 Swedish ports’ attitudes towards regulations of the shipping sector's emissions of CO 2Anna Mellin and Hanna Rydhed Maritime Policy & Management, 2011, vol. 38, issue 4, 437-450 Abstract: Shipping is increasing today along with the sector's emissions of greenhouse gases. The awareness of the emissions has increased the pressure for regulations of the shipping industry. Regulating the sector is far from simple due to the complexity of the market and the evasive characteristics of the industry. We know from studies of road pricing that attitudes among stakeholders are important for a successive policy implementation. The objective of this paper is to capture the Swedish ports’ attitudes towards regulations of the shipping sector's emissions of CO 2 . This has been done by conducting a survey among commercial ports in Sweden. To our knowledge, this is the first study of this kind. Our analysis indicates that ports in Sweden are generally positive towards an implementation of regulations to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from the shipping industry. The ports where most positive towards CO 2 differentiated port due (97%), followed by a technical standard (92%), CO 2 taxation (84%) and EU ETS (The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme; 74%). Date: 2011 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:marpmg:v:38:y:2011:i:4:p:437-450 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2011.588261 Access Statistics for this article Maritime Policy & Management is currently edited by Dr Kevin Li and Heather Leggate McLaughlin More articles in Maritime Policy & Management from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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