Sustainable Maritime Policy and Management

Dear Colleagues,

There have been substantial improvements in maritime activities in recent years. Naval gigantism has strongly reduced transport costs. Port operations have become more automatized and port telematization has grown. The competitiveness among ports has made hinterlands more overlapped. Finally, the development of short sea shipping routes and motorways of the sea has created a valid and more sustainable alternative to road transport. On the other hand, maritime transportation and port activities cause several environmental impacts, such as water pollution, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, garbage, underwater noise pollution, and damage to the marine environment and fauna.

This Topical Collection focuses on policies to improve the port competitiveness and the potential of waterborne transport, on the one hand, and measures to reduce the environmental footprint of maritime transport operations and to safeguard the marine environment and fauna, on the other hand. Welcome topics include, but are not strictly limited to, the following:

• Policies and measures to safeguard the marine environment or fauna;
• Measures to reduce the environmental footprint of sea transport and port operations;
• Sustainable maritime transport;
• Low-emission ships;
• Low-emission port operations;
• Port competitiveness and regionalization;
• Port telematization;
• Motorways of the sea, short sea shipping, and their competitiveness against all-road mode.

Dr. Alessandro Farina
Collection Editor

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