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Strengths and weaknesses of short sea shipping
A.C Paixão,Peter Bernard Marlow +1 more
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In this paper, the authors present the strengths and weaknesses of short sea shipping (SSS) and introduce a new approach to SSS to clarify some concepts attached to it, though a list of possible measures to utilise this mode has already been identified.About:
This article is published in Marine Policy.The article was published on 2002-05-01. It has received 172 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Short sea shipping & Motorways of the Sea.read more
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Handbook on estimation of external cost in the transport sector: produced within the study Internalisation Measures and Policies for All external Cost of Transport (IMPACT)
M Maibach,C Schreyer,D Sutter,H. van Essen,B.H. Boon,Richard Smokers,A Schroten,C Doll,Barbara Pawłowska,M Bak +9 more
TL;DR: The European Commission has published the Internalization Measures and Policies for All external Cost of Transport (IMPACT) study in order to summarise the existing scientific and practitioner's knowledge.
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Short-sea shipping: An analysis of its determinants
Francesca Medda,Lourdes Trujillo +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors carry out a literature review and show how Short-Sea Shipping (SSS) can alleviate traffic congestion and enhance economic development by maintaining freight flow efficiency.
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Barriers to improving energy efficiency in short sea shipping: an action research case study
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored barriers to energy efficiency in shipping through a case study of a short sea shipping company in their process to improve their approach to managing work with energy efficiency.
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A survey of short sea shipping and its prospects in the USA
TL;DR: In this paper, short sea shipping (SSS) offers many additional benefits for the environment, the economy and society as a whole, and both the US Department of Transportation and the European Commission actively support SSS as an alternative, environmentally friendly mode of transportation.
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The competitiveness of short sea shipping in multimodal logistics supply chains: service attributes
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify service attributes of short-sea shipping operations within multimodal transport chains by means of a questionnaire and examine the short sea shipping environment and contemporary European logistics trends.
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Port performance indicators
TL;DR: The operational performance of a port is generally measured in terms of the speed with which a vessel is dispatched, the rate at which cargo is handled, and the duration that cargo stays in port prior to shipment or post discharge as discussed by the authors.
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Short sea shipping and inland waterways as part of a sustainable transportation system
TL;DR: Of the total goods transport between the 12 Member States, 35% is undertaken by coastal or short sea shipping (SSS), and it is expected that the proportion of SSS in intraCommunity transport will increase in the future.