Merging Multiple System Perspectives: The Key to Effective Inland Shipping Emission-Reduction Policy Design
Policymakers in the maritime sector face the challenge of designing and implementing decarbonization policies while maintaining safe navigation. Herein, the inland sector serves as a promising stepping stone due to the possibility of creating a dense energy supply infrastructure and shorter distance...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2025-04-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/4/716 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850144437495136256 |
|---|---|
| author | Solange van der Werff Fedor Baart Mark van Koningsveld |
| author_facet | Solange van der Werff Fedor Baart Mark van Koningsveld |
| author_sort | Solange van der Werff |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Policymakers in the maritime sector face the challenge of designing and implementing decarbonization policies while maintaining safe navigation. Herein, the inland sector serves as a promising stepping stone due to the possibility of creating a dense energy supply infrastructure and shorter distances compared to marine shipping. A key challenge is to consider the totality of all operational profiles as a result of the range of vessels and routes encountering varying local circumstances. In this study, we use a new scheme called “event table” to transform big data on vessel trajectories (AIS data) combined with energy-estimating algorithms into shipping-emission outcomes that can be evaluated from multiple perspectives. We can subsequently tie observations in one perspective (for example, large-scale spatial patterns on a map) to supporting explanations based on another perspective (for example, water currents, vessel speeds, or engine ages and their contributions to emissions). Hence, combining these outcomes from multiple perspectives and evaluation scales provides an essential understanding of how the system works and what the most effective improvement measures will be. With our approach, we can translate large quantities of data from multiple sources into multiple linked perspectives on the shipping system. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-7210a2cc6fcf4a498bd4bc8af55e7da7 |
| institution | OA Journals |
| issn | 2077-1312 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-04-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering |
| spelling | doaj-art-7210a2cc6fcf4a498bd4bc8af55e7da72025-08-20T02:28:23ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122025-04-0113471610.3390/jmse13040716Merging Multiple System Perspectives: The Key to Effective Inland Shipping Emission-Reduction Policy DesignSolange van der Werff0Fedor Baart1Mark van Koningsveld2Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, P.O. Box 5048, 2628 CN Delft, The NetherlandsRijkswaterstaat, P.O. Box 2232, 3500 GE Utrecht, The NetherlandsFaculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, P.O. Box 5048, 2628 CN Delft, The NetherlandsPolicymakers in the maritime sector face the challenge of designing and implementing decarbonization policies while maintaining safe navigation. Herein, the inland sector serves as a promising stepping stone due to the possibility of creating a dense energy supply infrastructure and shorter distances compared to marine shipping. A key challenge is to consider the totality of all operational profiles as a result of the range of vessels and routes encountering varying local circumstances. In this study, we use a new scheme called “event table” to transform big data on vessel trajectories (AIS data) combined with energy-estimating algorithms into shipping-emission outcomes that can be evaluated from multiple perspectives. We can subsequently tie observations in one perspective (for example, large-scale spatial patterns on a map) to supporting explanations based on another perspective (for example, water currents, vessel speeds, or engine ages and their contributions to emissions). Hence, combining these outcomes from multiple perspectives and evaluation scales provides an essential understanding of how the system works and what the most effective improvement measures will be. With our approach, we can translate large quantities of data from multiple sources into multiple linked perspectives on the shipping system.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/4/716shipping emissionsAIS datainland shippingevent table |
| spellingShingle | Solange van der Werff Fedor Baart Mark van Koningsveld Merging Multiple System Perspectives: The Key to Effective Inland Shipping Emission-Reduction Policy Design Journal of Marine Science and Engineering shipping emissions AIS data inland shipping event table |
| title | Merging Multiple System Perspectives: The Key to Effective Inland Shipping Emission-Reduction Policy Design |
| title_full | Merging Multiple System Perspectives: The Key to Effective Inland Shipping Emission-Reduction Policy Design |
| title_fullStr | Merging Multiple System Perspectives: The Key to Effective Inland Shipping Emission-Reduction Policy Design |
| title_full_unstemmed | Merging Multiple System Perspectives: The Key to Effective Inland Shipping Emission-Reduction Policy Design |
| title_short | Merging Multiple System Perspectives: The Key to Effective Inland Shipping Emission-Reduction Policy Design |
| title_sort | merging multiple system perspectives the key to effective inland shipping emission reduction policy design |
| topic | shipping emissions AIS data inland shipping event table |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/4/716 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT solangevanderwerff mergingmultiplesystemperspectivesthekeytoeffectiveinlandshippingemissionreductionpolicydesign AT fedorbaart mergingmultiplesystemperspectivesthekeytoeffectiveinlandshippingemissionreductionpolicydesign AT markvankoningsveld mergingmultiplesystemperspectivesthekeytoeffectiveinlandshippingemissionreductionpolicydesign |