The Development of Green Ports in Emerging Nations: A Case Study of Vietnam

Abstract

The development of green ports is still limited, especially in developing nations, despite the fact that they are viewed as a significant answer to the problems of environmental pollution and climate change. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that promote and hinder the development of green ports in developing countries. Using 248 managers from 12 Vietnamese container ports as a sample, this study is one of the pioneers in using a quantitative methodology to investigate the factors affecting the development of green ports. We used SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 22.0 to perform principal component analysis (PCA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM). Our results indicated that cooperation of involved parties and foreign capital has the most important role in green port development in developing countries, followed by environmental regulation. Our findings also showed that lack of initial capital and lack of technological advancement negatively affects the development of green ports in these countries. The results and implications of the study will be discussed in more detail.