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Decision-making instruments for container seaport sustainable development: management platform and system dynamics model

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  • Yingyi Huang

    (Quanzhou Normal University)

  • Yuliya Mamatok

    (Quanzhou Normal University)

  • Chun Jin

    (Dalian University of Technology)

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Global seaborne container trade accounts for approximately 60% of all world seaborne trade. A container seaport is a key node in maritime transport, where (un)loading operations produce GHG emissions. Therefore, the effective emissions reduction decisions should be taken by the container seaport executives on operational, tactical and strategic levels. This research contributes in developing the decision-making instruments for emissions reduction at a container seaport, namely: (1) a management platform (based on three management levels); (2) a system dynamics model (with the variables that reflect the main sources of emissions from container seaport activities). A management platform consequently leads the executives through the process of emissions estimation and three-level decision-making to reduce the emissions. A system dynamics model serves as the instrument to evaluate the decisions taken and to analyze the container seaport system environmental performance over the defined period. The representation of a seaport as a system, the system dynamics modeling and the case study methods were used in the research. Four “what if” scenarios of emissions reduction decisions were performed using the case study method. The suggested management platform and the system dynamics model can serve as the decision-making instruments for the container seaport authorities on operational, tactical and strategic management levels when they develop the container seaport environmental programs.

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  • Yingyi Huang & Yuliya Mamatok & Chun Jin, 2021. "Decision-making instruments for container seaport sustainable development: management platform and system dynamics model," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 41(2), pages 212-226, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envsyd:v:41:y:2021:i:2:d:10.1007_s10669-020-09796-7
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