ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Relationship Between Maritime Container
Shipping and Carbon Emissions: A Panel
Data Study on Mediterranean Countries
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Department of Marine Management, Institute of Marine Sciences and Management, Istanbul University,
34134 Istanbul, Türkiye
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Department of Marine Environment, Institute of Marine Sciences and Management, Istanbul University,
34134 Istanbul, Türkiye
Submission date: 2024-05-04
Final revision date: 2024-05-22
Acceptance date: 2024-05-27
Online publication date: 2024-09-09
Corresponding author
İrşad Bayirhan
Department of Marine Environment, Institute of Marine Sciences and Management, Istanbul University,
34134 Istanbul, Türkiye
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ABSTRACT
The Mediterranean Sea is among the regions that are more severely affected by global warming
than other parts of the world. The countries of this region with large economies are parties in many
international agreements that fight against Climate Change. One of these efforts is to reduce the impact
of consumption-based goods movement, adjusted for international trade on CO2 emissions in terms of
reducing greenhouse gases. The aim of this research is to determine whether there is a cointegration
relationship between container volume handled and carbon emissions in the Mediterranean Region,
which has an important place in the world container trade, and France, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Türkiye,
the countries in this region. In addition, according to the AMG test estimation results performed based
on the entire panel, it was revealed that there was a negative relationship between container handling
volume and carbon emissions at a statistically significant level of 5% (p-value: 0.037<0.05). Therefore,
although the container handling volume increases, the carbon emission level decreases contrary
to expectations. These results will provide a strong motivation for governments to create the necessary
policies to reduce GHG emissions by showing that their economic progress will not be damaged.