Research – Design
A Virtuous Circle? Increasing Local Benefits from Ports by Adopting Circular Economy Principles
The potential and willingness of ports to be on the frontline of the transition to a circular economy globally has been clearly…
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Determinants of Sustainability Reporting in the Present Institutional Context: The Case of Port Managing Bodies
The research results present new variables compared to the findings of previous studies, such as proximity to a city, the…
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Indicators for monitoring and assessment of environmental management systems (EMS) in ports
The present study evaluated the different activities and environmental aspects related to the shipping industry and identified the main indicators…
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LOOP-Ports : Mapping of European ports
This report resumes the objectives, methodology and results of Task 1.1 – Mapping of ports of the LOOP-Ports – Circular Economy…
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LOOP-Ports : Circular case studies
The main goal of the LOOP-Ports project is to facilitate the transition to a more circular economy in the port…
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LOOP-Ports : Looking at the future of ports
The objective of this report was to identify key innovation recommendations that would enable ports to make subsequent steps in…
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Patterns of Circular Transition: What Is the Circular Economy Maturity of Belgian Ports?
The analysis of CE patterns in this paper contributes to how ports lift themselves out of the linear lock-in, as…
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Journal Sustainability releases special issue on “Port Strategy for Sustainable Development”
This special issue in Sustainability on “Port Strategy for Sustainable Development” attracted 10 interesting academic papers, which each contribute in…
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Circular (City) Ports – Shaping Future Changes
In 2020 twelve action lines were presented to strategize upon in order to develop a more structured approach to the…
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The Relation Between Incinerator Capacity and Local Circular Ambitions
This paper assesses the potential of the circular economy (CE) policy ambitions of the port cities of Ghent (Belgium) and…
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