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The competitiveness of short sea shipping in multimodal logistics supply chains: service attributes

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  • Ana C. Paixão Casaca
  • Peter B. Marlow

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Much has been written and spoken about short sea shipping within the European Union (EU) as a means of shifting goods from road to sea and of achieving a sustainable economic development. However, this shift is far from being a general reality, despite the few individual, and success stories that have taken place and the EUROSTAT data suggest that the overall effort has contributed very little towards attaining this desired shift. In the light of this, research was conducted to discover how to put short sea shipping on a more competitive level within European multimodal logistics supply chains. This paper aims at identifying service attributes of short sea shipping operations within multimodal transport chains by means of a questionnaire and, for that, examines the short sea shipping environment and contemporary European logistics trends. The analysis is based on empirical research, involving logistics operators, shippers’ associations and intermodal rail operators, and allows an evaluation (based on statistical techniques) of the short sea shipping industry and its competitors. It extends previous work by considering these short sea shipping attributes within a multimodal transport context.

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  • Ana C. Paixão Casaca & Peter B. Marlow, 2005. "The competitiveness of short sea shipping in multimodal logistics supply chains: service attributes," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(4), pages 363-382, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:marpmg:v:32:y:2005:i:4:p:363-382
    DOI: 10.1080/03088830500301469
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