This paper explores the process of deinstitutionalization of maritime transport governance due to competing institutional logics. The sector continues to operate with a business-as-usual logic while simultaneously paying lip service to a logic of sustainability. The key regulator of the sector, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), attempts to bring in stricter environmental legislation, but the dominant logic will not allow these developments. At the same time, the sustainability logic driven by peripheral actors cannot achieve domination. This leads to an ongoing erosion of the legitimacy of the institution of maritime transport governance and a state of inertia with no new institution able to emerge. This stagnation is, in some ways, worse than a decline because current issues cannot be addressed, leading to a loss of trust in the system, further stagnation and impasse, and no action on GHG emissions.

本文探讨了由于竞争的制度逻辑而导致的海上运输治理去制度化的过程。该行业继续以一切照旧的逻辑运作，同时口头上支持可持续发展的逻辑。该部门的主要监管机构国际海事组织 (IMO) 试图引入更严格的环境立法，但主导逻辑不会允许这些发展。同时，由外围参与者驱动的可持续性逻辑无法实现统治。这导致海上运输治理机构的合法性不断受到侵蚀，并导致无法出现新机构的惯性状态。在某些方面，这种停滞比下降更糟糕，因为当前的问题无法解决，