The Development of Green Ports in Emerging Nations: A Case Study of Vietnam

Abstract

The development of green ports is still limited, especially in developing nations, despite the fact that they are viewed as a significant answer to the problems of environmental pollution and climate change. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that promote and hinder the development of green ports in developing countries. Using 248 managers from 12 Vietnamese container ports as a sample, this study is one of the pioneers in using a quantitative methodology to investigate the factors affecting the development of green ports. We used SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 22.0 to perform principal component analysis (PCA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM). Our results indicated that cooperation of involved parties and foreign capital has the most important role in green port development in developing countries, followed by environmental regulation. Our findings also showed that lack of initial capital and lack of technological advancement negatively affects the development of green ports in these countries. The results and implications of the study will be discussed in more detail.

The Port Sector in Italy: Its Keystones for Energy-Efficient Growth

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The Port Sector in Italy: Its “Keystones” for an Energy-Effective Growth

“…The proximity between the point of consumption and the production plant from renewable sources is a key factor for the success of an energy community. Especially for ports in proximity to urban areas (situation that well applies to the Italian port system), the impact of ports on the decarbonization process can be more than significant as demonstrated by several review and applied studies focused on factors and solutions for increasing ports' selfsufficiency using renewable energy sources [25][26][27][28][29].…”