Ports regard sustainability as of great importance in their efforts to sustain their corporate feature aiming to use resources effectively and comply with the environment and the society in which they are located. The activities an organization carries out its sustainability performance. Full compliance of this performance with the relevant natural and biological environment is greatly important. That's why the main point discussed in this study is the environmental sustainability performance of the port enterprises. As the competencies of port managers pay an important role in this performance, this study aims to scrutinize and evaluate these competencies of port operation managers in particular. To determine these competencies, a three-step Delphi technique has been used. This technique has been conducted through an expert group of 13 academicians. The results revealed 15 competency items. The identified competencies are believed to contribute to the effective process of selecting/employing managers in port organizations which will ensure corporate sustainability.

The competency characteristics of managers affect decisions that identifying the strategies in an organization. Similarly, the strategies for sustainability issues are also related to the managers’ competency on sustainability. Thus, for better sustainability performance, the managers are expected to possess competencies in this direction. In this context, this study is aimed to evaluate the operations managers’ competencies in terms of environmental sustainability in ports, which have huge effects on the physical and biological environment. For this purpose, one of the Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods, Analytic Network Process (ANP) was used to evaluate the priority weights of 15 competencies. Within a framework of container ports/terminals, the findings of this study show that “management skill”, “emergency procedures”, and “safety management” are the most primary competencies of port operations manager (POM) in terms of port environmental sustainability performance (PESP). The model used in this study can contribute to human resourcing and personnel training processes of ports.

Sustainability-related issues have started to occupy the maritime field as well as all other fields in recent years. As elements of huge trade and industrial activities, ports and ships require considering sustainable management and development. The maritime industry has started to take steps within the framework of this requirement. In addition, researchers have been showing interest in maritime sustainability in recent years and conducting studies. This study is a review of maritime sustainability studies conducted in Türkiye. The aim is to reflect what the researchers focus mostly on maritime sustainability, and present a comparison with global studies. The included 50 studies were examined via content analysis. The scope, sustainability dimension, and focused topics of the studies were revealed. The descriptives of the studies were given. As a result, it is found to be that port-related and environmental sustainability studies are more frequent, and sustainability criteria is the most used topic.

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