Sustainability in maritime transport in comparison to other ways of transport - a statistical historical approach

Abstract

This thesis introduces a statistic and economic viewpoint of the transportation sector under the perspective of sustainable development. It aims to review how the different sectors in the transport economy have developed over the past decades to explain the current state of the transport economy. A multitude of statistical measurements is used to get an overview of how the different transport sectors can be measured to explain their development in a global and especially European context. The thesis finds that there have been significant shifts among all sectors of the transportation industry, especially in terms of geographical and modal shares. The analysis of each sectors’ sustainability efforts clearly shows a lack of clarity and unity leading to the conclusion that efforts need to be revised to keep the global rise of temperature beneath 2 degrees over the coming decades.