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Sèbe M, Scemama P, Choquet A, Jung JL, Chircop A, Marras-Aït Razouk P, Michel S, Stiger-Pouvreau V, Recuero-Virto L. Maritime transportation: Let's slow down a bit. Sci Total Environ 2022; 811:152262. [PMID: 34896500 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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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Affiliation(s)
- Maxime Sèbe
- Centre de Recherche en Gestion, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France; Aix Marseille Univ., Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, Marseille, France.
| | - Pierre Scemama
- Unité d'Economie Maritime, UMR 6308 AMURE, Ifremer, Univ Brest, CNRS, IUEM, Plouzané, France
| | - Anne Choquet
- Brest Business School, Brest, France; Univ Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, UMR 6308, AMURE, IUEM, Plouzané, France
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- Univ Brest, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Institut de Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB, UMR7205), Brest, France
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- Canada Research Chair in Maritime Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- French Agency for Biodiversity, AFB, Le Nadar Hall C, 5 allée Felix Nadar, Vincennes, France
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