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Review of the state-of-the-art of alternative marine fuels: A viable approach to zero-carbon shipping

open access: yesCleaner Logistics and Supply Chain
The shipping industry, responsible for transporting 90% of global goods, is a major source of pollution and greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. In response to the increasingly stricter global and regional emission control regulations, the maritime industry ...
Wanying Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Environmental and Economic Performance for Port Hydrogen Fuel Transition: A Case Study of Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As society continues to develop, hydrogen has emerged as a promising fuel for maritime decarbonization. This study develops an integrated environmental and economic assessment framework for the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) by combining life‐cycle assessment, levelized cost analysis, and multi‐criteria decision analysis across 36 ...
Ziyu Wang, Xueyan Lin, Chunjiang An
wiley   +1 more source

Energy efficiency technologies for waterborne transport: A systematic review and taxonomy pathway

open access: yesEnergy Strategy Reviews
Increasing pressure is being placed on maritime transport to reduce energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions within a multi-level regulatory environment.
Johans Jacobo-Jara   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smuggling Sovereignty: Trade, Transgression, and State Authority

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global supply chains are saturated with transgressions—corruption, smuggling, document forgery, and other practices that blur the line between legality and illegality. States do not merely endure these practices; they actively shape the conditions for them, producing the very illegal systems they then claim to police.
Dejana Kostić
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigating the Impact of Drought on Inland Water Transport: A System Dynamics Approach

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, droughts have disrupted goods transport on Dutch waterways, causing production losses in the hinterland and reputational damage to inland water transport (IWT). As future droughts are expected to be more extreme, the question is how IWT can stay reliable.
Stefan Salome   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supplemental Material for Protistan Biogeography: A Snapshot Across a Major Shipping Corridor Spanning Two Oceans

open access: yes, 2017
Appendix A. Supplemental material for Protistan Biogeography: A Snapshot Across a Major Shipping Corridor Spanning Two ...
Gregory M. Ruiz (13771448)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Toward Enhanced Safety Management in Wave Energy Power Plant Construction Projects: FMEA and HAZOP Combination

open access: yesSafety Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Consolidated FMEA–HAZOP safety management framework for WEC construction projects. ABSTRACT This study presents an advanced safety management framework for “Wave Energy Converter” (WEC) projects, addressing the inherent uncertainty, technological complexity, and environmental exposure of offshore renewable energy systems.
Panagiotis K. Marhavilas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-criteria decision analysis for route prioritization of hydrogen shipping corridors to support maritime decarbonization

open access: yesScientific Reports
The maritime shipping industry is responsible for approximately 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, it faces growing regulatory and environmental pressure to shift towards cleaner alternative fuels. Green hydrogen, produced from renewable
Mariam El Jamal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Refined Safety Distance Measurement of Heavy Construction Machinery Near Electricity Operation Based on Feature‐Homogenised Spatial Target Analysis

open access: yesHigh Voltage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Heavy construction machinery is essential for power infrastructure construction and maintenance, making safety distance measurement crucial for ensuring operational safety. Existing methods, which rely on target space mapping, face challenges such as error accumulation and limited accuracy.
Fuqi Ma   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building a Business Case for Green Shipping Corridors [PDF]

open access: yes
Green shipping corridors—first mover initiatives that seek to advance high-ambition solutions for zero emission shipping on dedicated trade routes—face significant commercial challenges.
Aymer, Deniz   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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