A proposed interdisciplinary framework for the environmental management of water and air-borne emissions in maritime logistics

Grant, David B.; Elliott, Michael

Abstract

This paper develops and tests a conceptual environmental risk assessment and management framework to guide businesses and other stakeholders, including government, in defining and addressing potential environmental problems in ocean shipping and port operations. The framework aims to protect the natural environment and its ecosystem services while at the same time allowing society to obtain goods and benefits from the seas. As such it integrates three elements: firstly, the criteria required to achieve sustainable management that, secondly, underpin a problem structuring method which, thirdly, can be assessed using an ISO Bow-tie industry standard analysis tool. Ocean pollution from water and air-borne discharges are used to illustrate this framework; this uses an input from an exploratory research study with maritime practitioners which investigated the framework veracity and potential for use, highlighting its potential and shortcomings.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2018
• Journal: Ocean and Coastal Management
• Print ISSN: 0964-5691
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 163
• Pages: 162-172
• APA6 Citation: Grant, D. B., & Elliott, M. (2018). A proposed interdisciplinary framework for the environmental management of water and air-borne emissions in maritime logistics. Ocean and Coastal Management, 163, 162-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.06.011
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.06.011
• Keywords: Ocean pollution; Maritime logistics and transport; Ballast water; 10-Tenets criteria; DAPSI(W)R(M) problem structuring; Bow-tie analysis
• Copyright Statement: ©2018, Elsevier. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Additional Information: This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in Ocean and Coastal Management, 2018. The version of record is available at the DOI link in this record.