Transforming the Structure of the Freight Transport Sector [electronic resource]: Report of the Ninety-Ninth Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 3-4 March 1994 /
ECMT.
European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre.Content Provider
Round Table on Transport Economics
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1995.
In recent years, the challenges of environmental protection, railway privatisation, the impact of logistical requirements, and falling prices, among other things, have revolutionised freight transport markets. The forces of change have spurred new patterns of market organisation which may undergo even more radical upheavals if transport prices come to reflect the sector's true economic and social costs. Round Table 99 undertook a thorough analysis of the potential impact of such trends on the structure and operation of the freight transport sector, and of their effects on government policies.
INTRODUCTORY REPORTS -- Report on Transforming the Structure of the Freight Sector&nbsp;by S. Bologna,&nbsp;Italy  -- -The Problem of Information Sources -- A Change of Philosophy annd an Identity Crisis among Transport Firms -- Abolition of the Regulatory Fabric -- Radical Innovation in Logistic and Express Services -- Initial Conclusions and Fresh Questions -- Specific Features of the Transportation/Distribution/Logistics Sector in Italy  -- The Transport of Textile and Clothing Products  -- Report on Transforming the Structure of the Freight Sector by Jan Simons, the Netherlands  -- -Introduction -- What are We Doing It All For? -- Transport Revolutions -- The Structures of the Freight Sector Itself -- The "Marketless" in the Freight Industry -- Supply and Demand in the market - General  -- Freight Transport Supply Side -- Goods Transport - The Demand Side -- Concluding Diagram -- Tables -- Figures -- Bibliography -- Report on Transforming the Structure of the Freight Sector by James Cooper, United Kingdom -- -Introduction -- The Change Drivers -- The Dynamics of the Freight Sector -- Policy Needs -- Conclusion -- SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS --  --  -- 
In recent years, the challenges of environmental protection, railway privatisation, the impact of logistical requirements, and falling prices, among other things, have revolutionised freight transport markets. The forces of change have spurred new patterns of market organisation which may undergo even more radical upheavals if transport prices come to reflect the sector's true economic and social costs. Round Table 99 undertook a thorough analysis of the potential impact of such trends on the structure and operation of the freight transport sector, and of their effects on government policies.
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