Energy Consumption and Efficiency: Emerging Challenges from Reefer Trade in South American Container Terminals

1 Jan 2014 | Publication

Work area(s)

Natural resources International trade and integration

Topic(s)

Infrastructure Shipping and ports Trade facilitation

Energy Consumption and Efficiency: Emerging Challenges from Reefer Trade in South American Container Terminals

  • Publication type: FAL Bulletin
  • Publication corporate author (Institutional author): NU. CEPAL. División de Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura
  • Physical description: 10 páginas.
  • Publisher: CEPAL
  • Date: 1 January 2014
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Abstract

This issue of the
FAL Bulletin
discusses the relevance of energy consumption
as a basis for identifying energy efficiency potential and calculating
the carbon footprints of ports and terminals in Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC), focusing on the Southern Cone countries of Argentina,
Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.