Measures for Evaluating Green Shipping Practices Implementation

Despite the need for environmental management in shipping, there is no extant measurement scale that comprehensively captures green shipping practices (GSP) in shipping operations. In view of this research void, the authors investigate the construct of and develop a measurement scale for evaluating GSP implementation in the shipping industry. Based on conceptualization of GSP in an earlier study and survey data collected from 107 shipping firms, the authors develop, refine, and test a six–dimensional GSP measurement scale specifically for evaluating GSP implementation in the sea transportation context. The six GSP dimensions include company policy and procedure (CPP), shipping documentation (SD), shipping equipment (SE), shipper cooperation (SC), shipping materials (SM), and shipping design for compliance (SDC). The authors construct two measurement models at first– and second–order levels for evaluating the implementation of GSP and validate them by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The empirical findings suggest that both of the measurement models for evaluating GSP implementation are reliable and valid. This study makes a novel contribution to the shipping literature by empirically developing and validating the construct of GSP implementation. Practically, the authors contribute a validated measurement scale useful for shipping companies to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their greening efforts and identify areas for improvement.

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  • Copyright © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Lai, Kee–Hung
  • Lun, Y.H. Venus
  • Wong, Christina W Y
  • Cheng, T C E
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 217-235
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1756-6517
  • EISSN: 1756-6525
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijstl

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental policy; Implementation; Performance measurement; Shipping; Surveys; Water transportation
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01484329
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 2013 10:47AM