A legal analysis of green shipping corridors can be made from three aspects: description, effectiveness and enforceability. First, there is a fundamental problem of what a “green corridor” means. It is also unclear under what circumstances a corridor may lose its nature of being green. The second issue concerns effectiveness of the parameters that determine the success of green corridors. The absence of well-defined and transparent criteria will impede the attainment of environmental objectives set out for the implementation of green corridors.