Logistics
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Welcome to the Logistics page
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Port logistics
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Port Economics, Management and Policy
Port Economics, Management, and Policy (PEMP) analyses the contemporary port industry and how ports are organized to serve the global economy and regional and local development needs
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| Multidisciplinary perspective on the port industry relying on economics, geography, management science, and engineering. |
| https://porteconomicsmanagement.org/ |
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Maritime logistics
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Ocean Freight software
Ocean freight software is a specialized digital tool that streamlines and optimizes maritime shipping and logistics operations. This comprehensive solution facilitates the planning, execution, and monitoring of the movement of goods via sea routes, ensuring that goods are delivered to their destination promptly and safely. This software will benefit everyone involved in the operations, including shipping lines or carriers, freight forwarders and brokers, warehouse managers, and port operators.
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| https://safetyculture.com/app/ocean-freight-software/ |
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GHG emissions
The transportation sector includes moving people and goods by cars, trucks, trains, ships, aeroplanes, and other vehicles. Most greenhouse gas emissions from transportation are carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the combustion of petroleum-based products, like gasoline and diesel fuel, in internal combustion engines. The most significant sources of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions include passenger cars, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and light-duty trucks, including sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and minivans. These sources account for over half of the emissions from the transportation sector.
The remaining greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector come from other modes of transportation, including commercial aircraft, ships, boats, and trains, as well as pipelines and lubricants. Indirect emissions from electricity are less than 1 per cent of direct emissions.
Fuel combustion emits relatively tiny amounts of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). In addition, hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions occur in the transportation sector, resulting from mobile air conditioners and refrigerated transport.
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GHG Protocol
GHG Protocol sets the standards to measure and manage emissions.
| GHG Protocol |
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| https://ghgprotocol.org/ |
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GLEC - Global Logistics Emissions Council
The GLEC Framework offer multinationals and their suppliers a harmonized, efficient, and transparent way to calculate and report logistics emissions. This methodology framework allows logistics players to accelerate their action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and collectively meet the Paris Climate Agreement.
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| https://www.smartfreightcentre.org/en/our-programs/emissions-accounting/global-logistics-emissions-council/ |
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Fuel Maturity Map
This interactive tool highlights the supply chain maturity for alternative fuels, which are expected to play a key role in decarbonizing maritime operations by 2050.
It is a dynamic, independent assessment of low-emission fuel options' supply chain readiness, such as green ammonia, biomethane, e-methanol, and renewable diesel. Regularly updated, the map evaluates readiness across the value chain—from production to onboard use—offering critical insights into scalable, sustainable, and viable fuel solutions.
This comprehensive resource guides shipowners, investors, policymakers, and other stakeholders in transitioning to sustainable maritime operations.
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| Fuel Pathway Maturity Map |
| https://www.zerocarbonshipping.com/fuel-pathways/ |
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Fuel Europe
The variety of feedstocks in the scope of the FuelEU Maritime consensus developed after EU trilogue discussions provides increased flexibility to achieve the GHG emission reduction targets enshrined in the regulation. This should enable increased manufacturing and uptake of low-carbon fuels in the maritime sector vs. earlier regulation proposals. Nonetheless, as the policy landscape develops globally, the implementation of FuelsEU Maritime deserves continued scrutiny and appraisal of its efficiency. This will be essential to ensure the competitiveness of the broader EU economy and prevent carbon leakages that hinder the Union’s climate ambition.
Fuels Europe represents the EU conventional and renewable fuels & industrial value chains products manufacturing industry in the policy debate with EU Institutions and other stakeholders, providing an expert opinion on the production process, distribution and use of our industry’s products
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| https://www.fuelseurope.eu/maritime-transport |
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WEF
The First Movers Coalition advances the most critical, emerging climate technologies by leveraging members' collective purchasing power.
| WEF - First movers coalition |
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| https://initiatives.weforum.org/first-movers-coalition/firstsuppliers |
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Relevant legislation
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EU Taxonomy
The EU taxonomy is a cornerstone of the EU’s sustainable finance framework and a vital market transparency tool. It helps direct investments to the economic activities most needed for the transition, which aligns with the European Green Deal objectives. The taxonomy is a classification system that defines criteria for economic activities aligned with a net zero trajectory by 2050 and broader environmental goals other than climate.
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| https://finance.ec.europa.eu/sustainable-finance/tools-and-standards/eu-taxonomy-sustainable-activities_en |
| https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32020R0852 |
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EU - Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
The law requires all large companies and listed companies (except listed micro-enterprises) to disclose what they see as the risks and opportunities arising from social and environmental issues and the impact of their activities on people and the environment.
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ETS2 - buildings, road transport and additional sectors
A new emissions trading system - ETS2 - was created, separate from the existing EU ETS. This new system will address the CO2 emissions from fuel combustion in buildings, road transport, and other sectors (mainly small industries not covered by the existing EU ETS).
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CBAM - carbon border adjustment mechanism
The initiative for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (the ‘CBAM’) is part of the ‘Fit for 55’ legislative package. The CBAM is to serve as an essential element of the Union’s toolbox for meeting the objective of a climate-neutral Union by 2050 at the latest in line with the Paris Agreement by addressing the risk of carbon leakage that results from the Union’s increased climate ambition. The CBAM is expected to also contribute to promoting decarbonisation in third countries.
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| https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism_en |
| https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/oj |
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FuelEU Maritime - Decarbonising maritime transport
FuelEU Maritime sets maximum limits for the yearly average greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of the energy used by ships above 5,000 gross tonnage calling at European ports, regardless of their flag.
| FuelEU Maritime |
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| https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-modes/maritime/decarbonising-maritime-transport-fueleu-maritime_en |
| https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1805 |
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Do you want to know more?
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| ESG Glossary |
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| All the jargon, terms and abbreviations you ever need to know about carbon and ESG management. |
| https://plana.earth/glossary |
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