Quality, Safety, and Security Systems in the Greek Port Industry: Over Twenty Years of Research, Empirical Evidence, and Future Perspectives

<i>Background</i>: Quality, Safety and Security are embedded in all aspects of port operations and are crucial for port industry stakeholders. Over the past decades, numerous assurance systems, codes, and regulations for quality, safety, and security have been developed and implemented i...

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Main Authors: Constantinos Chlomoudis, Petros Kostagiolas, Petros Pallis, Charalampos Platias
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description <i>Background</i>: Quality, Safety and Security are embedded in all aspects of port operations and are crucial for port industry stakeholders. Over the past decades, numerous assurance systems, codes, and regulations for quality, safety, and security have been developed and implemented in ports world-wide. This paper examines key insights for the implementation those systems in ports, reviewing over 20 years of empirical research on the impact and outcomes of such systems in Greek ports and internationally. <i>Methods</i>: It compares and discusses evidence from two empirical surveys spanning the first two decades of the 21rst century. The first survey was conducted in 2011 (with evidence from 2000 to 2011) including 12 major Greek ports (SAs) and the second one was conducted up to 2022–2023, including 23 over 25 Greek ports (the same SAs and other ones from the Greek TEN-T network). <i>Results</i>: The higher-level scope of this paper is to investigate critical perspectives on and trends in quality, safety, and security systems in the port industry. <i>Conclusions</i>: This investigation aims to strengthen the assumption that quality, safety, and security play a pivotal role in shaping the image, performance, and growth of ports.
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spelling doaj-art-eecdf1fad19d46f78716bb8f34fce3b12025-08-20T03:57:55ZengMDPI AGLogistics2305-62902024-10-01849810.3390/logistics8040098Quality, Safety, and Security Systems in the Greek Port Industry: Over Twenty Years of Research, Empirical Evidence, and Future PerspectivesConstantinos Chlomoudis0Petros Kostagiolas1Petros Pallis2Charalampos Platias3Department of Maritime Studies, Maritime and Industrial Studies, University of Piraeus, 18533 Piraeus, GreeceDepartment of Archives, Library Science and Museology, Faculty of Information Science and Informatics, Ionian University, 49100 Corfu, GreeceDepartment of Maritime Studies, Maritime and Industrial Studies, University of Piraeus, 18533 Piraeus, GreeceDepartment of International, European & Area Studies, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences, 17671 Athens, Greece<i>Background</i>: Quality, Safety and Security are embedded in all aspects of port operations and are crucial for port industry stakeholders. Over the past decades, numerous assurance systems, codes, and regulations for quality, safety, and security have been developed and implemented in ports world-wide. This paper examines key insights for the implementation those systems in ports, reviewing over 20 years of empirical research on the impact and outcomes of such systems in Greek ports and internationally. <i>Methods</i>: It compares and discusses evidence from two empirical surveys spanning the first two decades of the 21rst century. The first survey was conducted in 2011 (with evidence from 2000 to 2011) including 12 major Greek ports (SAs) and the second one was conducted up to 2022–2023, including 23 over 25 Greek ports (the same SAs and other ones from the Greek TEN-T network). <i>Results</i>: The higher-level scope of this paper is to investigate critical perspectives on and trends in quality, safety, and security systems in the port industry. <i>Conclusions</i>: This investigation aims to strengthen the assumption that quality, safety, and security play a pivotal role in shaping the image, performance, and growth of ports.https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6290/8/4/98port industryqualitysafetysecurityGreeceISPS code
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Quality, Safety, and Security Systems in the Greek Port Industry: Over Twenty Years of Research, Empirical Evidence, and Future Perspectives
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port industry
quality
safety
security
Greece
ISPS code
title Quality, Safety, and Security Systems in the Greek Port Industry: Over Twenty Years of Research, Empirical Evidence, and Future Perspectives
title_full Quality, Safety, and Security Systems in the Greek Port Industry: Over Twenty Years of Research, Empirical Evidence, and Future Perspectives
title_fullStr Quality, Safety, and Security Systems in the Greek Port Industry: Over Twenty Years of Research, Empirical Evidence, and Future Perspectives
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title_short Quality, Safety, and Security Systems in the Greek Port Industry: Over Twenty Years of Research, Empirical Evidence, and Future Perspectives
title_sort quality safety and security systems in the greek port industry over twenty years of research empirical evidence and future perspectives
topic port industry
quality
safety
security
Greece
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