Sustainable Maritime Transportation System in European Union
Abstract
Maritime transport is an efficient mode of transport and plays a major role in the achievement of sustainable development. A strategy of sustainable development may give ports and shipping lines a competitive advantage and enhance efficiency and profitability. The present paper outlines which are the possibilities to create a sustainable maritime transportation system and especially, the importance of performance indicators’ analysis. Indicators can help identify trends, predict problems, assess options, set performance targets and evaluate an organization. Also, the paper presents a statistical overview of indicators analyzed from the viewpoint of European Union’ sustainable development goals and the sustainable transport indicator set, considering the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. There are described solutions to achieve sustainable maritime transportation, such as environmental management systems and differentiate port infrastructure charges based on environmental criteria.
I , as main author, declare and undersign, that the paper is an original and common work of me and all subsequent authors. The paper as a whole or part of it has not been published or submitted to other Journal. The right to publish the accepted paper is transferred to and owned by “Annals of Constanta Maritime University” Journal.
