Abstract:

Ports, an important logistic node of global maritime trade, have become one of the main sources of increasing environmental pollution and energy consumption. For this reason, it is very important to evaluate the environmental and operational performance of ports. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of green certified ports with environmental and operational criteria using the integrated Entropy-TOPSIS method. Green certified ports were ranked using the Entropy-TOPSIS method. Findings show that ports that generate low emissions as a result of environmentally friendly energy use such as electricity and LNG in operational processes are more successful in performance evaluation. In addition, it has been observed that ports that handle more containers in terms of the terminal area and the number of handling equipment they have are more successful. Support and incentives of the government and administrative bodies, practices that can provide sustainable development such as increasing the quality of the natural environment of the port area, recycling and reuse, use of Alternative Marine Power (AMP) technology during the connection of ships with the port, environmentally-powered transport vehicles, ships and shore cranes its use will increase the performance of the ports.

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