Short-Sea Shipping in the Economy of Inland Transport in Europe [electronic resource]: Report of the Sixtieth Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 1-2 April 1982 /
ECMT.
European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre.Content Provider
Round Table on Transport Economics
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1983.
This Round Table includes reports on Short Sea Shipping from five countries: Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
INTRODUCTORY REPORTS -- The&nbsp;Importance of Short Sea Shipping in the Economy of Inland Transport&nbsp;in Greece by &nbsp;Vassilis Evmolpidis, Greece -- -Introduction -- Coastal shipping and its role in the overall transport sector -- Competitive performance of coastal shipping and inland modes of transport -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Italian Short Sea Shipping by Gilberto Balduini, Italy -- Outline of the problem -- Transport in Italy: General situation -- The specific demand for short sea shipping -- The supply side -- Competition and potential complementarity between coastal shipping and land-based transport -- Conclusions -- Norwegian Short Sea Shipping by Thor Bonesmo, Johan Engja, and Per Munkerud, Norway -- -Introduction -- The distribution of transport -- The Transport Act and coastal trade -- Local services -- Coastal services -- Freight trade along the coast -- The ships -- The economy of coastal trade -- The competitive conditions -- North Sea traffic -- Some ideas for the future -- Short Sea Shipping in Sweden by Morgan Williamson, Sweden -- -Description of the background -- The development of transport work -- The development of the merchant navy in the region of short-haul shipping -- The change in port structures -- Energy costs for sea and land transport -- An integrated view of the transport system -- Estimation of future prospects for the flow of goods in the region of short-haul shipping - up to the year 1990 -- Estimation of future prospects for supplies and costs of energy -- Estimation of the future prospects with regard to the short-haul shipping system -- The special demands of short-haul shipping on the port system in the future -- Social aspects of the transport system -- System of rules in an international perspective -- The main recommendations of the Commission on Short-Haul Shipping -- Short Sea Shipping in the United Kingdom by Craig A. Rich, United Kingdom -- Introduction -- The demand for short sea shipping services in the United Kingdom -- The supply of short sea shipping services in the United Kingdom -- Complementarity and competition -- Conclusions -- SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSIONS -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS -- 
This Round Table includes reports on Short Sea Shipping from five countries: Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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Transport
Coastwise shipping
Merchant marine
Business & Economics
Transportation Economics