Heavy Weather in European Short Sea Shipping: Its Influence on Selected Routes

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Xavier Martínez de Osés ◽  
Marcel.la Castells
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Sea Transport ◽  
Short Sea Shipping ◽  
The Eu

According to the mid-term review of the EU White Paper on Transport, short sea shipping is expected to grow at a rate of 59% in metric tonnes, from 2000 to 2020. If we consider that the overall expected growth in freight exchanges is of some 50%, sea transport is one of the most feasible ways to reduce traffic congestion on European roads. High speed vessels are a possible way to compete with road transport on certain routes; however, these ships are highly affected by heavy weather. This paper analyses the weather influence on several short sea shipping routes to be served by fast ships.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF ROAD FREIGHT TRANSPORT IN EU STRATEGIC PRIORITIES: CHALLENGES FOR UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
A. MAKSYMENKO
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Average Distance ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Road Freight ◽  
The Eu

Priorities for a competitive and efficient EU transport system have been declared in the third White Paper published in 2011. The strategic priorities of European transport policy are integrated to other EU development priorities, including the European Green Deal, Territorial Agenda 2030. In December 2020 The European Commission presented “Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future”. This document has outlined the European transport system’s path towards achieving objectives of a sustainable, smart and resilient mobility. The priorities of the European transport system focus on environmental issues, sustainability, development of high-speed railways, expansion of rail freight and passenger transport markets, development of multimodal transportation, technologies for a further electrification and automation in transport, digitalization, deployment of innovations. Road freight transport accounted for more than two thirds of freight traffic in 2019. For the EU member states bordered to Ukraine (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania), the share of road freight transport has been growing since 2011. These countries are mostly involved in the international road freight transportation. The average distance for which goods were carried by international road freight transport in EU was 581 km in 2018. For Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania the average distance varied from 603 to 786 km. The countries that have joined the EU since 2004 accounted for 80 % of all cross-trade in the EU, which emphasized on the relative competitiveness of hauliers from these countries. Transport companies from Poland are the most active in freight transport between EU countries, in particular in cabotage. In 2020, the European Parliament adopted the Mobility Package I. However, some Members of EU countries, including Poland and Romania claimed against some statements of the Package, including the driver returns home and rules on cabotage operation.

Competitiveness of short sea shipping: the case of olive oil industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (8) ◽  
pp. 1914-1929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonino Galati ◽  
Dario Siggia ◽  
Maria Crescimanno ◽  
Enrique Martín-Alcalde ◽  
Sergi Saurí Marchán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Sea Transport ◽  
Specific Product ◽  
Short Sea Shipping ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Road ◽  
New Variables

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the economic benefits of short sea shipping (SSS) in the shape of Motorways of the Sea (MoS) compared to road transport. The study cover a gap in agro-food economics and analyses the economic benefits of sea transport mode compared to road transport in the food trade between Spain and Italy for a specific product: olive oils. Design/methodology/approach – Three different transportation scenarios are considered (road only, road combined with accompanied SSS and road combined with unaccompanied SSS) linking the main olive oil production and consumption areas in Spain and Italy. In each scenario the cost per unit shipped have been calculated. Findings – The results show the road option is about 30 and 34 per cent more costly than the best SSS option available for the exportations from Jaén and Southern Catalonia, respectively. Research limitations/implications – The need of further research is identified, mainly focused in two directions: first, the need for inclusion of new variables to the model (e.g. value of time, seasonality, complexity of the transport chain, potential demand, etc.) to better assess the competitiveness of the sea connection and, second, a study of the environmental impact and socio-economic benefits of SSS implementation for the agri-food sector. Originality/value – The research enriches the current literature on this field and provides a basis for future studies. In particular, it corroborates the strategic decisions taken in the framework of European transport policy demonstrating a greater economic sustainability of SSS, and more specifically MoS, compared to the road transport.

scholarly journals The Implementation of Electricity as Road Transportation Fuel

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-110
Author(s):  
Siniša Vilke ◽  
Frane Tadić
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Road Transportation ◽  
Transportation Fuel ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Road-based electricity increasingly is being considered as an alternative fuel of the future that would replace or reduce dependence on oil and its derivatives, resulting in a reduction at the negative impact on the environment. More and more countries are introducing stricter measures on greenhouse gas emissions, while increasing incentives to buy EVs. This paper looks at the environmental impact of electricity in road transport in ecological, economic, and social terms, highlighting the greater need for more energy efficient EVs than conventional vehicles. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the importance of the application of electricity concerning fossil fuel in road transport, i.e., to describe the impact of EVs on the environment regarding conventional vehicles. Analysis of the use of the EV or the development of electrical infrastructure that is improving and introduced at high speed has shown that only countries with a high standard can monitor trends of EV. Therefore, despite all the advantages of EVs, the strategies and measures adopted by the EU, the implementation of electricity as road transportation fuel does not have a significant echo in countries with a lower standard, at least until the reach and prices of EVs are closer to conventional ones.

scholarly journals Multiphase Approach to Developing Model of Logistics for Coastal Tourist Destinations

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 405-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Željko Ivanović ◽  
Sanja Bauk
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Functional Model ◽  
Simultaneous Optimization ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Network Time ◽  
Process Of Urbanization ◽  
Novel Model ◽  
The Eu

The process of urbanization of coastal tourist destinations (CTDs) is taking place at high speed and at the same time creating a lot of complex problems. The positive trend of urbanization has resulted in increased volume of freight transport which leads to burdening the traffic network, time losses and causes traffic congestion problems on the streets with increased environmental pollution due to emissions, noise and vibration. These findings brought to some research being started on the EU level, aiming to develop new logistic solutions, so these areas could be developed on a sustainable basis. With this in mind, the paper proposes a method of developing a novel model of logistics (MoL) for CTDs through several stages. The point of proposed MoL lies in achieving optimal connectivity of transportation, warehousing and physical distribution of goods, and making it a single functional model, so as to allow simultaneous optimization of logistic processes in a CTD, and to incorporate logistics in tourist offer.

Light Railways as the Basic for Transport Infrastructure Development in Northern Territories of Russia

2020 ◽  
pp. 97-101
Author(s):  
P.I. Tarasov
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Capital Costs ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Northern Territories ◽  
Mode Of Transport

Research objective: studies of economic and transport infrastructure development in the Arctic and Northern Territories of Russia. Research methodology: analysis of transport infrastructure in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the types of railways used in Russia. Results: economic development of any region is proportional to the development of the road transport infrastructure and logistics. When a conventional railway is operated in the Arctic conditions, it is not always possible to maintain a cargo turnover that would ensure its efficient use, and transshipment from one mode of transport to another is very problematic. A new type of railway is proposed, i.e. a light railway. Conclusions: the proposed new type of transport offers all the main advantages of narrow gauge railroads (high speed of construction, efficiency, etc.) and helps to eliminate their main disadvantage, i.e. the need for transloading when moving from a narrow gauge to the conventional one with the width of 1520 mm, along with a significant reduction in capital costs.

Research on Mode of after-Sale Reverse Logistics Operation of Auto Maintenance Industry Based on Time Window

2011 ◽  
Vol 121-126 ◽  
pp. 4635-4639
Author(s):  
Hao Hao ◽  
Xing Gen Wu ◽  
Hong Yu Li
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Time Window ◽  
Auto Industry ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Safety Testing ◽  
Internal Operations ◽  
Evaluation Mechanism

The author maintains that, with the quick development of domestic auto industry, the auto maintenance industry is progressing with high speed accordingly. The auto maintenance enterprise are inclined to focus on sales and forward supply chain operation, however, lacking of efficient resource and systematic management into reverse logistics operation, as lead to a few potential risks. In order to avoid and control the risks, the auto maintenance companies need to closely cooperate with channel supply chain partners, meanwhile build up the mode of reverse logistics operation with timing efficiency orientation. This mode consists of eight sub-system modules: organization structure, network planning and layout, reverse logistics operation procedure, time window evaluation mechanism, automatic replenishment system, reverse forecasting system, Kan-ban message system as well as disposal & reuse system. Furthermore, the article makes analysis of the internal operations and external relevance of these eight sub-systems. In recent years, with the overall opening up of road transport market and the rapid growth in domestic economy, the total number of China’s motor vehicles is entering a high-speed growth channel, and “the car goes to the country” policy further promotes the auto industry. Under the situation of quick development, the auto maintenance industry is developing by 10% to 15% each year as a young profession. According to the statistics, there are over 380,000 auto maintenance enterprises in our country at the moment, and various types of auto safety testing stations are built around one after another. The intense competition among auto maintenance manufacturing enterprises does not only focus on product quality, but also on the after-market reverse logistics. According to the statics of Gartner, 70 percent of resale is related with sales service, and 60 percent of resale is related with after market. However, except for few leading business enterprises which have realized the direct influence and value contribution of after-service reverse logistics to profit increase and customer loyalty and take action to pioneer the profit territory in the after-sale reverse logistics, the ‘price war’ is still the main competition method which the majority of enterprises adopt in the market.

EU merger review of the acquisition of non-controlling minority shareholdings: where to now?

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-92
Author(s):  
Frank Montag ◽  
Mary Wilks
Keyword(s):  
White Paper ◽  
Merger Control ◽  
Eu Merger Control ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
One Year ◽  
Minority Shareholdings ◽  
Minority Interests ◽  
Policy Proposals ◽  
Benefits And Costs ◽  
The Eu

AbstractOn 9 July 2014, the European Commission (the Commission) published its White Paper “Towards more effective EU merger control”, which reviewed the operation of the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) ten years after the introduction of the substantive test of “significant impediment to substantial competition” (SIEC) and proposed certain specific improvements, including the review of non-controlling minority interests under the EUMR. The 2014 White Paper followed approximately one year of consultation with Member States and interested parties, and was accompanied by a Staff Working Document, which analyses in more detail the considerations underlying the policy proposals in the 2014 White Paper, and an Impact Assessment, which analyses the potential benefits and costs of the various policy options considered.Less than six months after the consultation on the 2014 White Paper closed, Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager indicated that the Commission is reconsidering its proposals to allow it to review the acquisition of non-controlling minority shareholdings under the EUMR. This decision has been welcomed by many in the business and legal community as the “targeted transparency system” proposed by the Commission had raised a number of concerns regarding proportionality, legal certainty, cost and administrative burden.Whilst we await the Commission’s next move, this article considers whether non-controlling minority shareholdings should be subject to EU merger control and the extent to which the Commission’s originally envisaged system adequately dealt with the issues it sought to address. This article also proposes a number of principles that the authors suggest should be taken into account when designing a balanced system of merger review for acquisitions of non-controlling minority shareholdings in which the burden of the additional review is proportionate to the goals pursued.

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