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Santos, T.A., Fonseca, M.A., Martins, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2022), “Geographical scope of competitiveness of short sea shipping and freight railways in the Atlantic Corridor”, Trends in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, Vol. 2, pp. 97-112.
Short sea shipping competes with other components of the Trans-European Transport Networks such as road and, in particular, rail freight corridors, in the transportation of freight along the coastlines of the European Union. This paper aims at contributing to the identification of the geographical scope of competitiveness of short sea shipping when competing with rail freight corridors, considering also that both need to be integrated in door-to-door intermodal transport chains. The importance of value of time for freight is also assessed as this factor assumes significant relevance when pure road haulage is also a competitor. A model of transport networks is used to support a numerical model of transport cost, transit time and generalized transport cost, with calculations being carried out for multiple pairs origin/destination on a door-to-door basis. These models are applied in a case study relating to the corridor from Northern Portugal to Northern Europe (Atlantic Corridor). Conclusions are drawn regarding the most suitable transport chains for different destinations and values of time.
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