POMORSTVO (RIJEKA), vol.37, no.2, pp.227-239, 2023 (ESCI)
The green port concept refers to measures preventing ports’ negative effects on the environment.
Ports are expected to adopt green measures within the framework of environmental concerns and
sustainable development goals. To analyze if a port’s processes adopt the green concept, evaluation
criteria should be defined. Existing literature handles this topic from regional perspectives or in
terms of relations with other concepts. This study, which is the meta-synthesis of related articles
(n=22), aimed to propose a common list of green port evaluation criteria for the development and
operating sequences of a port. As the result of the meta-synthesis, it was revealed that the evaluation
of green ports is based on six main criteria: environmental, energy and resources, management, social,
ecological, and economical. Twenty-two sub-criteria were identified that are linked to the main
criteria. By using the critical statements in the reviewed articles, the codes supporting these subcriteria were determined. This model has revealed that a port adopting the green concept should
consider all the dimensions of sustainability (economic, environmental, and social).