Challenges and opportunities in implementing green initiatives for port terminals

Francesco Longo; Antonio Padovano; Alok Baveja; Benjamin Melamed

Challenges and opportunities in implementing green initiatives for port terminals

Francesco Longo
, Antonio Padovano
, Alok Baveja
, Benjamin Melamed

Rutgers Business School, Supply Chain Management

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

17 Scopus citations

Abstract

The new Green Management Practices (GMP) paradigm has emerged as an effective management tool for firms to achieve superior performance and to deal with both economic and environmental aspects by applying ecological criteria. This is particularly true for port terminals where environmental issues are becoming critical due to the increase in freight volumes. Accordingly, this article proposes a flexible solution capable of recreating (after preliminary customization) a port terminal and while taking into consideration the main factors affecting sustainability of port operations. This approach provides the user with an advanced decision support system (DSS) for investigating managerial and policy implications in an eco-friendly framework. This work is positioned to culminate in the development of a software DSS whose aim is to support business decisions based on the environmental impact analysis of processes and activities performed in the course of the life-cycle of the port terminal, and to simulate and compare design alternatives in terms of both environmental impact and economic sustainability.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015
Editors	Janos Sebestyen Janosy, Agostino G. Bruzzone, Francesco Longo, Gregory Zacharewicz
Publisher	Dime University of Genoa
Pages	P138-P145
ISBN (Electronic)	9788897999522
State	Published - 2015
Event	3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015 - Bergeggi, Italy Duration: Sep 21 2015 → Sep 23 2015

Publication series

Name	3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015

Conference

Conference	3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Bergeggi
Period	9/21/15 → 9/23/15

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Modeling and Simulation

Keywords

Analysis and simulation
Business decision
Green port
Modeling
Sustainability

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Longo, F., Padovano, A., Baveja, A., & Melamed, B. (2015). Challenges and opportunities in implementing green initiatives for port terminals. In J. S. Janosy, A. G. Bruzzone, F. Longo, & G. Zacharewicz (Eds.), 3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015 (pp. P138-P145). (3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015). Dime University of Genoa.

Longo, Francesco ; Padovano, Antonio ; Baveja, Alok et al. / Challenges and opportunities in implementing green initiatives for port terminals. 3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015. editor / Janos Sebestyen Janosy ; Agostino G. Bruzzone ; Francesco Longo ; Gregory Zacharewicz. Dime University of Genoa, 2015. pp. P138-P145 (3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015).

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Longo, F, Padovano, A, Baveja, A & Melamed, B 2015, Challenges and opportunities in implementing green initiatives for port terminals. in JS Janosy, AG Bruzzone, F Longo & G Zacharewicz (eds), 3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015. 3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015, Dime University of Genoa, pp. P138-P145, 3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015, Bergeggi, Italy, 9/21/15.

Challenges and opportunities in implementing green initiatives for port terminals. / Longo, Francesco; Padovano, Antonio; Baveja, Alok et al.
3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015. ed. / Janos Sebestyen Janosy; Agostino G. Bruzzone; Francesco Longo; Gregory Zacharewicz. Dime University of Genoa, 2015. p. P138-P145 (3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Longo F, Padovano A, Baveja A , Melamed B. Challenges and opportunities in implementing green initiatives for port terminals. In Janosy JS, Bruzzone AG, Longo F, Zacharewicz G, editors, 3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015. Dime University of Genoa. 2015. p. P138-P145. (3rd International Workshop on Simulation for Energy, Sustainable Development and Environment, SESDE 2015).

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