Economic feasibility of a fast car-ferry service

Since the early nineties, the introduction of new High Speed Car-Ferries has had an important effect on waterborne transportation networks. In some of the most characteristic routes around the globe, a substitution process of conventional ferries by high-speed units in a certain domain of distances is taking place. The purpose of this research is to analyze the economic parameters that define the Fast Ferry market and to study the economic feasibility of such a service. The demand for the service, the cost structure of both the fast car-ferry and the conventional ferry as well as competitive issues characteristic of the industry will be analyzed to determine the feasibility of a high-speed service. Special attention will be paid to the possibility of substituting conventional ferries with fast car-ferries.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Ocean Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Saez Ramirez, Javier, 1972-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Henry S. Marcus.

• Ocean Engineering

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47675

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/47675