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Group of Safety and Logistics of Maritime Transportation > 5.6 Logistics of Maritime Transportation and Port Operations > Publications
Santos, T.A., Fonseca, M.A., Martins, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2022), “Integrating short sea shipping with Trans-European Transport Networks”, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol. 10, 218.
This paper studies the possibilities of closer integration of short sea shipping, with other components of the Trans-European Transport Networks, to shift a significant share of road freight onto rail corridors and inland waterways. A numerical model of transport networks is used to support the calculation of the main parameters driving transport decisions, for multiple pairs origin/destination representing NUTS 2 regions of the European Union, and for different alternative intermodal and unimodal transport chains. Results are presented using a geographic information system. This approach is applied in a case study dedicated to the evaluation of the competitiveness of transport chains based on short sea shipping between Portugal and the Netherlands, integrated with other components of Trans-European Transport Networks (rail freight corridors and inland waterways) compared to the road and rail-based transport chains. Conclusions are drawn regarding the geographical scope of the relative competitiveness of these transport chains and policy investment insights are presented.
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