Research on reduction of environment load by use of local ports in international container cargo
国際海上コンテナ貨物の利用港湾変化による環境負荷削減に関する研究

Hideaki ONO, Gyeong Hwa HONG, Yuji YANO
2005 Journal of Japan Logistics Society  
Nowadays, the use of local ports. by international container cargo is increasing. When the imported/exported cargo uses nearby local ports, the internal trucking distance would be shortened. From environmental point of view, this means reduction of the amount of CO2 exhausted by trucking. In our research, we estimated the amount of CO2 to be decreased in recent five years and in the near future, when nearby local ports are to be utilized. And we classified Japanese local ports in terms of the
more » ... ount of CO2 to be decreased. Also we studied on the issue of desirable way of using ports.
doi:10.11285/logisticssociety1995.2005.131 fatcat:ezo65kvfyfha7lier2esyzdibi