The latest portstudy of PortEconomics members Theo Noteboom and Larissa van der Lught along with Niels van Saase (Erasmus Centre for Urban, Port and Transport Economics (Erasmus UPT), Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Steve Sel and Kris Neyens (VIL-Flanders Innovation Cluster for Logistics, Antwerp, Belgium) analyzes the role of seaports in the greening of supply chains in two ways. First, the fields of action to pursue GSCM objectives in ports are identified and grouped. In the empirical part of the study, this typology is used to analyze green actions and initiatives developed by market players and port authorities in the Rhine–Scheldt Delta. The second part of the analysis focuses on the attitudes and perceptions of port-related actors towards the greening of port-related supply chains based on a large-scale survey we conducted in the Belgian and Dutch logistics industry.
The study is the first study providing a comprehensive analysis on initiatives, approaches, and perspectives of port-related actors in a specific multi-port region; is published in the academic journal “Sustainability” and can be freely downloaded via journal’s website.
