The Research of the Environmental Measures Differentiation for Chinese Seaports

The cross-border flow of capital is inseparable from the global trade linked by the supply chain, in which shipping with high capacity and low-cost features takes about 75% of trade transportation tasks, including bulk cargo, liquid cargo, and break-bulk cargo. While massive transportation activities create a high level of profits, the energy consumption and environmental pollution issues related to them have also attracted attention. Besides the direct transportation process, seaports as the hubs that connect the upstream and downstream of maritime trade, its impact on the supply chain sustainability also cannot be ignored, whether the internal operation or external logistics services. This paper uses the keyword index method to collect information on the environmental reports of Chinese seaports, identifies mainstream measures and application areas, and finds out that there is a general lack of sustainable-oriented management of suppliers through comparative analysis. It might be beneficial to port companies have a clear future environment-oriented development direction.