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Structure of the maritime sector employment in 2013-14 Source: own elaboration based on (Maritime Economy…, 2015)
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The development of international trade, supply chains and transport increases the turnover of container terminals. Changes in the port environment and the functions of terminals have created a demand for logistics solutions and value-added services. On the other hand, these changes have also influenced the port-city interface.
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... This is reflected by, among other things, the conclusions of the recent ESPO Environmental Report 2022, which, for the first time since the start of monitoring, ranked "climate change" at the top of ports' environmental priorities [79]. Previously, from 2013, this place was held by "Air Quality", and it was treated more as a local pollution issue (emission of PM, NO x , SO x , and VOC), since many ports operate in close proximity to urban areas [80,81]. ...
In the effort to decarbonise shipping, a number of measures can be taken, one of which is to switch from conventional to alternative fuels. However, without an active role for seaports in providing adequate bunkering infrastructure for alternative fuels, these targets may not be achieved. Hence, the aim of this article is threefold: (1) to provide an overview of some of the emerging alternative fuel technologies that are being used or tested for further use in maritime transport, (2) to analyse the bunkering infrastructure in seaports, and (3) to assess the level of advancement of Polish ports in relation to the bunkering of alternative fuels by ships and to explore the ports’ plans in this regard. To achieve these goals, several research methods were applied: a critical literature review, desk-study research, critical and comparative analyses, and semi-structured interviews with representatives of three major Polish seaports. The research showed that the level of advancement of Polish seaports in the construction of bunkering infrastructure for alternative fuels is relatively low, as they are still in the early stages of conversations with their stakeholders identifying which new fuels should be included in their plans. However, with the growing number of LNG-fuelled ships operating worldwide, Polish ports are being forced to prepare for LNG bunkering; however, it is on a small scale for now. They have to make a decision about what type of fuel their bunkering infrastructures should be for, and this constitutes the subject of a great deal of uncertainty. All this is even challenging when taking into account the fact that shipowners are also struggling to choose alternative fuels for their ships. This uncertainty could be reduced through closer cooperation between ports and shipowners, between individual ports, and between ports and other shipping stakeholders. Unfortunately, there is a noticeable lack of cooperation between Polish ports in this regard, as well as with the relevant government departments.
... In addition, containerization is, perhaps, the most visible factor in the separation of port and city, but other industrial activities have long required some separation between port and city (Urbanyi-Popiołek & Klopott, 2016). Oil storage, refining and transportation have become a key element in the development of the world's ports and the petroleumscape (Hein, 2018). ...
This article discusses the composition of the oil landscape, using Carola Hein's hybrid, multiple, transformative and uneven ways of multi-layering, and its impact on societies such as industry, administration, architecture, oil culture and citizens' response to the oil landscape. This approach is presented in a panel, which is projected on Skikda, the northeast stronghold of the Algerian oil industry in North Africa, as a case study. Citizen feedback as a component layer of the oil landscape are presented through the text mining method, which is a word cloud text visualization. This study deals with aspects of the oil landscape, their economic and cultural importance and their impact on the city and society of Skikda.
keyword : petroleumscape, oil industry, society, Skikda, Algeria, Hein approach, cloud text, architecture
... In addition, containerization is, perhaps, the most visible factor in the separation of port and city, but other industrial activities have long required some separation between port and city (Urbanyi-Popiołek & Klopott, 2016). Oil storage, refining and transportation have become a key element in the development of the world's ports and the petroleumscape (Hein, 2018). ...
This article discusses the composition of the oil landscape, using Carola Hein's hybrid, multiple, transformative and uneven ways of multi-layering, and its impact on societies such as industry, administration, architecture, oil culture and citizens' response to the oil landscape. This approach is presented in a panel, which is projected on Skikda, the northeast stronghold of the Algerian oil industry in North Africa, as a case study. Citizen feedback as a component layer of the oil landscape are presented through the text mining method, which is a word cloud text visualization. This study deals with aspects of the oil landscape, their economic and cultural importance and their impact on the city and society of Skikda.
... As a kind of city system, port cities attract economic and social investment by constantly improving its sustainable capacity . The link combining port and city is pivotal to sustainable development (Urbanyipopiolek & Klopott, 2016;Liu & Zhou, 2019). Most of the studies are conducted from a qualitative perspective. ...
Port city is an important part of marine economic activities, whose development contributes to the connection of economic and environment between home and abroad. Sustainability of port cities not only can enhance the competitiveness of port cities, but also affects the city development process and characteristics. Therefore, it is pivotal to evaluate sustainability of port cities in advance. However, existing research on sustainable port cities is quite limited. And most of them are limited to the qualitative perspective, with little quantitative analysis. Therefore, this paper adopts a novel hybrid model THPD to evaluate sustainable port cities, expanding sustainability theories by taking port cities as research object. 21 port cities in China are selected for quantitative study. The results display that the sustainable level of port cities in China is at a medium level. The weaknesses and critical factors are varied, which points out the improvement direction for sustainable port cities.
... The Thailand Eastern Economic Zone so-called Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is on the eastern coast of the country, where several international deep seaports are located. Together with its location that is not far from Bangkok, the EEC has gradually become important for industrial estates, service businesses and urban development hubs just like several other cities having international seaports around the world [4,5]. When the cargo ship arrives at the port, cargo containers will be discharged from the ship and placed onto the trailer trucks by terminal cranes. ...
Purpose:
This research objective was to study the prevalence and perceived discomfort on musculoskeletal (MSK) symptoms among short and long-distance deep-seaport truck drivers.
Method:
A cross-sectional analysis using a standardized modified version of the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) was carried out using direct interviews to 25 male participants: 15 short and 10 long-distance truck driving types.
Results:
As much as 88% was reported for the existence of MSK symptoms in the past 12 months. Considering all trucks group, regardless short or long distance, lower back was found with the highest prevalence (72%) followed by neck (32%). The χ2 test showed long-distance truck drivers had significantly more prevalence on the neck (p = 0.028) than the short in statistics. Perceived discomfort by Borg CR-10 scale affirmed lower back was with the highest score (2.4) followed by neck (1.44). Kruskal-Wallis-test revealed long-distance truck drivers had significant higher scores on lower back and neck at p = 0.039 and 0.009 respectively.
Conclusion:
Longer exposure to prolonged non-natural working postures, vibration, traffic conditions and working stress could be the judicial causes. To minimize this problem, integrated interventions need to be implemented with particular measures among short and long-distance truck drivers.
... Ports and cities affect each other in manifold ways (Urbanyi-Popiołek and Klopott, 2016). In addition to the economic significance of port activities to the regions, which is widely discussed in the literature (Park and See, 2016;Deng et al., 2013), ports have also a negative impact on the urban areas generating the external negative effects (e.g., traffic congestion, noise, air emissions), lowering the living standard in urban areas (Iwan and Kijewska, 2016;Zhao et al., 2017), as well as contributing to health problems of inhabitants. ...
... Such growth of containerization requires the optimal design of container seaport terminals not only in terms of requirements of space for activities, but also in terms of operations and related equipment. Of course, in the case of port cities such a growth of container units affects the relationship with the close urban areas: the added value created by ports can be mainly attributed to the economic benefits related to the crucial role played by container terminals in global supply chains [2]; while negative impacts are determined by several factors, such as the influence on the environment and the quality of life of a port city's residents [3]. ...
Container terminals are the main hubs of the global supply chain but, conversely, they play an important role in energy consumption, environmental pollution and even climate change due to carbon emissions. Assessing the environmental impact of this type of port terminal and choosing appropriate mitigation measures is essential to pursue the goals related to a clean environment and ensuring a good quality of life of the inhabitants of port cities. In this paper the authors present a Terminal Decision Support Tool (TDST) for the development of a container terminal that considers both operation efficiency and environmental impacts. The TDST provides environmental impact mitigation measures based on different levels of evolution of the port’s container traffic. An application of the TDST is conducted on the Port of Augusta (Italy), a port that is planning infrastructural interventions in coming years in order to gain a new role as a reference point for container traffic in the Mediterranean.
... One of the newest infrastructural projects is the Deepwater Container Terminal located in the Northern Port, away from the city center. The Inner Port uses the outlet stretch of the Martwa Wisła River with the Kaszubski Channel and is of less relevance in the context of transhipment volumes [44,45]. The rivers and canals in Gdańsk are currently used as waterways for leisure and tourist shipping, and are concentrated mainly inŚródmieście where the proper infrastructure and marinas (Nowa Motława and Stara Motława) are located. ...
Reducing emissions of pollutants from transport is clearly one of the main challenges of the constantly developing world. Because the environmental impact of different means of transport is significant, it is necessary to cut down on fossil fuels and turn to more eco-friendly solutions, e.g., electric vehicles. Almost all European countries are now adapting their transport policies to this new paradigm. Nonetheless, due to large economic disparities, these processes are currently at different levels of implementation in Western and Eastern Europe. The main focus is on private electric cars and more traditional means of transport, rather than water trams. This article presents possible means of developing water tram lines in Gdańsk served by hybrid or full-electric vehicles. The analysis presented herein reflects the multidimensional nature of the issue. The article provides data on the socioeconomic situation in the city, technical issues related to the implementation of such tram lines, and the possible consequences of introducing a new means of transportation into the existing system. A key part of the analysis is the identification of anticipated economic and environmental consequences of introducing both hybrid and full-electric vehicles into the system. A comprehensive socioeconomic and technical-environmental analysis of the possibilities of developing urban electromobility in the form of urban passenger shipping in post-communist countries, such as that presented in this paper, has not been previously published.
... The proper management of container terminals is crucial for achieving a high level of efficiency, particularly seen from the terminal's point of view and, the wider, supply chain perspective. Port management issues have been widely examined in the literature (e.g.: Cullinane et al., 2002;Meisel, 2009;Urbanyi-Popiołek & Klopott, 2016), although there is a gap in the knowledge connected with the economic efficiency of the maritime terminals, including container ones. As they are defined as complex structures, which are focused mainly on the performance of a variety of operations with the flow of containers through the maritime transportation chain (Alyami et al., 2019, p. 411), they are also business units aimed to provide a profit for its stakeholders. ...
Motivation: Maritime container terminals play an important role in global as well as local supply chains. Especially, maritime container terminals can be perceived as essential transhipment points, which integrate other transport modes through a set of management (e.g. planning, controlling) and executive activities (e.g. reloading, handling). All these activities require the support of an adequate management system, focusing on continuous improvement of the maritime container economic efficiency. To meet this requirement an economic efficiency evaluation system is needed, which will be responsible for the assessment of maritime container terminals' activities, mainly according to such economic criteria as time and cost efficiency. In the literature some papers can be found, which are focused on the technical efficiency evaluation systems for the maritime container terminals based on parametrical methods. However, the literature does not cover the problem of proper economic efficiency evaluation system, designed for maritime container terminals.
Aim: Based on the above mentioned reasons, the purpose of the article is to develop a system of economic efficiency evaluation for maritime container terminals.
Results: Based on the research findings a conceptual model of economic efficiency evaluation system for the maritime container terminals is presented in the article.
... Unfortunately, it generates a conflict with the port city as it has to endure the undesirable effects of the port operations. In this regard, sustainable solutions are essential for the development of both ports and surrounding urban areas [12]. One major tradeoff between the transportation systems is its effect on the environment. ...
The intermodal transportation system plays a pivotal role in a global supply chain. Despite the benefits of intermodal transportation, it still has negative impacts, which are associated with congestion and emission. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission is highly associated with the transportation industry, and the share of the transportation sector is growing at a rapid pace. This paper discusses intermodal transportation and its effects on port efficiency. We proposed a new layout for the container terminal in the seaport in order to decrease cost as well as emission generated by the port operations. The proposed layout can improve the sustainability of port activities by decreasing the distance between the berth and interface points as well as avoiding double handling. We propose multi-objective optimization using the ε-constraint method to solve this problem. The model was tested through a case study of the Port of Montreal in Canada. The findings reveal that the proposed layout resulted in considerable emissions and costs reduction. Compared with the current layout of Port of Montreal, the proposed layout achieved a reduction of 46.5% in the total transportation cost of the containers to their final destination, as well as 21.6% in the emission.
