The sulphur cap in maritime supply chains : environmental regulations in European logistics / Olli-Pekka Hilmola.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hilmola, Olli-Pekka, author.

Series:

Palgrave pivot

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sulfur compounds--Environmental aspects--Law and legislation.

Sulfur compounds.

Ships--Fuel--Environmental aspects.

Ships.

Petroleum as fuel.

Ships--Fuel.

Sulfur compounds--Environmental aspects.

Physical Description:

xix, 143 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan and imprint of Springer, [2019]

Contents:

1. Introduction2. General Economic and Trade Environment 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Development of GDP in Estonia, Finland and Sweden 2.3. Development of Trade in Estonia, Finland and Sweden 2.4. Increasing Oil Prices

Driver of Harms in Sulphur Regulation 2.5. Maritime Diesel: Price Goes Up as Lower Sulphur Quality Requirements Rise 2.6. Conclusions 3. Was Sulphur Regulation the Reason for the Growth of Unitized Cargo between Finland and Estonia? 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Sulphur Regulation and Logistics Sector Change 3.3. Research Environment: Finnish Unitized Cargo Transportation Volumes at Baltic Sea 3.4. Empirical Data Analysis: Finnish Regression Models 3.5. Concluding Discussion 4. Unitized Cargo: Growing Truck-Based Volumes at the Sea Ports of Estonia, Sweden and Finland 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Estonian Logistics Sector and Growing Role of Trucks with Semi-Trailers 4.3. Swedish Logistics Sector and Growing Role of Trucks with Semi-Trailers 4.4. Finnish Logistics Sector and Growing Role of Trucks with Semi-Trailers 4.5. Concluding Discussion 5. Maritime Supply Chains: How They Experienced Regulation Change 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Short-Sea Shipping Companies 5.3. Two Hinterland Transport Companies

Road and Rail 5.4. Private Sector Expectations and Impressions Before and After Sulphur Regulation Implementation 5.5. LNG: Sea Port Terminal Point of View 5.6. Prices of Natural Gas in Different Locations 5.7. Conclusions 6. Longitudinal Survey Findings from Northern Europe 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Transportation Units Used 6.3. Transportation Modes Used

Future Directions 6.4. Sulphur Regulation Effects in Two Different Surveys 6.5. Conclusions 7. Simulation of Different Supply Chain Strategies 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Finnish Supply Chain Options to Central Europe 7.3. Finnish Supply Chain Options with Asia 7.4. Different Scenarios of Sulphur Regulation Implementation in Year 2020 7.5. Conclusions 8. Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Hilmola, Olli-Pekka. Sulphur cap in maritime supply chains.

ISBN:

9783319985442

3319985442

OCLC:

1065731083