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MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

MARLEN - Maritime Logistics Chains and the Environment

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Number:

188956

Project Period:

2008 - 2010

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The principal objective of the project is to: Obtain and systematize facts and knowledge regarding the main operational and organizational conditions that may influence the energy efficiency and environmental profile/performance of alternative maritime l ogistics chains, and thereby reduce the probability of introducing sub-optimal solutions. Top competence and a substantial base of facts concerning these conditions and relationships is a prerequisite for being able to suggest appropriate measures for im proving energy efficiency throughout the logistics chain. The effect of this will be two-fold; in the first place, it will contribute to meeting the ambitious goals for reducing global energy consumption and emission of greenhouse gases; in the second, it will maintain the capacity of the transportation sector required for global trade. The main research challenge addressed in this project is the question of ensuring that energy efficiency and environmental improvement initiatives in parts of a maritime logistics chain are not negatively compensated for through changed behaviour in other parts of the chain. That is, we wish to seek global energy efficiency and environmental improvements in the maritime logistics chain and avoid sub-optimization, through better understanding of the operational and organizational parameters that take effect in a maritime logistics chain. This study will help both to improve the general understanding of trade-off analyses in global improvement initiatives in supply chains , with a special focus on energy efficiency and environmental improvements in maritime logistics chains, and to develop more in-depth knowledge of these relationships for some defined business cases.

Funding scheme:

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2