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Development of Motorways of the Sea in the Adriatic region
Maritime Policy and Management, 2015Freight volumes are increasing worldwide, following almost the same growth rate as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This has resulted in congested sections of the road system and increase of traffic accidents. Consequently, several governments in Europe are promoting alternative modes of transport.
Aikaterini Rentziou
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European motorways of the sea: lessons from the Spanish experience
International Journal of Ocean Systems Management, 2012Several motorways of the sea (MoS) linking Spain with nearby states have developed over recent years. These services have succeeded in shifting freight from road to sea. Services evolved through private enterprise, albeit now receiving public support to help level the playing field with road subsidies. Other services are assisted through public tenders
Xavier Gesé Aperte, Alfred J. Baird
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The economics of Motorways of the Sea
Maritime Policy and Management, 2007The last several decades have witnessed very substantial public sector investment in roadway and railway infrastructure throughout the EU. The seaway has tended not to be supported to the same degree, possibly due to the mistaken assumption by policymakers that the seaway represents some kind of free highway, and is therefore not deserving of public ...
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Potential freight distribution improvements using motorways of the sea
Journal of Transport Geography, 2012This paper analyzes how the strategy taken by the cargo carrier when using motorways of the sea (understood as regular roll on/roll off short sea shipping lines) affects the competitiveness of the shipping line. Five different strategies were analyzed and grouped into three main types: road door-to-door transportation, road and sea transportation ...
Pau Morales-Fusco +2 more
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‘Motorways of the Sea’ (MoS) and Related European Policies
2018Within the framework of the European transport policy, a cornerstone of the EU supporting the efficient integration and cohesion of its internal market, the ‘Motorways of the Sea’ (MoS) concept was introduced as an effective means to alleviate congestion from road transport infrastructure.
Dimitrios V Lyridis +2 more
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Challenges to implementing motorways of the sea concept—lessons from the past
Maritime Policy and Management, 2011Establishing a European wide high-quality shipping links and integrating them with the trans-European Transport networks has been the vision of the European Commission (EC) to reduce land transport congestion under the Motorways of the Sea (MoS) concept.
Deepak Baindur
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Sustainability, 2019 Motorways of the Sea present a practical example of combined and sustainable transport. With respect to the present model of functionality of the transport system in the Republic of Croatia, where the development of the port and of the gravitational ...
Alen Jugovic +2 more
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The Mediterranean Observatory on the impacts of the Motorways of the Sea
, 2008 De Martino Marcella
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ICT policies in Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea
International journal of transport economics, 2015Port authorities are modifying their nature and their role, acquiring more and more an active role in the governance of logistics systems and often adopting managerial and entrepreneurial behaviours. One common supporting tool of port authorities evolution and strategies could be identified into transportation flows modelization in order to assess the ...
NDAYISHIMIYE, JUSTE, GHIARA, HILDA
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Development of a Motorways of the Sea Multicountry Transportation Network
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2013The continuous increase in freight transportation demand necessitates the promotion of nonroad mode alternatives. In this context, the motorways of the sea (MoS) initiative is intended to establish more efficient, frequent, and high-quality maritime-based logistics services between countries.
Dimitrios Tsamboulas +2 more
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