Environmental Challenge in Port
Development: The Legal Perspective
in Cross-Disciplinary Research
Lars-Göran Malmberg
Abstract During recent years, there has been an increasing number of vessels
calling at Swedish ports. According to figures from UNCTAD the overall growth
in international seaborne trade went up 4% during 2017/18. Almost half of this is
from dry bulk commodities. Global container trade went up 6.4% from 2016 and the
prospect for growth globally is 4% in 2018. The growing number of ships in port is
not just a positive outcome. Increased numbers of vessels generate traffic to and from
ports, which in turn cause problems regarding emissions, noise, and congestion. The
discussion in this chapter concentrates on different measures suggested or already
taken to reduce port emissions, from a global and regional perspective, and possible
adaptation to a Swedish context. The text discusses what possible means are there at
the disposal of port operators, municipal decision-makers and the government to
combat emission in and around ports.
1 Introductory Remarks
The title of this book, Maritime Law in Motion, is very well formulated. Recent
research shows that there is a new approach towards understanding maritime
activities and international seaborne trade. Even if the main object of this work is
aimed at law, the complexity of present maritime operations calls for interdisciplinary research. Some of the latest projects carried out by researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology comprise the subject
areas of logistics, industrial economy, applied IT, marine technology and law.
Interdisciplinary research calls for close coordination between the different
research disciplines and there are two ways of dealing with this. The more favourable
of the two is also the more demanding one, and calls for different research elements
working together and presenting their findings in shared publications. In this kind of
cooperative work, what is most beneficial is that there is a common understanding of
L.-G. Malmberg (*)
School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
e-mail: Lars-Goran.Malmberg@law.gu.se
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
P. K. Mukherjee et al. (eds.), Maritime Law in Motion, WMU Studies in Maritime
Affairs 8, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31749-2_20
437
Development: The Legal Perspective
in Cross-Disciplinary Research
Lars-Göran Malmberg
Abstract During recent years, there has been an increasing number of vessels
calling at Swedish ports. According to figures from UNCTAD the overall growth
in international seaborne trade went up 4% during 2017/18. Almost half of this is
from dry bulk commodities. Global container trade went up 6.4% from 2016 and the
prospect for growth globally is 4% in 2018. The growing number of ships in port is
not just a positive outcome. Increased numbers of vessels generate traffic to and from
ports, which in turn cause problems regarding emissions, noise, and congestion. The
discussion in this chapter concentrates on different measures suggested or already
taken to reduce port emissions, from a global and regional perspective, and possible
adaptation to a Swedish context. The text discusses what possible means are there at
the disposal of port operators, municipal decision-makers and the government to
combat emission in and around ports.
1 Introductory Remarks
The title of this book, Maritime Law in Motion, is very well formulated. Recent
research shows that there is a new approach towards understanding maritime
activities and international seaborne trade. Even if the main object of this work is
aimed at law, the complexity of present maritime operations calls for interdisciplinary research. Some of the latest projects carried out by researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology comprise the subject
areas of logistics, industrial economy, applied IT, marine technology and law.
Interdisciplinary research calls for close coordination between the different
research disciplines and there are two ways of dealing with this. The more favourable
of the two is also the more demanding one, and calls for different research elements
working together and presenting their findings in shared publications. In this kind of
cooperative work, what is most beneficial is that there is a common understanding of
L.-G. Malmberg (*)
School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
e-mail: Lars-Goran.Malmberg@law.gu.se
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
P. K. Mukherjee et al. (eds.), Maritime Law in Motion, WMU Studies in Maritime
Affairs 8, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31749-2_20
437