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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Short-sea Shipping"”.
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Short sea shipping : barriers, incentives and feasibility of truck ferry
… of Defense is investigating ways to fulfill its sealift requirements, while at the same time reducing its inventory of government owned vessels that do not trade. This paper explores the issues surrounding the current state of transportation and transportation infrastructure. It also seeks to …
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The development of short sea shipping in the United States : a dynamic alternative
… air pollution, and national security, building short sea shipping networks will be difficult, but possible, and potentially of great benefit to the nation. By bringing together shipping providers, customers, and with support from the federal government, short sea shipping can become a reality. …
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Increasing intermodal transportation in Europe through realizing the value of short sea shipping
This thesis describes the role of short sea shipping within the transportation network in the European Union. It examines the existence of externalities relating to congestion, infrastructure, air pollution, noise, and accidents in the transportation sector. It evaluates the level of these …
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Opportunities for short-sea shipping in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region: evidence based on discrete choice modelling
The thesis investigates the development of short-sea shipping (SSS) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region by studying the determinants of SSS, the stated choice preference of shippers and freight forwarders and the stated intentions of maritime carriers for SSS. It is …
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A preliminary design tool for resistance and powering prediction of catamaran vessels
… very rapidly evolved into a dominant mode of sea transportation. Their particular area of proliferation is the short sea shipping where they show considerable superiority over competitive designs in attributes such as power requirements, economy, space availability and seakeeping. The rapid …
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Strategies and procedures for the development of intermodal freight transport in Europe: the role of motorways of the sea services and railway terminals
… promote the full exploitation of it by involving short sea shipping as an integrated service in the intermodal door-to-door supply chain and by improving port accessibility. The role of Motorways of the Sea services as part of the Trans-European Transport Network is is taken into account: a …
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Assessment of the Jones Act Waiver Process on Freight Transportation Networks Experiencing Disruption
… moving between U.S. ports, the restriction on short sea shipping was viewed as a barrier to recovery. Much of the critical infrastructure resilience and security literature focuses on the "hardening" of physical infrastructure, but not the relationship between law, policy, and critical …