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Environmental Effects of Maersk Line's Global Container Shipping Operation

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  • Nguyen Khoi Tran

    (Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie)

  • T.A.T. Tran

Abstract

This article investigates emissions from a container ship fleet's worldwide operation regarding spatial distribution and negative externality on regional ports. It is the first to study the adverse effects of a mega operator's transport activities. A bottom-up model is developed to compute emissions using ships' voyage data and applied in the service network of Maersk Line, the world's biggest carrier. The fleet of 653 units (3.52 m TEUs) serves a global network with a weekly travelling distance of 1,043,845~miles. Such large-scale activities result in weekly emissions of 683,428 tonnes of CO2 and other pollutants, equivalent to an external cost of \texteuro202.3 m. Emissions are primarily released on the focal East-West shipping network to connect East Asia, Europe, and North America. The fleet serves 353 ports in all continents, but focuses mainly on a few strategic spots, leading to most in-port emissions in East Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean Sea. \textcopyright 2023 Kedge Business School.

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  • Nguyen Khoi Tran & T.A.T. Tran, 2023. "Environmental Effects of Maersk Line's Global Container Shipping Operation," Post-Print hal-04434043, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04434043
    DOI: 10.1080/16258312.2022.2159277
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