Reprint of Enhancing green supply chain initiatives via empty container reuse》.pdf

Transportation Research Part E 74 (2015) 109–123 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Transportation Research Part E journal homepage: www.else /l ocate/tre Reprint of ‘‘Enhancing green supply chain initiatives via empty container reuse’’ q Ling Li a, Bin Wang b,⇑, David P. Cook a a College of Business & Public Administration, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA b School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Second Polytechnic University, Shanghai, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this paper, the maritime industry’s commitment to green supply chain has been ana- Received 25 September 2013 lyzed. The objective of this study is to show that the reuse of empty containers not only Received in revised form 13 May 2014 adds value to a firm, but leads to waste reduction in the supply chain. The novelties of this Accepted 26 June 2014 article include (i) empty and laden containers are treated in accordance with a shipping Available online 3 January 2015 company’s green effort; (ii) both the volume and weight of containers are introduced to indicate a potential constraint on green effort; (iii) empty container storage costs are Keywords: included as a value-added component which stem from green effort. Green supply chain 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rig