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The economics of Motorways of the Sea

Maritime Policy and Management, 2007
The 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 ...
exaly   +2 more sources

Potential freight distribution improvements using motorways of the sea

Journal of Transport Geography, 2012
This 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, Sergi Saurí, Alejandro Lago   +2 more
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‘Motorways of the Sea’ (MoS) and Related European Policies

2018
Within 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, Peter J Stavroulakis, Vangelis Tsioumas   +2 more
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Challenges to implementing motorways of the sea concept—lessons from the past

Maritime Policy and Management, 2011
Establishing 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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ICT policies in Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea

International journal of transport economics, 2015
Port 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, 2013
The 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, Anna Maria Lekka, Aikaterini Rentziou   +2 more
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Motorways of the Sea [PDF]

Constanta Maritime University Annals, Vol. 16, 2011, 2011
In its communication aim, the European Commission presents the following definition: short distance shipping means the movement of cargo and passengers by sea between ports situated in Europe geographical area or between those ports and ports situated in non-European countries located at closed seas on the border of ...
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On modelling motorways of the sea

2010
By now, the continuous increase in freight transport demand has clearly put into evidence that road networks can not constitute the unique way to manage freight transportation. In this framework, an alternative to road transportation, indicated, after the European Union definition, as Motorways of the Sea (MoS), has to be investigated in order to ...
DI FEBBRARO, ANGELA, Rossi D, S. Rubino, SACCO, NICOLA   +3 more
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A schedule-based methodology proposal for Sea Motorways feasibility evaluation

2008
In order to evaluate the economic and technical feasibility of new Sea Motorways services a schedule-based methodology is proposed as an extension of a recently developed and applied methodology.
APONTE D., IANNONE F., PAPOLA, ANDREA
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Multi-criteria decision method applied to Motorways of the Sea

2020
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Martínez López, Alba, Trujillo Castellano, Lourdes   +1 more
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