Abstract
This chapter provides a detailed discussion on the importance of green supply chain management (GSCM) and its connection to the shipping industry. It further addresses the important practices for the successful implementation of a GSCM strategy by shipping firms, making reference to the regulatory framework and to several of the enforcement mechanisms that exist and how these impact and enhance green shipping. It briefly considers a number of “green” regulations that lie under the umbrella of environmental preservation, while it further examines the internal and external pressures for environmental performance. The chapter also addresses maritime informatics and specifically the crucial role of digitalisation on GSCM, green performance and competitiveness in shipping.
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Nine regional agreements on port State control—Memoranda of Understanding or MoUs—have been signed: Europe and the North Atlantic (Paris MoU); Asia and the Pacific (Tokyo MoU); Latin America (Acuerdo de Viña del Mar); Caribbean (Caribbean MoU); West and Central Africa (Abuja MoU); the Black Sea region (Black Sea MoU); the Mediterranean (Mediterranean MoU); the Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean MoU); and the Riyadh MoU. The US Coast Guard maintain the tenth PSC regime.
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The colour denotes the extent of enforcement of those standards; White colour describes the most compliant ones, as opposed to the Black ones.
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For an overview of the SSI alliance, see http://www.ssi2040.org/about-the-ssi/#
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Panayides, P.M., Alexandrou, A.E., Alexandrou, S.E. (2021). Green Supply Chain Management, Environmental Controls and Regulations in Shipping. In: Lind, M., Michaelides, M., Ward, R., T. Watson, R. (eds) Maritime Informatics. Progress in IS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50892-0_17
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