Environmental port management

Couper, Alastair

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“…() observe that at the port of New York/New Jersey the number of longshoremen reduced from 30,000 in 1970 to 7,400 in 1986, whereas in the United Kingdom, the number of dockworkers reduced from 70,000 to less than 10,000 between the 1960s and 1980s (Broeze, ). Couper () observes that at the port of Rotterdam the number of dockworkers reduced from 12,443 to 9,598 between 1971 and 1981, whereas at the port of Antwerp, the waterfront workforce reduced from 15,000 to 9,158 between 1970 and 1982.…”

Section: Containerisation and Port Terminal Mechanisationmentioning

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New technologies and the transformation of work and skills: a study of computerisation and automation of Australian container terminals

Gekara¹,

Nguyen²

2018

New Technol Work Employ

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The increasing adoption of smart computer and robotic technologies at work has, in addition to displacing workers, significantly disrupted the traditional organisation of work and the workforce skills required. Based on a qualitative social science study, this paper discusses the ways in which these changes have affected container terminals. Specifically, we examine the transformation in the nature and content of work and the types of skills required by the workforce for the enduring and emerging jobs. We conclude that a completely different port terminal worker has emerged with a different job role and skills profile. Unlike the traditional 'wharfie' the emerging terminal worker is well educated and highly skilled. Furthermore, as physical shop floor operations are computerised and automated, greater importance is placed on soft, generic and transferable skills, with increasing emphasis on computer skills to facilitate effective work within a highly mechanised and digitalised work environment.

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Section: Containerisation and Port Terminal Mechanisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

New technologies and the transformation of work and skills: a study of computerisation and automation of Australian container terminals

Gekara¹,

Nguyen²

2018

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“…Environmental impact assessment, by contrast, is a relative newcomer, dating essentially from the advent of the offshore oil industry in the 1960s and 1970s. The North Sea region, in common with other areas, is now poised on the brink of proper integration of the EIA process within business decision-making in both its economic and risk aspects (Couper 1992).…”

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The North Sea: co-ordinated sea use management

Smith

Lalwani

1996

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The purpose of this paper is to consider the sea use management in the North Sea with reference to the re-structuring of the global and European economies; the sectoral activities including maritime transport and strategic issues, fisheries and hydrocarbons, and environment-related industries including waste disposal, recreation, research and conservation. The rapidly developing role of information management and the role of GIS is discussed. An assessment is made of the role of organisations in international agreements, including in particular the new regional marine environment conventions for the North East Atlantic and the Baltic, national coastal management initiatives, the North Sea Ministerial Conferences and the European Union, with particular reference to the Common Fisheries Policy.

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“…A Green Award certification system, as it was suggested by Lak, should be established at European level; ships are receiving special treatment and a 6 % discount on port dues. It is worth noting the argument of Couper (1992) that "port environment policies have generally been by-products of sectoral legislation" and as it is strongly argued by Heaver (1993) that "the pollution issues at sea have their consequences on ports". Van de Voorde et al (1998) correctly believe that there is a need for research in port economics.…”

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European Policy on Port Environmental Protection

2013

Global NEST Journal

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Ports are part of the logistics chain and the transport networks, with a decisive role in the protection of the sea environment. In the present work, the environmental protection of ports is defined as a problem in the transport sector and within the marine environment. Port pollution and its causes are briefly presented. The concepts of sustainability and sustainable mobility are discussed and it is argued that the environmental protection issues should be introduced into the production function of ports. Next, policy issues are considered and the conflicts of objectives between the two E.U. main directorates (Transport and Environment) are pointed out. Finally, policy recommendations are given.

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Environmental port management

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New technologies and the transformation of work and skills: a study of computerisation and automation of Australian container terminals

New technologies and the transformation of work and skills: a study of computerisation and automation of Australian container terminals

The North Sea: co-ordinated sea use management

European Policy on Port Environmental Protection

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