The Importance of Maritime Transport for Economic Growth in the European Union: A Panel Data Analysis

Maritime transport is one of the main activities blue economy, which plays an important role in EU. In this paper, we aim to assess impact maritime transport, related investment, and air pollution on economic growth within 20 countries European Union, using eight panel data regression models from 2007 2018. Our results confirm that pollutants (NOx SO2) investment port infrastructure are indeed positively correlated with growth. other words, increase 10% these factors has generated associated rate around 1.6%, 0.4%, 0.8%, 0.7% respectively. Alongside intensity activities, growth, thus it recommended policymakers involved stakeholders act diminish environmental impacts sector green ecological ships, accordance current trends concerns.