Swedish ports' attitudes towards regulations of the shipping sector's emissions of CO2

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. It is known 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 CO2 . This was done by conducting a survey among commercial ports in Sweden. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first study of this kind. The analysis indicates that ports in Sweden are generally positive towards an implementation of regulations to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the shipping industry. The ports were most positive towards CO2 differentiated port dues (97%), followed by a technical standard (92%), CO2 taxation (84%) and EU ETS (The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme; 74%).

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2011.588261
• Record URL:
  • http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03088839.2011.588261
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/2899960
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Mellin, Anna
  • Rydhed, Hanna
• Publication Date: 2011-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 437-450
• Serial:
  • Maritime Policy & Management
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-8839
  • EISSN: 1464-5254
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tmpm20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Carbon dioxide; Environmental policy; Greenhouse gases; Pollutants; Ports; Regulations; Ship lines; Surveys
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Policy; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01350456
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 25 2011 2:39PM