a port’s energy management system can be an example of supply–demand equalizing sustainable alternative energy sources. Such systems engage more profoundly within the energy value chain by assessing green and environmental indicators in port operations, strategies, and investments. This manuscript investigates the challenges in ports’ operations, strategies, and investments, considering their energy transition and decarbonization. Therefore, this research conducted a qualitative study on ports’ energy efficiency and greening using an in-depth interview method in three seaports in the Adriatic, Baltic, and Black Sea basins. The paper proposes a framework for analyzing green variables in the ports’ operations, strategies, and investments to improve their environmental performance. The framework examines a set of green variables, researching their cause-and-effect relationship, enabling testing and evaluation of the determined relationships, and identifying asynchrony in the balanced development of green investments and energy efficiency.

Keywords: seaports; energy efficiency; green strategy; environmental performance; green investments; energy consumption; renewable energy sources; CO 2 emissions; economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/24/6322/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/24/6322/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:24:p:6322-:d:1544349

Access Statistics for this article

Energies is currently edited by Ms. Agatha Cao

More articles in Energies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().