The remainder of this paper is organized as follows. The ‘research methodology’ section discusses the data collection and
analysis methods along with some initial statistics regarding recent publication trends in the area of green ports and maritime
logistics. Next section presents the initial bibliometric analysis resulting in additional author and affiliation statistics. Next, a
through network analysis is presented that identifies and evaluates the key clusters of primary research streams and seminal
research areas. We conclude this paper with a discussion on research limitations and potential research directions.