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Title:

Differences and Similarities Between the Short Sea and Deep Sea Shipping Markets: the Lessons to Be Drawn from the ECHO Survey

Accession Number:

01053999

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The globalization of trade has been accompanied in recent decades by a reorganization of the maritime and port systems. Deep-sea containerized traffic nowadays essentially passes through the largest ports, and it is this market which attracts the most attention. The aim of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the physical and organizational characteristics of maritime consignments sent from France while attempting to compare those sent by DSS (Deep Sea Shipping) with those sent by SSS (Short Sea Shipping). The latter has not received much attention in the literature in comparison to DSS, but with growing interest on the part of governments in promoting short-sea shipping, it seems necessary to understand more fully the specific features of this market sector. The authors are fortunate in being able to use a survey completed in 2004 that was financed by the French Ministry of Transport. Unlike other transport censuses the ECHO survey identifies individual shipments, and contains information on routing, mode and organization. Using this survey the authors are able to reconstitute actual physical and organizational transport chains. While the results of the ECHO survey have confirmed that the majority of deep-sea consignments pass through the major ports in particular for containerised goods, analysis of the SSS market has revealed a greater diversity with regard to the type of traffic (container, bulk, Ro Ro…). Furthermore, a link is apparent between the size of the hinterland and the type of trade. Finally, this study shows the importance of logistic service providers in SSS.

Monograph Accession #:

01042056

Report/Paper Numbers:

07-0854

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Franc, Pierre
Gouvernal, Elisabeth

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2007

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures (7) ; References

Geographic Terms:

France

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-0854

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2007 5:25PM