Part I Green Shipping Practices; 1 Introduction to Green Shipping Practices; 1.1 Green Shipping; 1.2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions: China; 1.3 Theoretical Perspective; 1.4 Industry Practice; 1.5 Key Players; 1.5.1 Transport Operators; 1.5.2 Primary Customers; 1.5.3 Transport Facilitators; 1.6 Importance of GSPs; References; 2 Adoption of Green Shipping Practices; 2.1 Sustainable Shipping Initiatives; 2.2 Sustainable Economy; 2.3 GSPs as a Means of Comparative Advantage; 2.4 Basis of GSP Adoption; 2.4.1 Stakeholder Theory; 2.4.2 Institutional Theory; 2.5 Drivers for Adopting GSPs

2.5.1 Regulatory Requirements2.5.2 Norms on Environmental Protection; 2.5.3 Customer Demand; 2.5.4 Productivity Gains; References; 3 Measures for Evaluating Green Shipping Practices; 3.1 Defining GSPs; 3.2 Conceptualization of GSPs; 3.3 Maersk; 3.3.1 Company Policies and Procedures; 3.3.2 Shipping Documentation; 3.3.3 Shipping Equipment; 3.3.4 Shipper Cooperation; 3.3.5 Shipping Materials; 3.3.6 Shipping Design and Compliance; 3.4 Measurement Scales; 3.5 Insights from the Measurement Scales; Appendix 3.1; References; Part II Green Shipping Networks; 4 Green Management Practices

4.1 Fundamentals of Green Management Practices4.2 Review of Literature on Green Management Practices; 4.2.1 Cooperation with Supply Chain Partners; 4.2.2 Environmentally Friendly Operations; 4.2.3 Internal Management Support; 4.3 Adoption of Green Management Practices; 4.3.1 Adoption of Supply Chain Partners; 4.3.2 Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Operations; 4.3.3 Adoption of Internal Management Support; 4.4 Green Management Practices and Firm Performance; 4.5 Implications of Adopting Green Management Practices; Appendix 4.1: Case Study as a Study Method; References

5 Development of a Green Shipping Network5.1 Operating Environment of Container Shipping; 5.1.1 Containerization; 5.1.2 Concentration; 5.1.3 Collaboration; 5.1.4 Competition; 5.2 Port Evolution and Environmental Operations; 5.3 Benefit Transfer Approach; 5.4 Equivalent Container Distance; 5.5 Formulation of a Green Shipping Network; 5.6 Operations of a Green Shipping Network; 5.6.1 Advantages of Developing Green Shipping Networks; 5.6.2 Green Shipping Networks and Regional Competitiveness; Appendix 5.1: 4S Framework; Appendix 5.2: Formulas to Determine Voyage Distance

Appendix 5.3: Voyage Distance (in Equivalent Container Distance)References; 6 Evaluation of Green Shipping Networks; 6.1 Development of Green Shipping Networks; 6.1.1 Benefits of Green Shipping Networks; 6.1.2 Importance of Green Shipping Networks; 6.1.3 Establishment of Green Shipping Networks; 6.2 Concept of Network; 6.2.1 Spatial and Corporate Networks; 6.2.2 Liner Shipping Networks; 6.3 Green Management Practices and Green Shipping Networks; 6.3.1 Cooperation with Partners (CP); 6.3.2 Green Operations (GOs); 6.3.3 Management Support (MS); 6.4 Green Shipping Networks and Firm Performance