Governing the transformation of the maritime transport industry: how the port and ship dichotomy shapes implementation of the EU Green Deal

  • Coelho, N. F. (Speaker)
  • Moses Adjei (Speaker)
  • Judith van Leeuwen (Other)

Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations

Description

The European Green Deal (EGD) prompts a transformation of European logistics systems, providing a renewed attention to the role of maritime transport in EU trade. The EGD has led to the development of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and the Fit-for-55 legislative package, which put emphasis on efficiency, digitalization and decarbonization of the industry. As the terms of political engagement change, so do the existing regime complex governance arrangements. Their transformation is ongoing, as new law and policy is enacted at various levels to respond to the EGD. The governance of maritime transport’s adaptation to the EGD can be seen from the ship perspective or from the port perspective. At the shipping level, new reporting, monitoring and verification mechanisms and the EU emission trading scheme require collaboration between ship owners, shipping companies and public authorities. At the port level, there is an opportunity for a renewed role as alternative fuel storage and production, as well as to create new short-sea shipping routes to divert cargo from congested roads to coastal waters and inland waterways; this requires collaboration between terminal operators, shippers, and freight forwarders. Overall, these ship and port focused constellation of actors are both in the process of responding to high level policy making processes, but their ability to implement policy is dependent on their collaboration to overcome barriers. This paper presents the impact of the EGD on the regime complex of maritime transport under this ship/port dichotomy, introducing some of these new collaborative dynamics and institutional barriers based on new data collection as part of the PERMAGOV project.
Period19 Oct 2024
Event titleWCSG Conference 2024 Governing Sustainability Transformations
Event typeConference
LocationWageningen, NetherlandsShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational