Facilitating trade through competitive, low-carbon transport
Subtitle: the case for Vietnam's inland and coastal waterways
By: Luis C. Blancas and M. Baher El-Hifnawi
Contributors: El-Hifnawi, M. Baher, author
Series: Directions in development, countries and regions; Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: The World Bank
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781464801051; 9781464801068
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Inland water transportation; Economic aspects; Coastal water transportation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Context; title: Objectives of the report; title: Scope and methodology; title: Key data sources; title: Structure of the report; title: Demand for waterborne and multimodal transport; title: Size and historical growth patterns of IWT and coastal shipping; title: Growth projections for IWT and coastal shipping; title: Commodity tonnage and tonnage distribution by mode; title: Inland and coastal shipping lengths of haul; title: Main freight flows; title: Regional routes and modal competition; title: Primary intra- and interregional corridors; title: Red River delta region; title: Mekong delta; title: Coastal shipping; title: Corridor 1: Hanoi, Haiphong, Quang Ninh; title: Corridor 2: Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh; title: Corridor 3: Hanoi, Ninh Binh; title: Corridor 1: HCMC northwest; title: Corridor 3: HCMC southwest; title: Container transport in the Mekong delta; title: IWT market structure; title: Shipping companies; title: Coastal shipping; title: Shipping volumes; title: Container flows; title: Containerized cargo (domestic cargo); title: Ccontainerized cargo (feeder cargo); title: Sea-river transport; title: Market structure for coastal shipping; title: Vinalines; title: Competitive position of IWT and coastal shipping; title: Competitive position of IWT; title: Competitive position of coastal shipping; title: Supply chains and logistics costs in Vietnam; title: Conclusions on demand; title: Supply-side considerations: waterways, ports, and fleet; title: Institutional framework for the waterway and port sectors; title: Waterway infrastructure; title: Northern waterways; title: Southern waterways; title: Central region waterways; title: Technical classification of the waterways; title: Planned investments in waterways; title: The IWT master plan for 2020; title: Major channel projects; title: Ports; title: River ports; title: Planned investments in river ports; title: Seaports; title: Fleet; title: Fleet of river-going vessels; title: Fleet of sea-going vessels; title: Fleet of sea-river vessels; title: Modernization of IWT fleet; title: Conclusions on waterways, ports, and fleet; title: Modal differences in fuel efficiency and GHG emissions; title: Relative carbon intensity among transport modes; title: Main challenges and recommendations; title: Planning; title: Institutional/regulatory environment; title: Phsical bottlenecks; title: Lack of IWT hinders market development; title: Financing; title: Strategy and action plan; title: Estimated impact of public sector interventions in IWT and coastal shipping; title: Translating the IWT/coastal shipping strategy into tangible interventions; title: Methodology: translating interventions into impacts; title: Modal shift and emissions impact of the proposed interventions; title: CBA results; title: References; title: Appendix A: list of stakeholders interviewed; title: Appendix B: major waterway routes in the north and south; title: Appendix C: general considerations on DWT capacity increases in the national IWT fleet; title: Appendix D: cargo data and modal split model; title: Cargo flows for northern provinces: road transport in tons per day; title: Cargo flows for northern provinces: iwt in tons per day; title: Cargo flows for southern provinces: road transport in tons per day; title: Cargo flows for southern provinces: IWT in tons per day; title: Appendix E: detailed description of proposed interventions; title: Appendix F: detailed impacts of proposed interventions.