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A new methodology for assessing the significance of environmental aspects of port operations: a use case of four pilot ports

The paper describes a methodology for identifying the most impactful aspects of port processes and provides an overview of different methods for evaluating environmental behaviour indices currently used and published in the scientific and expert literature. Afterwards, the work sets the ground for the development of a single quantitative indicator measuring the impact of port operations towards the environment (so-called PEI, Port Environmental Index). Environmental aspects are mapped in our different ports, ranking them according to the criteria of probability of their emergence, as well as the size or severity of their impact on the environment for each port activity. Afterwards, a list of environmental key performance indicators (eKPI) is established for computing PEI from a technological context. The paper also discusses the limitations and possibilities of introducing PEI in small and medium-size ports thanks to the advances of PIXEL project.

environmental aspects, port processes, environmental impact, Port Environment Index PEI, Internet of Things

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