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No Need for Speed in Short Sea Shipping

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  • J F F Becker

    (TNO Inro, Institute for Traffic and Transport, The Netherlands.)

  • A Burgess

    (TNO Inro, Institute for Traffic and Transport, The Netherlands.)

  • D A Henstra

    (TNO Inro, Institute for Traffic and Transport, The Netherlands.)

Abstract

The European Community has an established policy of encouraging sustainable transport, such as multimodal transport operations involving road, rail, inland waterway and short sea shipping (SSS). To stimulate modal-shift to short sea shipping, the European Union is seeking for extra policy actions. One of the research topics in the 5th Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP5) is the potential benefits in lead-time of deploying high-speed vessels (HSV) in short sea shipping freight transport. This paper discusses the policy recommendations of the FP5 project ‘SPIN-HSV’. It analyses the European SSS freight market, studies the need for deploying high-speed vessels to speed up SSS transport along the supply chain, and suggests the main topics of E.U. policy in the near future. We conclude that Community policy should not focus on promoting HSV for short sea freight transport. If there is a need for speed in SSS, market parties will seek HSV solutions by themselves. Community policy should primarily focus on promoting SSS in general in order to achieve further growth in SSS transport volumes. Maritime Economics & Logistics (2004) 6, 236–251. doi:10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100111

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  • J F F Becker & A Burgess & D A Henstra, 2004. "No Need for Speed in Short Sea Shipping," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 6(3), pages 236-251, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:marecl:v:6:y:2004:i:3:p:236-251
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    1. Tiago A. Santos & C. Guedes Soares, 2017. "Methodology for ro-ro ship and fleet sizing with application to short sea shipping," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(7), pages 859-881, October.
    2. Tiago A Santos & C Guedes Soares, 2017. "Modeling transportation demand in short sea shipping," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 19(4), pages 695-722, December.

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