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Environmental policy instruments could be of great help to the regional economy if they are implemented in conjunction with proper economic policy options. In other words, the environment could also be an economic opportunity in a more fundamental way, using the several main drivers that could be identified to create economic value from ports. For example, the domain of port industrial development and maritime clusters could be the area in which the environment presents new economic opportunities. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the usefulness of implementing these policy instruments with the conceptual model that is based upon the system dynamics (SD) technique. With this model, a good business case resulting in greening ports will be examined.
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Green growth is not a replacement for sustainable development, but rather should be considered a subset of it. It is narrower in scope, entailing an operational policy agenda that can help achieve concrete, measurable progress at the interface between the economy and the environment. It focuses on fostering the necessary conditions for innovation, investment and competition that can give rise to new sources of economic growth—consistent with resilient ecosystems.
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Founded in 1993, it represents the port authorities, port associations and port administrations of the seaports of the Member States of the European Union and Norway. As of 2015, ESPO, headquartered in Brussel, consists of 24 member countries and 1 observer country.
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PIANC is the forum where professionals around the world join forces to provide expert advice on cost-effective, reliable and sustainable infrastructures to facilitate the growth of waterborne transport. Established in 1885, PIANC continues to be the leading partner for government and private sector in the design, development and maintenance of ports, waterways and coastal areas. As a non-political and non-profit organisation, PIANC brings together the international experts on technical, economic and environmental issues pertaining to waterborne transport infrastructures. Members include national governments and public authorities, corporations and interested individuals. PIANC has Technical Commissions concerned with inland waterways and ports (InCom), coastal and ocean waterways (including ports and harbours) (MarCom), environmental aspects (EnviCom) and sport and pleasure navigation (RecCom). For more information, please see www.pianc.org.
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Ocean-going ships, harbour craft, cargo handling equipment, heavy duty vehicles and rail locomotives.
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Clusters are especially important to the maritime domain, because the shipping and ports industries are highly dependent on subcontracting and various kinds of services, and because they require a very specialised local workforce.
For firms, participation in maritime clusters is said to generate increasing productivity through the creation of cost-reducing linkages between suppliers and customers, the formation of larger and more qualified labour pools, and through spillovers of knowledge that work through inter-firm interaction. Particularly for shipping, ports and maritime manufacturing, clusters can facilitate better interactions with a range of ancillary services (finance, brokerage, insurance), and can enable access to information and expertise that might open new markets and provide opportunities for expansion.
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Maritime cluster consists of port, marine insurance, financial service, ship registry, shipowners/operators/managers, ship classification society, ship agency & forwarding, ship brokers, legal services, ship building & repair, marine personnel, research education & training, information & communication technology (ICT) services, regulators such as maritime organisations, associations, exchange market and etc.), governmental support and maritime culture & heritage.
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Also referred to as circular economy. Its aim is to provide systematic management of material and energy flows, using waste from one process as input for another process.
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Moon, D.S.H., Woo, J.K., Kim, T.G. (2018). Green Ports and Economic Opportunities. In: Froholdt, L. (eds) Corporate Social Responsibility in the Maritime Industry. WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69143-5_10
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