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The objective of this paper is to analyze the scientific literature to highlight the impacts of innovations throughout the evolution of the port sector and its current innovation trends and processes. For this purpose, a literature review was carried out with the support of the ProKnow-C instrument to select a Bibliographic Portfolio (BP) composed of 44 relevant and representative articles for the research. The BP analysis showed market demand and regulations as the main factors in the selection of innovations; ports '4.0' and 'green' ports as current technological trajectories; and the collaborative trend among the sector's actors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a method for calculating CO2 emissions based on fuel consumption in road freight transport, through a single case study and a conceptual review of literature approach to identify the different existing calculation methods. The method selection took into account: ease of use, the number of variables needed for the calculation and the existence of information regarding emission factors. The results indicated a fleet's CO2 emission rate of 1,643 tons/year with the use of S-10 biodiesel, indicating a reduction of 10.5% in relation to the total CO2 emission of the S-500 diesel. The goal of this article is to present a way to select a practical method for calculating CO2 emission based on fuel consumption for road freight transport companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Maritime transportation represents a significant part of international cargo transportation and ports need to be in constant evolution to remain competitive. Applying intelligence to the port's sectors turns possible to increase their connection and efficiency. Brazilian ports and terminals cannot be considered smart ports and to facilitate the process of intelligence application in ports and terminals, a roadmap was structured. Through a literature review 9 steps for the roadmap were defined: definition of the elements, survey of smart practices, establishment of the desired state of smartness, analysis of the current state, selection of the tools, characterization of the intelligence levels, delimitation of the deadlines, cost analysis, and selection of the actors involved. It is expected that the use of the roadmap will guide managers in implementing intelligence within the components of a smart port. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Supply chains are becoming increasingly complex and therefore exposed to risk during processes. To predict and minimize possible impacts caused by these risks, organizations opt for risk management. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of risk management dimensions on supply chains of medium and large companies in the state of Santa Catarina on operational performance. Through literature review, risk dimensions were defined as: external environments, infrastructure, resources, innovation and processes, demand, supplies, structure and configuration, information flow/decision support and people. The research was conducted in a universe of 250 companies, where it was possible to obtain 85 answers. It was observed that, from the point of view of the survey respondents, the dimensions of the risks are important and relevant, which shows the concern of companies with possible impacts caused by the lack of this management. With statistical analyses, it was found that, although of great importance, the dimensions of risk management do not have significant impacts on operational performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]