Dryports
Subtitle: local solutions for global transport challenges : a study by the Institute Labour and Economy (IAW) of the University of Bremen
By: Manuel Kühn [and others]
Contributors: Universität Bremen. Institut Arbeit und Wirtschaft; Institut für Seeverkehrswirtschaft und -Logistik (Bremen, Germany)
Series: Maritime logistics -- v. 6; Maritime logistics -- vol. 6.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9783631624920
Subjects: Business logistics; Shipment of goods; Management; Physical distribution of goods
Description: Global trade will increase over the coming years asking for solutions to cope with growing amounts of transported goods. Dryports can optimise the distribution of goods by accelerating transport flows, optimising logistics chains and improving the coordination of traffic infrastructures. The study presented in this book describes how and under what conditions dryports work efficiently as a complementary partner for seaports and as an option for future-oriented and sustainable logistics. The authors identify similarities and differences across four cases at: Bremen/Bremerhaven-Germany, Felixstowe-UK, Gothenburg/Falköping-Sweden, and Zeebrugge-Belgium and suggest under which conditions dryports have a good chance to succeed. The main conclusion is that spatial relief and environmental concerns in implementing and running a dryport do matter but, at the end of the day, competition and governance decide.
Notes: "Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics ISL"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-92).
Table of contents: title: Dryports; title: a new concept?; title: Locational analysis : different condition; title: different developments; title: Comparing the cases : conflict and contradictions; title: Governance and competition as conditions for dryport success.