Success factors for developing viable Motorways of the Sea projects in Europe
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Success factors for developing viable Motorways of the Sea projects in Europe Deepak Baindur • Jose´ Manuel Viegas
Received: 3 November 2011 / Accepted: 2 February 2012 / Published online: 22 February 2012 Springer-Verlag 2012
Abstract Motorways of the Sea (MoS) projects, that is, the development of integrated maritime-based intermodal transport infrastructure and service networks at European scale, have been the vision of the European Commission (EC) under the European Transport Policy White Paper 2001. Although these projects have been prioritised under the Trans European transport (TEN-T) networks, they have met with limited success. Establishing MoS is complex because of its international scope and involvement of a large number of public and private stakeholders that often have conflicting objectives and goals. Presently, there is a need for EC to set clear, fair and attractive conditions to engage private stakeholders in the realisation of these projects. The paper will attempt to identify these conditions and recommend a way forward. The paper reviews the evolution of the MoS concept and existing barriers in the delivery of intermodal services to understand the expectations and concerns of the important stakeholders. Case studies of European Short Sea Shipping experiences in the different maritime corridors and elsewhere around the
An earlier version of this paper has been published in Maritime Policy and Management. To complement the selection of papers in this special issue of Logistics Research, we invited the authors to publish an extended version of their manuscript here. D. Baindur (&) Faculty of Planning and Public Policy, CEPT University, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Campus, University Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, India e-mail: [email protected] J. M. Viegas Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Instituto Superior Te´cnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal e-mail: [email protected]
world are analysed to identify critical success factors and recommend a suitable framework for the realisation of European MoS projects. Keywords Motorways of the Sea Short Sea Shipping Intermodality Freight transport Freight Transport Policy
1 Introduction According to European Union’s Transport Policy White Paper, European road freight transport expanded exponentially in the past few decades causing high congestion levels on about 10% of the European road network [1]. If nothing is done, total road freight transport in European Union (EU) is forecasted to grow by about 60% until 2013 from the 2004 basis effectively adding an additional 20.5 billion tonne-kilometres per year across the EU 25 Member States [2]. By comparison, market shares of European rail freight declined since 1995 while Short Sea Shipping [3] has been able to keep pace with road transport for intra-European goods transport mainly due to feeder traffic flows. One of the proposed measures is the desire to develop maritime-based door–door intermodal services as an alternative to long-distance road
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