Maritime transportation: Let's slow down a bit

Type Article
Date 2022-03
Language English
Author(s) Sèbe Maxime1, 2, Scemama Pierre3, Choquet Anne4, 5, Jung Jean-Luc6, Chircop Aldo7, Razouk Phénia Marras-Aït8, Michel Sylvain8, Stiger-Pouvreau Valerie9, Recuero-Virto Laura1
Affiliation(s) 1 : Centre de Recherche en Gestion, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France
2 : Aix Marseille Univ., Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, Marseille, France
3 : Unité d'Economie Maritime, UMR 6308 AMURE, Ifremer, Univ Brest, CNRS, IUEM, Plouzané, France
4 : Brest Business School, Brest, France
5 : Univ Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, UMR 6308, AMURE, IUEM, Plouzané, France
6 : Univ Brest, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Institut de Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB, UMR7205), Brest, France
7 : Canada Research Chair in Maritime Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
8 : French Agency for Biodiversity, AFB, Le Nadar Hall C, 5 allée Felix Nadar, Vincennes, France
9 : Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, Plouzané, France
Source Science Of The Total Environment (0048-9697) (Elsevier BV), 2022-03 , Vol. 811 , P. 152262 (5p.)
DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152262
WOS© Times Cited 6
Keyword(s) Ship, Speed reduction, Collision, Underwater noise, Invasive species, Gas emission
Abstract

Maritime transportation is a major contributor to the world economy, but has significant social and environmental impacts. Each impact calls for different technical or operational solutions. Amongst these solutions, we found that speed reduction measures appear to mitigate several issues: (1) collision with wildlife; (2) collision with non-living objects; (3) underwater noise; (4) invasive species; and (5) gas emission. We do not pretend that speed reduction is the best solution for each individual issue mentioned in this paper, but we argue that it could be a key solution to significantly reduce these threats all together. Further interdisciplinary research is required to balance private economic costs of speed reduction measures with environmental and social benefits emerging from all mitigated issues.

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