Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Intra-National Freight Transport: Measurement and Scenarios for Greater Sustainability in Spain

Llano, Carlos; Pérez-Balsalobre, Santiago; Pérez-García, Julián

doi:10.3390/su10072467

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“…A well-functioning seaport, as a link in a sea-land transport chain, may contribute to a modal shift from roads to land-sea transport chains [21,[75][76][77][78][79][80], and can also, by developing a port access policy, change the hinterland transport structure to make it more environmentally friendly, thus contributing to a decrease in transport externalities [81]. Inland shipping is considered to be the most environmentally friendly transport mode when compared to rail or road transport [81,82].…”

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Inland Shipping to Serve the Hinterland: The Challenge for Seaport Authorities

2018

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The competitiveness of seaports is predominantly affected by factors external to the ports themselves, connected mainly with the quality of the hinterland and foreland infrastructure. Measures taken in these areas are reflected in the main objectives of the port strategies. Concurrently, the measures may have adverse environmental impacts (pollutant emissions, noise, land occupancy, etc.) and deteriorate the life quality of the port city’s communities. Therefore, measures taken by seaport authorities to improve their competitiveness must also heed the idea of sustainable development (sustainable port strategy). The answer to this challenge is the idea of green ports, being an element of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies of seaports. One of the elements of this concept is promoting more environmentally friendly transport modes/transport chains in serving the hinterland as an alternative to road transport. Inland shipping is the most environmentally friendly and also cost-competitive mode of transport. Therefore, a modal shift from road to inland waterways is one of the elements of the European Union sustainable transport policy, as well as also gaining importance in the development policies of seaport authorities as an element of a green port strategy. However, this issue has been relatively rarely addressed in the seaport economics literature. In particular, there has been a lack of studies that would make it possible to answer the question of what kind of action should be taken by seaport authorities in order to increase the share of inland shipping in hinterland transport. This article aimed to develop a concept of a promotion policy to be applied by seaport authorities to increase the share of inland shipping in hinterland transport. The study used the elements of a multiple case study design method which included the following seaports: Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, and the Marseilles–Fos port complex. This article was dedicated to identifying, analyzing, and classifying the policies implemented by these European seaports to promote inland waterway transportation. The research showed that these actions were quite similar in terms of their scope. The actions were classified as external and internal initiatives. The most common external actions included initiatives that improved the quality of inland waterways and the quality of shipping connections with the hinterland. Internal initiatives focused on improving the port’s infrastructure for barges and on implementing an appropriate information policy. The presented concept of a promotion policy can be a road map for all port authorities aiming to improve the quality of inland shipping as a mode of hinterland transport.

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Inland Shipping to Serve the Hinterland: The Challenge for Seaport Authorities

2018

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“…Specifically, a 10% increase in the interaction TEL*IFT decreases carbon emissions by 3.02%. In the same context, Harris et al (2014) and Llano et al (2018) showed how the use of ICTs for multimodality 6 can decrease carbon emissions.…”

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“…Santos (2017) recognized the application of short-term tax incentives and subsidizes, and longterm innovation to reduce GHG emissions from road transport. Llano et al (2018) showed the importance of intermodality (road/rail) on environmental sustainability in Spain. Promoting intermodality in freight transport appears (among other options) to be a good solution for more efficient and sustainable transport systems.…”

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Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability: ICTs, Freight Transport, and CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions

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2021

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The link between ICTs, freight transport, and CO2 emissions has not received much explicit examination by researchers, despite freight transportation being an egregious contributor to environmental degradation. This paper investigates how ICTs can affect environmental quality when interacting with freight transport activities in 43 countries over the period 2002-2014, using carbon emissions as a proxy for environmental damages. ICTs are measured in terms of internet, telephone, and mobile phone technologies. Using GMM methodology, the results show that ICTs contribute to dampening environmental degradation when interacting with freight transport activities. Specifically, a 10% increase in the interaction between ICTs and freight transportation will decrease carbon emissions by between 1.27% and 3.02%. The results further suggest that fixed and smartphone technologies are the main contributors to reducing emissions when adopted in some specific transport sectors (i.e. road, rail, and inland), while the internet is the most efficient technology when interacting with air transport activity. In addition, the interaction between ICTs and multimodality accelerates environmental quality. The policy implications of these findings are discussed.

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“…Two further contributions take the perspective of practical solution scenarios at the country and sector level, respectively. For Spain, Carlos Llano, Santiago Pérez-Balsalobre and Julian Pérez-García develop scenarios for emission reduction of domestic freight transport [7]. They build up a consistent flow database, develop default emission projections, and study the impacts of a shift of freight from road to railways.…”

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confidence: 99%