We evaluate the expected impact of the anticipated International Maritime Organization’s regulatory regime that will cap CO2 emissions from global maritime shipping. Focusing on U.S. imports---for which we compile granular vessel, route, emission, and trade data---we structurally estimate a...

When Professor Soares asked me to highlight the state-of-the-art in maritime economics and logistics research, as a keynote speech for MARTECH 2022, I immediately said ‘yes’. On second thought, however, I considered something like this would be a bit too ambitious if not pretentious. Thus,...

The domestic shipping industry has a crucial role in the Philippine economy as it serves as the backbone supporting domestic trade and provides an affordable means of interisland transfer. However, the industry is riddled with inefficiencies with interrelated consequences such as high cost of...